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Sony Ericsson launches ‘A8i’ OPhone for China Mobile
Chinese Android lovers just got themselves an Xperia X10 lookalike with TD-SCDMA bands, the A8i. Sony Ericsson today announced the smartphone exclusively for China Mobile.
Sony Ericsson A8i comes with 3.5-inch touch display, a 5-megapixel camera, and support for WiFi, Bluetooth A2DP, GPS, and the CMMB mobile TV standard. It runs on China specific Ophone version of Android and will be available in market in October.
Sony Ericsson’s TrackID, a service which lets users identify music over-the-air, will also be linked directly to China Mobile’s entertainment download offering for access to local content.
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Motorola adds three Android smartphones to its MING lineup in China
With the launch of three new Andriod phones, Motorola taken its tally of Android smartphones in Chinese market to 11, all launched within a span of a year.
The phones are from the popular MING series and cater to china’s three mobile networks – Motorola MT810 for China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network, the Motorola XT806 for China Telecom’s CDMA-2000 network, and the Motorola for China Unicom’s WCDMA network. All three of the new MING devices offer a full touchscreen experience and sport an updated version of the MING flip design, including the signature transparent flip cover.
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Lenovo LePhone’s 100,000 units sold in China
Lenovo recently confirmed that sale of 100,000 Units of its first Android smartphone in China, where it was launched in mid-may. This data is till June end only, company might have sold many more units till now. Lenovo hopes to sell one million LePhones within a year.
Company also wants to first “win” in China before it begins selling the Android smartphone in other markets, reports PC World.
Motorola Ming series Android phones A1680 & XT806 spotted
If you think Droid 2 was enough, here are more Androids from Motorola. Although these might not reach anywhere apart from China, but still we hope that Motorola might change its mind.
Moto XT806
Motorola XT806, which was spotted on Chinese regulatory website, is due on China Telecom. It sports 3.6-inch 854 x 480 LCD screen, 600MHz TI OMAP3430 chip, 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, FM radio, Bluetooth and WLAN.
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HTC to launch self-branded smartphones in China
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Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC on Tuesday unveiled its plans to sell smartphones in China under its own brand name. HTC also announced a partnership with China Mobile, which is the world’s biggest telecom operator with more than 500 million subscribers.
“We are proud to introduce the HTC brand in China and look forward to bringing a fresh customer-centric smartphone experience to consumers in China,” HTC chairwoman Cher Wang said in a statement.
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Lenovo to launch Android powered Lepad by year end
Lenovo is all set to launch Android powered Lepad at the end of 2010. The to-be-launched tablet will echo Lephone, an Android-based smartphone in functions like e-mail and web browse, said Liu Jun, senior vice president for Lenovo Group and president for Lenovo Product Group.
The company has taken tablet PC as a crucial part of its mobile Internet strategy for an expansion in the 3G era, according to Mr. Liu, declining to say when the long-brewed Skylight and IdeaPad U1 will come into the market.
Bullish on the prospect of the Chinese mobile Internet market, Lenovo Group is about to come up with a series of new products following the debut of Lephone, disclosed Yang Yuanqing, chief executive officer for the Hong Kong-listed company.
Asus to launch three Ophone devices this year in China
Asust will be launching three models powered by China Mobile’s Android variant OPhone in the fourth quarter this year.
The three OPhone models are expected to boost Asustek’s shipments this year as it aims to be one of the first mobile phone makers to launch TD-SCDMA models in China.
No details are currently available on these Ophone based devices.
Ophone 2.0 to debut this week
Android’s China version or OPhone will be launching its 2.0 version this week on Samsung Oscar I7680. Version 2.0 features a comprehensive range of functionality upgrades, including more than 1,000 improvements in user interface and experience, 300 upgrades, and over ten new functionalities including: customization, preview, and third-party download of themes; multi-touch functionality; cut, copy and paste; a game engine coupled with an accelerated 3D-capable GPU.
China Mobile launched the OPhone platform in September 2009, with the first handsets hitting the market at the end of last year.
Lenovo hopes to sell 1 million Lephones in China
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Lenovo is targetting sales of 1 million units of its self-developed smartphone in the China this year. “We hope to sell 1 million (units in China) this year,” Tong Fuyao, Lenovo’s vice president, told reporters.
Meizu CEO leaks M9 pics in forum
Meizu CEO is so excited with his company’s upcoming phone that he leaked it himself on a forum. These are blurry cam shots, which do not help a lot. We have already seen the render, but the original device is a slight different.
If you do not know about Meizu M9, it is decent specs phone with 1GHz CPU, 5-megapixel camera, and support for
all of the 3G formats.
Meizu has yet to officially announce additional details such as pricing or a launch time-frame.
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