Of all the countries in the world that Apple sells its iPhone in, the one that has the most potential customers is China. The country is one of the most population dense in the world and has only recently signed a deal to bring the iPhone to China. AppleInsider reports that China Unicom has already purchased 5 million iPhones from Apple ... continued »

Other than the Samsung W7900 Show and the occasional prototype there has not been a lot of action in the projector phone field. Although an appearance was made during the Hong Kong Electronics Fair. continued »

New we have seen out fair share of knock off handsets among other things coming out of China almost on a daily basis. One of the funnier things we see as far as handsets go are the fake iPhones. Leave it to China to take the iPhone and turn it into a clamshell style phone. This handset looks more like a ... continued »

Wouldn't you know it a golden version of the Motorola A1600 has just appeared on the Chinese version of Motorola's site. It seems that China gets all the crazy and wild handsets. Gold and crocodile skin never made a phone look so good! Motorola even managed to French jeweler Cartier, in on the deal. From what we can see not much ... continued »

Lenovo's $100m sale of the company's cellphone arm has been approved by shareholders, clearing the final hurdle necessary before buyer Hony Capital can take over the dwindling business.  Hony Capital, a private equity firm, have paid just $8m less than sales of Lenovo's cellphones made in the last quarter, after a 31-percent drop in shipments. The sale actually completed on March 17th, ... continued »

Chinese manufacturers often get maligned for "borrowing" technologies and "forgetting" to pay the licencing fees; in an attempt to stay one step ahead in the rush for 3G cellphone connectivity (and take maximum advantage of all those new first-time users in the country) the government there has developed their own 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, and is pushing domestic carriers to adopt it ... continued »

I'm not entirely sure how a prototype of Motorola's A1600 MOTOMING 2 cellphone could turn up at a Shenzen market in China, but then I'm an naive type of guy.  What I do know is that it looks to be a Linux-powered touchscreen smartphone with a 3.2-megapixel camera, WiFi and GPS, and certainly isn't one of the handsets featured in ... continued »

Lenovo has revealed a deal with Hony Capital to offload its cellphone business, a branch of the company little known about outside of the Chinese market.  The private equity firm will pay $100m for the group. continued »

Who ever has the desire to buy Motorola’s mobile division better have deep pockets and a solid strategy. I doubt this will ever happen – at least in my lifetime. Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International believes that there is a chance Motorola will exit the handset business in order to focus more on becoming an enterprise and government ... continued »

Yes, I know we have the iPhone stateside and the Chinese don’t. But other than they, folks abroad definitely get their share of cool phones. Take for example this new LG KW838 full touchscreen phone available only in China. continued »