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Okay, so you're trying to seal the deal with some fatherly big boss-types in the clubhouse after a few rounds of golf. They want to know if they can take a peek at those luxury housing development plans you've been cooking up, but they can't all just crowd around your little tablet computer like a bunch of craven children, right? And they definitely can't pass it around from one person to the next, what ludicrousness. So what do you do? Looks like the new Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet has you covered. more ›

For those of you worrying over the fate of the new Lenovo-backed video game console, breathe a deep sigh of relief. After missing their November 2010 domestic launch date, CEO of Lenovo subsidiary eedoo Technology Jack Luo announced on Friday that the iSec, short for 'Sports Entertainment Center', would launch in the second half of 2011, and would only be sold outside of China if domestic sales topped 1 million units. more ›

"We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China. If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble." more ›

Sure, we've spent a lot of time joking around about Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial's pre-emptive iPad clone, the P88 (of which they are now suing Apple over), but China's big legit companies are coming out with iPad competitors too. Case in point: Lenovo more ›

• China anniversary puts security jitters on show [Reuters] "The Chinese government is flooding Beijing with armed police and up to one million security "volunteers" to head off any unrest over October's sensitive anniversary of 60 years of Communist Party rule. The relentless security has grounded pigeons, lined streets with grandmothers, prompted warnings to stock up on food and left harried residents wondering who the festivities are really for."
• China jails four over stabbings [BBC] "Four more people have been found guilty of carrying out attacks with syringes in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, state-run television says. The four received sentences ranging between eight and 15 years in jail. Three other people received prison sentences for similar attacks earlier this month."
• SCENARIOS: How US-China trade tensions might play out [Forbes] "U.S. President Barack Obama has slapped a 35-percent "safeguard" tariff on tire imports from China, inflaming trade relations and raising concerns about a possible trade war. Obama's decision, announced on Sept. 11, responded to demands from U.S. union groups, manufacturers and lawmakers who view the Asian export powerhouse as an unfair trader. That perception is shaped by the U.S. trade deficit with China, which hit a record $268 billion in 2008. Here are some ways the dispute could play out:"

In case you've been waffling over whether to get a netbook, Shanghai Mobile and Yongle electronic store have both begun selling 3G-versions of the ultraportable computers this week. All of these laptop-lites use the TD-SCDMA 3G standard on China Mobile, the only telecommunications company to offer a 3G network option so far. more ›

While China Unicom may have finally won the iPhone battle, but that the war for control of China's mobile phone market is still far from over. more ›

With major companies all hoping to attract China's massive customer base, especially the burgeoning middle class, the Chinese next-gen phone market is getting a bit crowded all of a sudden. more ›

While the system seems pretty cool, we feel like we've definitely seen that OS somewhere else. more ›

The exploding cellphone incident in Guangzhou, which killed a young man at a Lenovo store, may have had some of us scrambling to make sure our cellphone batteries weren't going to be the end of us too. more ›

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2009 is shaping up to be a very interesting year for China's mobile market. All that excitement over Google's Android phone is finally making its way to China. On the right you see a sleek new gadget codenamed "OPhone" that is making its rounds on gadget forums lately. Said to be a joint effort between Lenovo and China Mobile, this is the first in a series of phones that will be "based on China Mobile's OMS (Open Mobile System) which is essentially Android + TD SCDMA (China's home-grown 3G standard)." ITProPortal says the phone is expected to debut sometime in February or March. more ›

Plans are in motion for the much anticipated launch of an Android device for China between February and March 2009, but unlike the US launch of the T-Mobile G1 handset, China Mobile has decided not to work with Taiwanese PDA manufacturer HTC and has instead opted for working with Lenovo Mobile to release it's first Google powered phone. more ›

Eric Hu points us to this great TV ad by Chinese PC maker Lenovo entitled "Grandma-proof" that's getting forwarded around by his colleagues. We're not sure where this ad was aired but it does make us wonder why they don't run similarly ingenious ads back on their home turf in China? more ›