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Daily Update for Sept. 6, 2011

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Sep 6th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes, which is perfect for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the ...

iPhone poised to take China by storm

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 23rd, 2011)

It's that time of the year when wireless carriers are reporting their quarterly earnings and leaking tidbits of information about their future financial prospects. Though many carriers focus on ARPU and churn, both China Mobile and China Telecom have been forthcoming about their future iPhone ...

Steve Jobs reportedly in talks with China Mobile

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 18th, 2011)

China Mobile announced its earnings for the first half of 2011 today and revealed that its executives have met with Steve Jobs to talk about bringing the iPhone to China's largest wireless carrier. The possibility of a China Mobile iPhone has kicked around since 2008, but these rumors ...

China Mobile hints at iPhones in September

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 24th, 2011)

Reuters is relaying a report from the Shanghai Daily newspaper that China Mobile will begin offering a 4G version of the iPhone come September. The paper quotes a microblog post by Liu Yang, China Mobile's marketing official, in which Yang wrote: A new iPhone with China Mobile's network will ...

Tim Cook spotted at China Mobile's headquarters

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 22nd, 2011)

Apple's acting CEO Tim Cook was spotted at the headquarters of China Mobile today, lending credence to recent rumors that Apple is in talks to bring the iPhone to the carrier. China Mobile is the largest mobile phone operator in the world, with over 600 million subscribers, so bringing the ...

Apple, China Mobile supposedly reach agreement on 4G iPhone

by Dave Caolo (May 19th, 2011)

A story at MarketWatch suggests that Apple and China Mobile have reached a consensus on a 4G iPhone. Unfortunately, China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou was stingy with the details. Wang noted that negotiations with Apple aren't complete, and didn't provide details other than to say that his ...

Apple interested in building 4G LTE iPhone "early"

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 4th, 2011)

Apple may be looking to build a TD-LTE iPhone earlier than expected, according to a comment from China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou. Jianzhou singled out Steve Jobs while speaking about the possibility of an LTE iPhone outside a conference meeting on Friday. The chairman said "Jobs has expressed ...

Apple's mobile partner in China announces its own iPhone rival

by Dana Franklin (Mar 1st, 2011)

The parent company of China Unicom, Apple's sole partner for carrying the iPhone in China, revealed plans on Monday to release its own mobile computing platform. Dubbed "Wophone," the platform will compete directly with Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Last year, Apple partnered with China ...

China Telecom close to inking deal with Apple for the CDMA iPhone 4

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 18th, 2011)

In a research note, Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White suggest China Telecom is close to completing a deal with Apple to carry the CDMA iPhone 4. White cites a report on Chinese website NetEase that claims one branch of the wireless operator is already accepting pre-orders for the CDMA ...

China Mobile says Apple to support TD-LTE

by Rick Martin (Jan 26th, 2011)

In an interview with Chinese news portal Sina, China Mobile's Chairman Wang Jianzhou was quoted (Chinese) as saying that Apple would get behind the carrier's next-gen TD-LTE network technology: "Apple has its own problems to deal with and has many things to develop, and currently TD development is ...

China Unicom: we've sold 100,000 iPhones

by Dave Caolo (Dec 10th, 2009)

Amid claims of poor iPhone sales, Dow Jones reports that China Unicom (CU) has sold 100,000 iPhones since the official launch in October of this year. While this represents a pickup in sales numbers -- CU reported selling just 5,000 units in the first 4 days -- it isn't incredibly impressive. China ...

Talks with China Mobile fail over who can sell apps

by Robert Palmer (Feb 9th, 2009)

Talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in the Chinese market have stalled again, according to Interfax -- this time over the fact that China Mobile wanted to sell iPhone apps directly to customers, rather than through the App Store. A source in the Interfax story said that China Mobile CEO Wang ...

China Mobile making things complicated?

by Robert Palmer (Nov 18th, 2008)

China Mobile, the service provider in talks with Apple to distribute the iPhone in the world's most populous country, is still expressing interest in selling the handset, but has plans to open its own online app store. According to Macworld, Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile's chairman and CEO, said at a ...

China Mobile wants 'cut-down' version of iPhone

by Robert Palmer (Sep 25th, 2008)

China Mobile has asked Apple to remove Wi-Fi and 3G networking from the iPhone for its launch in China, according to Apple's Taiwanese manufacturing partner, Foxconn. China Mobile is asking for the changes to make the phone less appealing to those who would unlock the phone and use it on its major ...

Apple and China Mobile 3G iPhone talks on track

by Mat Lu (Jun 28th, 2008)

Back at WWDC as Steve Jobs ran down the list of carrier agreements for the 3G iPhone one country in particular was conspicuous in its absence. Now Reuters is reporting that one of the biggest obstacles to bringing the iPhone to China has been overcome. A China Mobile spokeswoman told Reuters that ...