China Mobile Readies Ophone Android Handset for May 17th Launch

Lenovo Ophone was supposed to bring Android to China last quarter, but didn’t make it and got posptoned, at least till now, since we found out that China Mobile will be releasing the smartphone on May 17th. May 17th is the World Communications Day, a great opportunity to release a handset, specially one that would rival the iPhone, an unofficial... 

OPhone Android Handset, Ready to Hit China

You might have seen the mighty OPhone before, but never so close to launch like today, when China Mobile announced that it’s ready to sell the Android device. A fresh batch of screenshots portraying the Android OPhone have just surfaced and they focus mainly on the handset’s iPhone-like UI. OPhone runs OMS (Open Mobile System), a modified... 

China Mobile Reveals Stats, Everything in the Millions and Billions

China Mobile is one of the most impressive carriers worldwide when it comes to stats like subscriber count. They now have 464 million subscribers, from a total of 650 million mobile services customers in China. If you thought that the numbers above were impressive, wait till you read this: China Mobile subscribers sent no less than 607.1 billion texts... 

ZTE Readies 10 Smartphones for MWC 2009

Talk about a huge number of handsets getting launched at MWC 2009! After seeing dozens of Samsung phones leaking on the web and probably getting ready for a crowded booth at Mobile World Congress 2009, there’s another company that announced an impressive number of launches, ZTE. ZTE Corporation will unveil no less than 10 smartphones during the... 

Lenovo’s Android Ophone is So Hot!

Lenovo’s surely not famous for making top handsets, but they plan on becoming part of the Android story, as they prepare the beautiful phone in the picture below. This “Ophone” is one of the many Android-based handsets to come and probably the hottest looking one, even better than the G1. This is just an early model and sadly it only... 

Internet Explorer 6 Hits Samsung Omnia on China Mobile

Mobile Asia Congress is the perfect time for China-related announcements, specially since it’s held in Macau and it turns out that Microsoft will announce the availability of Internet Explorer 6 on Samsung Omnia. This handset is offered by China Mobile, the country’s largest carrier and Microsoft is probably trying to get on their soft side... 

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