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Samsung Galaxy II Duos Features Dual-Sims

Effie Tjhai — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:47:48 +0000

We have managed to take a picked on Samsung’s latest low-cost mobile which features dual-sims. Those device called the Galaxy Y Duos and the Galaxy Y Pro Duos. Now we are looking at all time fav smartphone, Galaxy II. Except this time the device sports dual-sims.

The device packed with a 4.5-inch, 800×480 Super AMOLED display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 16GB of on-board storage. Also, it has 1800mAh battery which will last quite sometimes on your business trips. There’s possibility the handset packed with Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

[via AndroidCommunity]

HTC’s Phone For China Hit FCC, On It’s Way To U.S

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:14:41 +0000

If we can recall, last week we found out that HTC will launch a handset specifically for China only. It would features mobile payment via NFC. The device code number is PH85110, and it has just arrives at FCC.

Today we found out that the device have several GSM frequencies which means the handset will be hitting U.S. The device will packed with NFC, Bluetooth, and WiFi n. Aside from America’s 850 and 1900 GSM bands (Europe, Asia, and Aftica use 900/1800) it would also have WCDMA bands II, IV, and V.

[via AndroidCommunity]

Motorola Domino+ Pictures Leaked

Effie Tjhai — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:50:52 +0000

Here comes another leak pictures of Motorola devices. This time it’s a mid-range handset called Motorola Domino+. The device is heading to China for right now. Hope to see it in US soon.

The device will features a 800 Mhz CPU, a 3.5″ display, 512 MB RAM, 5 Megapixels camera with flash and a VGA camera on the front. It runs on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread and packed with Moto Blur UI. The Domino+ will hit the market sometimes in August.

[via AndroidCommunity]

Sony Ericsson SK17i Caught in The Wild

Effie Tjhai — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:19:41 +0000

A Chinese website have managed to took some snap shots of the successor of Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro. As you can see on the image below. The handset will be power with Android 2.3.

The SK17i will received a codename “Mango”. It has unfamiliar homescreen compared to both X10 and X8. There are no further information on the handset but we’ll keep our eyes on it.

[via Engadget]

China Unicom to Sell Its Own Smartphone

Budi Putra — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:55:16 +0000

China Unicom, the nation’s only mobile operator offering Apple’s iPhone, will sell new smartphone called UPhone by the end of this year. Being developed with Okwap, Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp, the phone will run on a new operating system based on Linux, according to Zhang Zhijiang, the company’s exec in an interview at the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong.

Zhang explained, “U” means Unicom. “We just wanted to compare with the iPhone and LePhone.”But since the company didn’t share the specs’ details, “make the UPhone sound more like a low-end smartphone rather than a product comparable with the iPhone,” said Paul Wuh, a Hong Kong-based analyst.

[via BusinessWeek]

China approves (non-Chinese) 3G wireless standards

Budi Putra — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:19:00 +0000

The Chinese government just approved the implementation of next-generation 3G wireless services. The country’s regulation body would issue license for each of the three major standards: the homegrown TD-SCDMA standard as well as the global standards the CDMA 2000 and W-CDMA.

The two international 3G standards had implemented in the United States, Europe and Asia.

The world’s biggest market for wireless service intends to pursue its own 3G wireless standard, TD-SCMA technology, to reduce royalty and patent payments for the use of the CDMA 2000 and W-CDMA (also known as UMTS) technologies.

[NYTimes via Ars Technica| Photo credit: China Daily]

Chinese 3G could be delayed to 2010 claims Beijing analyst

Chris Davies — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:45:13 +0000

China is often described as the next big market for cellular technology, but consumers there will likely have to wait a while longer before they can get 3G service on their handsets. According to Jonathan Dharmapalan, a partner at Ernst & Young and head of the company’s global telecommunications centre in Beijing, the rollout and licencing of China’s home-grown TD-SCDMA standard could potentially be delayed until 2010. Citing parallels with GSM’s development and deployment, Dharmapalan suggested that trials of the high-speed technology, which began this month, will likely last between 12 and 24 months before any licencing to carriers takes place.

TD-SCDMA is China’s own alternative 3G standard, which it created to avoid arguments over licencing fees for existing technologies. It then went on to put pressure on carriers, supposedly, to support TD-SCDMA either alongside or instead of other CDMA alternatives. The original intention was to have the 3G network up and running in time for the Beijing Olympics in August, but outside of the city users are expected to have to wait significant periods before they have high-speed cellular access. Analysts initially estimated licencing to take place at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2009, but according to Dharmapalan that is looking increasingly unlikely.

China Mobile, who are operating the trial deployment, have issued 20,000 handsets and 5,000 data cards using TD-SCDMA to users in Beijing and seven other cities. Motorola and Nokia are among the manufacturers ready to produce compatible hardware once the 3G carriers are selected. The Chinese government are yet to comment on suggestions that the licencing will be further delayed.