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The birds are back in town: Angry Birds Heikki landing in June

The birds are back in town: Angry Birds Heikki landing in June

The Angry Birds are back (from outer Space) or at least they will be come June 18th. That’s the day Rovio has pegged for “Angry Birds Heikki“, another themed version of the ever-popular mobile game. The birds are once again dipping into the sponsorship pool, as the title references Formula 1 race car driver Heikki Kovalainen from Finland. …

China approves Google’s Motorola acquisition

China approves Google’s Motorola acquisition

One of the last hurdles for Google’s acquisition of hardware giant Motorola Mobility has been passed: the People’s Republic of China has reportedly approved the business deal, several months after US and European regulators. The $12.5 billion deal is now seemingly a given, though the integration of these companies (to such a degree that is …

Motorola brings three new RAZR’s with ICS to China

Motorola brings three new RAZR’s with ICS to China

17 May 2012 by Discuss (4)

Motorola isn’t wasting any time tossing new powerful handsets onto the market in other parts of the world. Just like with Verizon here and the DROID branding, they’ve continued to update at a very fast pace. Today Motorola announced three brand new Motorola RAZR smartphones for China. All looking a little different but all running …

Xiaomi MI-One gets a cheaper Youth Edition

Xiaomi MI-One gets a cheaper Youth Edition

The MI-One, Xiaomi’s Android smartphone powered by the community-authored MIUI ROM, has garnered quite a lot of attention as of late. The second phone in the lineup has been revealed as the MI-One Youth Edition, which is basically identical save for a slower 1.2Ghz CPU and slightly less RAM at 768MB. The phone will go …

Baidu Cloud OS to fight Android in China

Baidu Cloud OS to fight Android in China

11 May 2012 by Discuss (0)

In September 2011, we talked a bit about the Chinese search engine Baidu and Dell working on an Android-based operating system for smartphones. Baidu is set to make a move with its very own operating system with the goal of rivaling Android in the Chinese market. The operating system will be called Baidu Cloud.

Lenovo’s Android 4.0 Smart TV reviewed in China

Lenovo’s Android 4.0 Smart TV reviewed in China

We’re pretty hot on the Google TV platform here at Android Community. But we can’t fault Lenovo for going its own way in China, since Google TV still isn’t available outside America. The company has created its own hardware and custom ICS software to deliver a Smart TV ccompetitor to the likes of Samsung’s Smart …

Sony Xperia Sola available now in Hong Kong

Sony Xperia Sola available now in Hong Kong

30 April 2012 by Discuss (4)

Desperate to try out some touch-free web browsing on your phone? Then grab a plane ticket, buddy – you’re headed for Hong Kong. Taiwanese online retailer ePrice reports seeing the Xperia Sola in the city, priced at just under $3,000 HKD. That’s the equivalent of $387 US, not that it matters: at this point Sony has only confirmed …

Xiaomi MI-One sells 150,000 units in 13 minutes

Xiaomi MI-One sells 150,000 units in 13 minutes

26 April 2012 by Discuss (1)

Wow, people are really, really excited for the MI-One, the Chinese smartphone from manufacturer Xiaomi that eschews standard Android or manufacturer skins in favor of a community-created Android ROM. The manufacturer sells the phone in batches as they’re made, and apparently demand for the MI-One has reached a fever pitch since it started shipping in August of …

Oppo shows off crazy thin 6.65mm smartphone

Oppo shows off crazy thin 6.65mm smartphone

25 April 2012 by Discuss (0)

You can never be too rich or too thin, and it seems like Android manufacturers have taken the latter part of that saying to heart. Chinese phone maker Oppo released a teaser image of a 6.65mm-thin phone today, and if it comes to market any time soon the unnamed device will grab the title of …

Meizu schedules ICS update for MX and M9 in June

Meizu schedules ICS update for MX and M9 in June

24 April 2012 by Discuss (0)

Meizu, the little Chinese phone manufacturer that could, is still basking from the PR glow of its MX Quad-core announcement. But they want to make sure that owners of the older MX and M9 phones don’t feel left out of the party. In a press release today, they stated that both phones will be getting …

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