The OPhone platform or OMS is no secret anymore, and while we’ve already seen a couple of handset touting this Android-modified China-brew mobile OS such as the Dell Mini 3i and Lenovo 01, there were actually a bunch of other goodies that were unveiled by China Mobile that will also run on this new system. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
Remember that Dell Mini 3i Android phone we featured last week? Well, it’s now official, and what’s even better is that most, if not all, of the leaked info including the pictures were pretty accurate. The Dell Mini 3i (also referred to as the MINI3I) features a 3.5-inch capacitive 640×360 touchscreen display, 3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 11, 2009
It’s been a while since we last heard anything about the rumored Dell smartphone, but based on this leaked chart of China Mobile, it looks primed and ready for a China release. We can’t make sense of most of the info provided in this table since we’re not Chinese, but what we could gather from [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 24, 2009
In case you’ve been wondering what OS some of those iPhone and Android clones are using, we don’t have the facts for you, but here is Lenovo’s own Android customized OMS (Open Mobile System) mobile OS, which the OPhone O1 (first in the oPhone line, we presume) is running. Now, we hope Chinese cloners and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
If the Lenovo OPhone can’t beat the Apple iPhone in features and usability, then maybe it can beat it via launch date/ That’s what China Mobile is hoping for if rumors were to be believed. The China Unicom iPhone is expected to launch in June and the OPhone in May. The OPhone is an Android-based [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Chinese distributor of the iPhone does not want the iPhone to have fast wireless connectivity. China Mobile, according to the South China Morning Post, does not care for 3G or WiFi. The former is understandable as China has not yet rolled out its own 3G technology. Frederick Wong, BNP Pariba analyst says Apple shouldn’t [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Dow Jones Newswire reports that China Mobile, China’s biggest carrier, is still talking with Apple about distributing the iPhone. We have no idea what the issues are under discussion but if China Mobile gets distribution rights and Apple decides to sell iPhone 3Gs in China then get ready for more iPhone 3G supply woes in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 27, 2008
Talks between Apple and China Mobile has been confirmed. It appears, China Unicom is out of the picture and the Chinese do not have to settle for iterations of HiPhone. With Apple’s tough revenue sharing program dropped, both parties are only too eager to discuss a possible distribution deal. China Mobile is China’s largest provider [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 15, 2008
Call it karma but mere weeks after it was reported China Mobile and Apple could not reach an agreement on iPhone distribution in China, another report comes out that 400,000 iPhones are being operated using China Mobile’s network. Of the 3.7 million iPhones in operation, 10% are being operated unlocked in China says In-Stat. One [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 14, 2008
Apple will not be launching the iPhone in the world’s biggest cellphone market. China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless network with over 349.66 million customers, and Apple have parted ways. Why? The smart money points to revenue sharing. Apple has been in conflict with AT&T and its European distributors over its unique revenue-sharing scheme [...]
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