China
Lenovo K800 is the first Intel Medfield powered phone, coming in Q2
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Lenovo has become the first manufacturer to introduce Intel Medfield powered Android smartphone. Company today announced K800 running on Intel Atom Z2460 chip at CES, it will be released in China with China Unicom in the second quarter of this year. Lenovo stated that it has no plans for a global release.
Motorola RAZR getting software update in India, other Asia-Pacific countries
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Motorola is rolling out a software update for RAZR users in India, and several other Asia-Pacific countries like Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam etc. This update brings improvements to camera auto-focus and other bug fixes.
Lenovo, ZTE and other Chinese manufacturers form alliance to keep off patent lawsuits
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It seems some of the Chinese mobile phone manufacturers have decided to form an alliance to help them in fighting off the ever increasing patent lawsuits. A Digitimes report states that Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka are part of this group.
Huawei releases official Android 4.0 Update for Honor
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Huawei has done the unexpected and became the first Android manufacturer to release a public Ice Cream Sandwich update for a smartphone, although BETA. This Chinese manufacturer posted the official update download on its official site for Chinese Honor users recently. What is more interesting is that Honor will go on sale next week on China Unicom, which means update is out even before the launch.
ZTE T98 with nVIDIA Tegra 3 pops up in Beijing
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Stop thinking about Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 as the first Tegra 3 device now, while we are still waiting to see Asus tablet, ZTE came out of nowhere and showcased its T98 tablet at PT/Expo Comm China. This tablet runs on Android 3.2 and is powered by all new nVIDIA Tegra 3 processor (4+1 cores).
HTC’s first NFC phone ‘Stunning’ to launch next month
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HTC has partnered with China’s sole credit card provider China UnionPay to announce its first NFC smartphone. Dubbed as ‘HTC Stunning, the smartphone will debut in China next month.
Motorola announces XT531, coming to China soon
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Motorola today announced a new Android smartphone XT531. This budget Gingerbread phone will be first available in China starting this month followed by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe and Latin America.
Dell Streak 10 Pro China launch this week
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Dell is finally going to launch its Honeycomb tablet Streak 10 Pro in China this week. According to AsiaDroid, launch is likely to happen on July 29 in Beijing.
HTC Flyer launched in China, available from end of July
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HTC has launched Gingerbread tablet Flyer in China. It will go on sale by the end of July for a price of 5,500 yuan. Flyer comes with the support of China Unicom’s WCDMA network; so you can just put a SIM and go online without bothering for the WiFi connectivity.
HTC Salsa landing in China as HTC C510e with dedicated Weibo button
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HTC has dumped dedicated Facebook button from Salsa in China for good and partnered with Sina to make it HTC C510e with a dedicated Weibo button.
