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wooohoo! iphone finally officially coming to china via china unicom

March 25th, 2009 · No Comments

3G rollout in china now iphone’s coming to china via china unicom
on shanghai china unicom’s site, there is already a detailed page on the iphone shanghai china unicom’s iphone product page - though it says coming july 2008??

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Thoughts on small towns nearby shanghai vs shanghai

October 10th, 2006 · No Comments

It was a great trip in that I got a change of scenery, soak in some sights, and absorb even more Chinese culture. I was hoping to get a good perspective on what a typical small town in China is like, but I think this town was a little too rich to be a […]

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IPTV rolling out in shanghai

September 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Looks like they are rolling out IPTV. I’ll have to check it out and see how it really works…

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Sony memory stick, but not made by sony

September 18th, 2006 · No Comments

So I bought a 1gig memory stick pro duo for my cell phone. I should’ve known something was up when it was 300rmb (~$37) when the Lexar brand was 400rmb. Sony isn’t exactly known for its low prices. It seemed too good to be true and it sure was. I found […]

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Cell phones, spam, 3G, and SP’s

September 15th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I believe cell phone subscribers are approaching something like 420 million people in China now. Make that 420,000,001. I thought cell phones plans weren’t that straightforward in the US, but it’s child’s play compared to the plans in China. There are many different types of set plans whether prepaid, postpaid, buying from […]

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Advanced or not?

September 8th, 2006 · No Comments

I decided that there are some things about China that present such a stark contrast in the ways it has chosen to develop. What I mean is that there are some things that are fairly basic that you think should be in place for a country so technologically advanced. For example, my friend […]

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Systems Integration, SMS, and crazy lines at the bank

August 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Still a paper world:
People talk about how sophisticated businesses are getting in China, but from a systems integration standpoint I think it’s still got a ways to go. When I was setting up my ADSL connection at home I had some problems so they sent an engineer to my apt. The service was […]

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Citibank china not really Citibank and tidbits about china websites

August 18th, 2006 · No Comments

Unfortunately I lost my Citibank card today. Well, I think I lost it a few days ago by leaving it in an ATM machine but I am not really sure. I discovered that it was lost when I was at an ATM machine. Luckily as panic awashed over me as I thought […]

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