http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/ Engadget Comments for China Mobile in talks with Apple over iPhone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
Nothing beats being the first person to pull out a new gadget and showing it off everywhere you go.]]>Nov 13th 2007 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/There is a ultra huge market.
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A comment is relevant to the post, even if just tangentially so. For example:

Wait, isn't it law for manufacturers to use the miniUSB connection for phones in China? If this is the case, which I am pretty sure is, this would really piss of the Jobster. First they have to sell unlocked iPhones in France, now phones with miniUSB ports in China.

What next? A fully open platform? Baby steps here, baby steps. ]]>Nov 14th 2007 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
In China, Apple is:
1. Too Expensive
2. Too simple
3. And with that simplicity, too ugly

Seriously, in China Apple is no big deal and not a trend like it is in the US. Everyone in China buys alternative 国产 crap because it is cheap, it looks better, and it's made in China by Chinese companies.]]>Nov 13th 2007 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 14th 2007 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
Hrm, apparently you love the Apple, Mr. RIMM Jobs.

Lovely.]]>Nov 14th 2007 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
Please leave me Low Ranking Apple and iPhone fanatics. :) ]]>Nov 13th 2007 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
i'm no apple/iphone fanatic, though i am very much a common sense fanatic. here's your low rank vote.]]>Nov 13th 2007 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5179]]>Nov 13th 2007 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
-D
http://www.androidboards.com]]>Nov 13th 2007 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 14th 2007 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 13th 2007 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
Well this way Apple doesn't have to ship O/S, they can just cut the middle man and the phone suddenly becomes very affordable. I'm being facetious =D

I can think of a few issues here tho. The first surrounds the data plans/rates and the second is privacy concerns re open application development.... ? What stops someone from developing an encrypted chat program or point to point/proxy or web based application etc? Things could start to get interesting. if you were a Chinese dissident wishing to communicate with friends this could be feasible.

]]>Nov 13th 2007 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 14th 2007 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/That God damned mathrf*kr allways ship us low quality phones with high price, and even expensive service of shit.
The carriers of China haven't get the EDGE online. We can buy an iPhone(8G) from the black market for about 4000RMB(about $530), and use the GPRS for $1.38/Mbytes, $67.29/month for unlimited data(call fee are not included).

So, who cares.]]>Nov 14th 2007 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 14th 2007 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/
That should give Apple a share price of about $900 and market cap of about 1 trillion dollars, surpassing Microsoft and ExxonMobil by a wide margin.

Apple becomes the new Microsoft and Steve Jobs the new Bill Gates. Yup, the Apple New World Order is falling neatly into place and it's about time.

It'll be a frickin' iPhone sort of multinational world united under Steve Jobs.

WAAAKE UP!!!]]>Nov 14th 2007 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/china-mobile-in-talks-with-apple-over-iphone/Nov 14th 2007 3:57AM