Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced that its 139 email service has opened to the users of China Unicom and China Telecom. Starting from December 23, 2011, users of China Unicom and China Telecom were able to register for the 139 email service of China Mobile. However, the current version provided is a reduced version [...]

From January to August 2011, China manufactured 699 million mobile phones, an increase of 19.3% from last year according to latest statistics released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The ministry said that during the first eight months of 2011, the production and sales within the Chinese communications device industry recovered rapidly. In [...]

Chinese electronics group Haier has signed an agreement with the government of Guyana to provide laptops for the "One Laptop Per Family" initiative of the country. This is a new achievement for Haier in the overseas market after gaining a 170,000-unit order in Macedonia, a 120,000-unit order in Brazil, and a 30,000-unit order in Nigeria. [...]

Taiwan-based PC maker Acer has appointed Jim Wong, former president for Acer's IT products group, as its new corporate president. Born in 1958, Wong holds a bachelor degree, majoring in mathematics from Soochow University in Taiwan, and an MBA from Emory University, Georgia, USA. Joining Acer in 1986, Wong has experience in sales, product marketing, [...]

Chinese Internet company Tencent has formed a strategic alliance with Intel and Razer to develop a new RazerSwitchblade handheld device with Tencent's games. The concept product of RazerSwitchblade adopts the Windows 7 operating system and Intel Atom processor. It has a 7-inch multi-touch screen and tactile dynamic keyboard. It also pre-installs some gaming products of [...]

Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom and Chinese mainland China Telecom have decided to launch a strategic cooperation in three major areas in the second quarter of 2011. According to reports in Taiwanese local media, the two parties will officially start a joint procurement mechanism, focusing on the buying of smartphones with prices of under CNY1,000. The [...]

Chinese PC giant Lenovo has announced that it has established a new business group, focusing on the mobile Internet and family-oriented digital businesses. The new business group will reportedly be responsible for the research and development of mobile Internet terminals, including tablet computers, smartphones, and products involving cloud computing, smart television, and digital family technologies. [...]

Taiwanese PC maker Acer will launch its online application store in 2011. Gianfranco Lanci, CEO of Acer, revealed to media that Acer's application store will support the full range of Acer products, including PCs, smartphones, and tablet computers. At the same time, its applications can be run on equipment using various operating systems, including Google's [...]

Information from the operating department of China Mobile's Fetion service revealed that Fetion's new version, which will be launched at the end of May 2010, will add a video chat function.
A representative from the department said that the new version of this mobile instant messaging software will adopt a new system structure and its highlight [...]

IDGVC Partners and Infiniti Capital are splitting a USD20 million investment in a Chinese mobile gaming developer.
Based in Beijing, One Net Entertainment is targeting both the mobile and online PC gaming markets through its websites 798uu.com and 798game.com, respectively. Three massive multiplayer online role-playing games are planned to launch in 2009 for online PC users [...]

Chinese electronics retailer Yongle said it will start to sell the G3 netbook, a customized convenient notebook developed by China Mobile, in its 63 retail stores in Shanghai from April 23, 2009.
Yongle is reportedly the first electronics retailer in Shanghai to sell the G3 netbooks and a first batch of 10,000 G3 netbooks will be [...]

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has selected six PC makers, including Lenovo Group, Founder Technology, Tongfang, Haier, HP, and Dell, as its 3G netbook partners.
China Mobile will reportedly implement in-depth marketing cooperation with these six companies in product promotion and activity planning.
Similar with the sales of customized mobile phones, China Mobile will give certain subsidies [...]