Posted by: Sarah Wu on May 25 2010

Baidu's (Nasdaq:BIDU) online video site Qiyi has been recruiting handset software developers and product managers to produce applications for Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone and iPad products, as well as smartphones based on Google's (Nasdaq:GOOG) "Android" operating system, Donews reported May 24...

Posted by: Ana Swanson on May 21 2010

US-based social gaming company Zynga announced its entrance into Asia on May 20 with the acquisition of XPD Media, a Beijing-based social gaming company. Zynga did not disclose the terms of the acquisition...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Mar 04 2010

China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) will continue to use Google's (Nasdaq:GOOG) Android operating system in Unicom handsets and plans to release the Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone with a WiFi function, Oriental Morning Post reported citing Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Jan 26 2010

Beijing-based travel search engine Qunar.com has released a widget for Nokia (NYSE:NOK) smart phones that can now be downloaded for free in Nokia's Ovi application store, Donews reported January 26.

Qunar.com aims to release mobile client-end software and services for Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone, Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows Mobile and Google's (Nasdaq:GOOG) Android in early 2010, according to Qunar.com Wireless Product Director Hao Ruoyun.

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Jan 07 2010

Beijing-based online video site Youku.com and online mobile content operator CNLive have partnered to provide exclusive mobile video content for China Unicom's (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) iPhone users, West China City Daily reported January 7.

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Dec 29 2009

China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) released a multimedia messaging service (MMS), called "Le Mei," on December 28, Sohu reports. According to Unicom Individual Clients Department Vice General Manager Rong Li, the Le Mei system extends message content capability from the current 100k offered by Chinese operators to up to 300k...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Dec 09 2009

A senior executive at China Unicom's (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) Shanghai subsidiary said that Shanghai Unicom is testing "Wan Jia Ying" (Player Camp) an online platform on which Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone users can exchange information and share content, qq.com reported December 9...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 27 2009

Fuzhou-based NetDragon (0777.HK) may have reached a strategic cooperation agreement with China Unicom's (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) Guangdong subsidiary to develop iPhone applications, Sohu reported November 27 quoting sources...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Nov 19 2009

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 941.HK) Chairman and CEO Wang Jianzhou said that the company plans to spend a total of RMB 12 billion to subsidize handsets in 2009, refuting rumors that China Mobile would spend RMB 30 billion this year, reports Hexun...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 12 2009

Alibaba's online payment tool Alipay launched its mobile payment service November 11, Beijing Business Today reports. The service can be used with smartphones using operating systems such as Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) Symbian, Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone OS and Microsoft's (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows Mobile OS, according to the report...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 09 2009

An unnamed China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) source revealed November 6 that China Unicom is developing an application store to work in conjunction with Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) AppStore, donews.com reports...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Nov 02 2009

China Unicom has conducted its first round evaluations of WCDMA coverage and quality in 77 Chinese cities, finding 30 cities reach its "ideal" standard and another 19 had "good" coverage, 163.com reported October 30...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Oct 29 2009

According to insiders, China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) plans to give away Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhones to its employees by the end of October who agree to spend a minimum of RMB 186 per month for the next two years, Chinabyte reports October 28...

Posted by: Danielle Liu on Oct 27 2009

China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) plans to offer 999 of Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhones for sale from 6:00pm, October 30, for a period of 12 hours in Beijing only, CCIDnet.com reported October 27 citing a company announcement...

Posted by: Danielle Liu on Oct 20 2009

Lenovo's (0992.HK) first TD-SCDMA OPhone "01" has begun presales online at a price of RMB 4,999, which will include minutes on the China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) network, Sina reported October 19. The model will also support the Chinese WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) standard and the government-backed China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard mobile TV function, according to the report.

According to the report, presales of the OPhone 01 will end October 25, the same date China Unicom (NYSE:CHU, 0762.HK, 600050.SH) pre-sales of Apple's (Nasdaq:AAPL) iPhone end...