Is the iPhone about to explode in China? Morgan Stanley thinks so. The firm released a report yesterday that has since attracted a lot of attention, and more than a little suspicion, from the Chinese tech media. Basically, the Morgan Stanley analyst believes Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) can vastly up its iPhone sales in China, reaching 40 million by 2013, if it can get access to China Mobile's (NSYE:CHL, HKG:0941) subscribers, which has vastly more high-end subscribers than any of the other telecom operators in China. (The iPhone is currently only available ...
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Jan 27 2012
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Apple’s Siri Can’t Understand Chinese [VIDEO]
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) voice recognition feature Siri, which appears on the iPhone 4S, can’t understand or speak Chinese. Perhaps it’s learning. But for now, despite most users probably knowing of this limitation before purchasing, it’s a frustrating omission. That’s probably why two young Chinese nerds made the amusing video, below, about the language barrier that stands between them and their digital assistant. Even without subtitles, you can sense the comedically exaggerated frustration at not being understood by your pricey smartphone. My favourite part is when the guy in the car resorts to a ...
Jan 27 2012
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Japan’s NEC Cutting 10,000 Jobs – Is Apple’s iPhone to Blame?
Some startling news coming from electronics maker NEC in Japan, who reportedly said yesterday that it will be cutting 10,000 jobs from its workforce, with most of those coming from its mobile unit. A report from Reuters cites competition from foreign players in the smartphone space, including Apple’s iPhone, negatively impacting NEC’s business in Japan. The report went on to say that NEC has cut its annual projected sales by almost a quarter to five million phones, and that the company would post a net loss of 100 billion yen (or ...
Jan 24 2012
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Fishing Joy Hits 30 Million Downloads, Celebrates with Chinese New Year Update
We’ve already written about Rovio’s Year-of-the-Dragon update for its Angry Birds Seasons game, which features China-themed art in the backgrounds and in game play. And now China-based Punchbox has pushed its own New Year holiday update for its popular Fishing Joy game. Fans of the game can update/install the iPhone or Android version of Fishing Joy to get the special Chinese Year edition. The general manager of Punchbox USA, Lei Zhang, also pointed out in a statement that the game has now passed the 30 million download milestone: As ...
Jan 21 2012
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Rovio Unleashes Year of the Dragon Edition of Angry Birds
A couple of weeks back we told you that Rovio was hinting at a new China-themed update. And today we have it, as Angry Birds Seasons has a Year-of-the-Dragon special edition . There are 15 new levels for fans to check out, with lots of fun in-game China goodies like exploding fireworks that you can trigger to help you on your quest to turn pigs into bacon. You can also now enlist the assistance of a ‘Mighty Dragon’ too (see screenshot above). Rovio’s teaser from a couple of days back is ...
Jan 17 2012
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Car-maker Nissan’s iPhone Case Heals its Own Scratches
While the iPhone case market is pretty crowded these days, we’re still pretty surprised to see Nissan (TYO:7201) change lanes from its usual business to enter a player into the race. But the company is taking advantage of the same scratch-healing paint technology that goes into its cars to create its Scratch Shield iPhone case. According to Nissan, small scratches in this paint can ‘heal’ in as quick as an hour, while deeper scratches could take as long as a week. Nissan worked with the University of Tokyo and Advanced ...
Jan 16 2012
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CyberAgent Brings Ninja Farm to its Gamewave Platform
Ninja Farm is CyberAgent’s (TYO:4751) latest Gamewave platform iPhone game, and it is pretty much the kind of game it sounds like. You farm ninjas, and then set off on missions against enemy armies. Each time you go into battle, you can take ten of your best ninjas with you, so it’s up to you to plow your fields and grow the best possible types of ninjas you can afford. While the game uses a gold currency with which you can buy new ninjas to plant, you can also use ...
Jan 16 2012
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With iPhone 4S Totally Out of Stock in China, Gray Market Price Jumps
It's hard to imagine how Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) launch of the iPhone 4S could have gone any worse here in China. First, riots at a Beijing Apple store forced Apple to suspend 4S sales there early in the morning on Friday, the device's first official day of availability in the country. Bitter scalpers then defaced the walls of that store with eggs, leading Apple to suspend sales of the 4S in Apple stores nationwide. Of course, the device had been available from Apple's online store, but no longer. Currently, the Apple China ...
Jan 16 2012
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3 Bangkok Locations Make Instagram’s Top 15
Photo-sharing iPhone app Instagram recently revealed the top 15 most popular places where Instagram photos were taken in 2011 and, surprisingly enough, there were three locations in Bangkok, Thailand on the list. Coming in at the number two most popular spot in the world for Instagram photos was Bangkok’s Suvarnbhumi International Airport, bested only by the world famous Disneyland in California. Number 11 and 13 were the Siam Paragon and Terminal 21 air-conditioned mega-malls, respectively. Anyone who’s been to the Thai capital may find this as no surprise perhaps. If there are ...
Jan 13 2012
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Scalper Fights Cause One Beijing Apple Store to Cancel iPhone 4S Launch
Today, Apple's iPhone 4S is finally on sale in China. It's been a long time coming, and fans of the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) device are clearly excited, as gigantic lines had already formed last night. Sadly, all the fans scalpers who waited outside Beijing's Sanlitun Apple Store waited in vain, as the store has decided not to sell the 4S, at least for today. The decision was reached after last night scalpers in the huge line outside the store got into fights with each other. Likely, it reminded the store's managers of ...
Jan 12 2012
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Already Huge Queues, Worries About Scalpers, for iPhone 4S Launch in China [PICS]
There are already huge queues outside of China’s five official Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stores in readiness for tomorrow’s launch of the iPhone 4S. At the two stores in Beijing, and the three in Shanghai, there are clearly lines stretching hundreds of meters, with reports of hundreds of queuers at each, snaking around city blocks (see more photos below). Most stores have a ticketing system to deter queue-jumpers, but that won’t stop the ‘scalpers’ who buy the phones to resell later at a profit. The first SMS I got this morning was from ...
Jan 10 2012
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Openbar App Wants to Go Drinking with You in Hong Kong
I have a bit of a weakness for ‘hyperlocal’ websites and apps that map important information about cities that others can benefit from. In the few years that I lived in Dalian, China, me and some friends put worked on a website that provided mapped restaurant and bar listings as well as other important points of interest. These days, of course, such services very often come in the form of apps. Take for example, Openbar, an iPhone application that provides users with information about bars and clubs all over the ...
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