Apple forces Meizu to halt sales of iPhone-lookalike
Apple has pressured the Chinese smartphone maker into halting production and freezing sales of its M8 smartphone due to alleged patent violations.
iPhone 4 demand outstrips supply in China
Early demand for the iPhone 4 in China has outpaced initial supply as China Unicom struggles to fulfill the over 200,000 preorders it received last week. China Unicom announced Sunday that it was having trouble meeting demand , according to a MarketWatch report. This year’s iPhone 4 launch in China is an impressive turnaround from last year’s muted launch.
Pegatron rumored to begin CDMA iPhone 4 production in November
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Why doesn’t Microsoft hire this guy?
Australian blogger and Microsoft enthusiast Long Zheng has an impressive resume, having created a slick Twitter app, an instant version of Bing, and a well-regarded blog. (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO–Long Zheng has had what would be a pretty impressive last couple of years for anyone at Microsoft. In one 24-hour period last April, the 22-year-old built a version of Bing that offers instant results quite similar to the instant search results that Google introduced last week.
Apple set to launch iPhone 4 in China early next month
Apple will launch iPhone 4 in China in the first part of September with carrier partner China Unicom, just weeks after beginning sales of a WiFi-enabled iPhone 3GS in that market. A report by MarketWatch , citing the Chinese Caixin media group, said a China Unicom source acknowledged that iPhone 4 will ship in the world’s largest market shortly, followed by the Chinese release of iPad. The two products won’t be launched at the same time however, and no timeframe was given for the iPad launch.