Dec

2010

New Android trojan virus discovered, dubbed “Gemini”

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, app, application, china, market, security, trojan, virus

Today, mobile security company Lookout released some information regarding a new virus found in the wild, and it’s targeting Android phones. The virus comes to us by way of China, and has been dubbed “Gemini”. The app attaches itself to legitimate applications, such as: Monkey Jump 2 Sex Positions President vs. Aliens City Defrense Baseball [...]

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Oct

2010

Motorola MT716 launches in China, reminiscent of Cliq + Droid?

by Mikka Burrell
tagged Android, china, Motorola Cliq, motorola droid, Motorola MT716, OPhone

Motorola Droid users here in the States might be smacking their foreheads when they see the Motorola MT716. This new OPhone/Android device was recently launched in China, sporting what seems to be the same exact design of the Motorola Droid with the keyboard of a Motorola CLIQ. The improved keyboard of this device paired with [...]

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Sep

2010

Coolpad N930 Android 2.1 phone to debut in China

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged android 2.1, china, Coolpad, N930

China is continuing to see some Android love, this time in the form of a shiny new device from Coolpad. The phone, currently named N930, will feature a 3.5-inch 480 x 800 ASV LCD capacitive touchscreen, a 1 GHz CPU, as well as Android 2.1. There’s no word yet about pricing, or a release date, [...]

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Sep

2010

Galaxy S heads to major 3 carriers in China

by Steve Ginter
tagged carriers, china, galaxy, galaxy s, Samsung, samsung galaxy s

It looks like Samsung is looking to pull off another simultaneous offering treat of the Galaxy S series smartphone to 3 of China’s mobile networks, similar to the magical feat they did in the U.S. China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom will be receiving their own version of the handset, all capable of the [...]

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Aug

2010

Motorola releases clamshell Android devices with launch of MING line

by Dustin Karnes
tagged a1680, Android, china, clamshell, moto, motorola, mt810, unicom, xt806

Awhile back, we reported on Motorola’s strange-yet-intriguing new line of phones, the MING line of devices. The MING phones are clamshell-type phones, complete with Android built-in. Today, Motorola has launched this new line in China, complete with: Motorola MT810 (TD-SCMA network) Motorola XT806 (CDMA-2000 network) Motorola A1680 (Unicom’s WCDMA network) Be sure to check out [...]

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Aug

2010

Samsung Galaxy S coming to China as the GT-I9008?

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, china, galaxy s, Samsung

A tipster over at Samsung Hub sent in an interesting picture. Supposedly, it’s Samsung’s Galaxy S, done up to be the new GT-I9008. Speculation is that the device will be heading to China, but the sneaky photo-snapper also mentioned that there will be another version of the Galaxy S headed that direction as well. Like [...]

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Jul

2010

Motorola M511 Flips into China

by Chris Moor
tagged china, flipout, m511, motorola, release

Adding to an impressive stable of phones and carriers, Motorola will be releasing the M511 (known as the FlipOut in Europe) onto Chinese carriers by the end of this month. In other words, today. The M511 will run Android 2.1 with MotoBlur, and will offer a full QWERY keyboard to perfectly complement its social network integration, which [...]

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Jul

2010

HTC Wildfire slated to receive Android 2.2

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2.2, Android, china, froyo, HTC, wildfire

Froyo. Who wants it? Well, it looks like the HTC Wildfire is raising it’s hand, and it’s been called on to come to the front of the class. According to a listing for a Chinese launch of HTC devices, the Wildfire will be shipping in that market with Android 2.2 installed. There was, before, little [...]

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Jul

2010

HTC Diamond 2 Clone Running Dual Boot WM6.5 and Android 2.0

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, android 2.0, china, clone, diamond, diamond 2, dual boot, HTC, mobile, windows, WM 6.5

DealExtreme.com has an interesting device for sale on their website. It looks like the HTC Diamond 2 but it is actually a Diamond 2 clone from Hong Kong that has been tweaked a bit. The biggest feature is the ability to dual boot between Windows Mobile 6.5 and Android 2.0. I did a bit of [...]

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Jul

2010

HTC to Start Selling Phones in China Under Their Real Name

by Michael Murphy
tagged china, HTC

For years now, HTC has been selling their devices under the name “Dopod.” Finally, they feel like they have the recognizability to sell under their own name over there, and have announced four devices — Wildfire, Desire, Tianxi, and Tianyi — that will go on sale soon, so our Chinese friends can finally behold the [...]

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