While Google has had a difficult time making inroads into China's Internet sector via its search engine, it does seem to have some success tackling China from the hardware angle with partner Lenovo. Chinese PC maker Lenovo just launched a special edition ThinkPad X131e notebook, targeting primary and secondary school students. Lenovo already launched a […]

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 […]

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, […]

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. […]

Chinese telecommunications operator China Telecom has announced the launch of its first customized 3G tablet computer product named LifePad, which has an embedded EVDO module and supports China Telecom's 3G network.
Made by Mastone Communication & Electrical Development Company, China Telecom's LifePad adopts Freescale's i.MX51 processor based on the ARM Cortex A8 core. It has a […]

Chinese electronics retailers Dazhong and Gome have announced that they have launched mobile phone trade-in […]