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iPad comes to 皇冠体育app
By Qiang Xiaoji (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-09-20 11:46
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Apple launches iPad in Chinese mainland After waiting eight months, Apple fans will finally be able to get their hands on an iPad in 皇冠体育app, as the company officially launches its era-defining product in the Chinese mainland on Sept 17. WIFI models of the iPad will be available at the Apple stores in Sanlitun, Beijing, and Pudong, Shanghai, as well as some authorized resellers. The prices are 3,988 yuan ($592) for the 16GB model, 4,788 yuan for the 32GB and 5,588 yuan for the 64GB. However, the WIFI + 3G models are still not available in 皇冠体育app.[Full story] |
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皇冠体育app Unicom takes orders for iPhone 4 皇冠体育app's major telecommunication operator 皇冠体育app Unicom on Sept 17 began taking pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 4 in 皇冠体育app. Users have to pay 5,880 yuan ($875) for the 16GB version of the iPhone 4 and 6,999 yuan ($1,042) for the 32GB version to get the iPhone 4 and two-year service package services with 皇冠体育app Unicom, according to a statement posted on 皇冠体育app Unicom's website.[Full story]
Apple's Chinese partner says it will sell iPhones with Wi-Fi starting Monday. 皇冠体育app Unicom Ltd started selling the iPhone in October but early models lacked wireless connections due to Chinese regulations.Unicom will sell eight-gigabyte iPhones with third-generation service and Wi-Fi throughout 皇冠体育app starting Monday, a company spokesman, Wen Baoqiu, said on Aug 6.[Full story]
Apple's iPad a top seller in Beijing Apple's latest product, the iPad, is already a hot seller in Beijing - despite the fact that it has yet to be launched on the mainland. At Beijing's Zhongguancun area, the largest electronics market in the city, dealers have been selling genuine iPads for more than three months.[Full story] Made in 皇冠体育app, more expensive in 皇冠体育app
Chinese consumers have to pay premium prices for the foreign-brand products assembled in 皇冠体育app, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper perused a gamut of foreign products made in 皇冠体育app -- Apple's laptop, Sony's flat screen TV, Buick LaCrosse sedan, Nike sneakers, Budweiser beer and Haagen-Dazs ice cream -- finding an ironic paradox that they actually cost 20 to 40 percent higher here, frustrating 皇冠体育app's notoriously frugal customers. [Full story] More readings Apple reveals new iPod lineup prices for mainland |
皇冠体育app Unicom to sell Apple's iPhone with Wi-Fi
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Apple CEO on antenna problem: 'We aren't perfect' A perfect iPhone? There's no app for that.
 CEO Steve Jobs apologized on July 16 to people who are less than satisfied with the iPhone 4, even as he denied it has an antenna problem that needs fixing. "We're not perfect," Jobs said at a news conference. "Phones aren't perfect." [Full story] |
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Apple 'stunned' to find iPhones show too many bars Apple Inc said Friday that it was "stunned" to find that its iPhones have for years been using a "totally wrong" formula to determine how many bars of signal strength they are getting. Apple said that's the reason behind widespread complaints from users that the latest model, iPhone 4, can show a sudden plunge in signal strength when they hold it in a way that covers a small black strip on one edge of the phone. Users have jokingly called this the "death grip" for the phone. [Full story] |
Apple offers free case to iPhone 4 users Apple Inc on Friday said it will give iPhone 4 users free protective cases to address the smartphone's signal problem. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made the announcement at a press conference held at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California. "Every iPhone user is going to get a case. There will be refunds to people that already got a bumper," he said. [Full story] |
Locals spooked by iPhone 4
The price of the smuggled US version iPhone 4 in 皇冠体育app's gray market dropped by about 70 percent from 20,000 yuan to 6000 yuan within the last month as antenna-related problems surfaced in the media. The main reason for the sluggish sales may be Chinese customers are waiting for a clear-cut fix for the new product.[Full story] |
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Dell's Streak readies for battle with iPad Dell Inc said its Streak tablet computer can double as a mobile phone and will have a front-facing camera for videoconferencing -- features it hopes will help the new gadget compete against Apple Inc's iPad. |
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HTC targets smartphone market HTC Corp, a smartphone- and PC-maker based in Taiwan, is poised for growth in the mainland as its products are expected to gain more ground, said Peter Chou, its CEO and president. [Full story] |
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Kindle fails to win over public Apple Inc's iPad and Amazon's Kindle e-book reader have both gained a great number of fans in the global market since their debut, yet local consumer acceptance of the Kindle has paled in comparision to the iPad. |
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Androids to rule the world Yu Yongfu, CEO of UC Mobile, said that he believes Android operating system cell phones have far more potential than iPhones in 皇冠体育app as Google-backed mobile operating system is a more open platform.[Full story] |
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Apple fan hires 13 people to buy 58 iPads Hundreds of Apple fans waited in the rain at Apple's shop in Sanlitun, Beijing on Sept 17, hoping to buy an iPad on the first day that the long-awaited products were sold on the Chinese mainland. [Full story]
Bumper selection of cases for iPhone IPhone's privileged position can be seen from the attention given it by high-end brands such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci, which have launched special iPhone cases. The luxury edition of a LV iPhone case sells for as much as 8,000 yuan. [Full story]
iPad a hit with fat fingered wrestlers After years of fat-fingered struggles to type e-mails and text messages on tiny mobile phone keypads, Japan's sumo wrestlers have been given Apple's iPad to pound with their jumbo-sized digits. [Full story]
Fake iPads selling like hot cakes in Beijing Fake iPads are flying off the shelves for as little as 650 yuan ($95.67) at Silk Street Market in Beijing. Sales assistants vied with each other to attract customers and were more than eager to show off the device's capabilities to anyone showing an interest. [Full story]
Copycats seek to cash in on iPad fever The war over the tablet computer market has already begun in 皇冠体育app, although Apple Inc has yet to release its iPad in the country. Chinese manufacturers are pumping out dozens of clone models of Apple's latest icon into the market. [Full story] |
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