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iPhone 4S free in China, I told you so

, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [45]

This week its been announced by China Unicom that they’re offering up a deal in which if you sign up for a two year contract with them for mobile data, you get an iPhone 4S for free (connected to that contract) – this shouldn’t come as a surprise to you UK citizens, nor should it be unfathomable by those of you who read the opinion columns I write up here on SlashGear. If you live in the UK, you already know that you’ve been able to get the iPhone 4S for free on contract across your nation since it was launched. Those of you following SlashGear columns know that I predicted this situation before the iPhone 4S was ever launched.

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US X-37B space plane is spying on Chinese Tiangong spacelab?

, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [2]

China is entering the space race and has already put its Tiangong 1 unmanned spacelab into orbit successfully. One British publication called Spaceflight thinks that the US may be using the mystery shrouded X-37B spacecraft to shadow the Tiangong, determine, and spy on what the Chinese are doing. Read The Full Story

Meizu MX smartphone launches to long lines in China and Hong Kong

, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

Early in December 2011, we talked about a new smartphone that would be launching in China called the Meizu MX. The smartphone runs the Android OS, and it has an Exynos processor that is paired with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The screen on the smartphone is a 4-inch unit with a resolution of 960 x 640. The smartphone created a nice bit of excitement in China when it was announced, and the device has now launched. Read The Full Story

China outlines plans for space exploration

, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [20]

The Chinese may be a bit upset that they were never invited to the ISS party, but they aren't sitting around angry about it. The country is set to start an ambitious space exploration program that will see them eventually aiming for manned mission to the moon. The Chinese are already working on assembling their own space station in orbit to use for research and experimentation. Read The Full Story

Age of Wulin pre-release auction nabs $16k for a virtual sword

, Dec 28th 2011 Discuss [17]

There's no denying that the virtual world is one lucrative enough for people on both sides of the equation to dedicate their lives to it - and in no more relevant a place today than a pre-release auction of virtual goods for a game by the name of Age of Wulin, this auction selling a man a sword for $16,000 USD. Of course he didn't drop USD on this weapon, and the only physical representation of it he'll see is a plaque (generous of them!) that he can hang in his room while he uses the "real" thing in the game when it's released in the Spring of 2012. This game will also be released in the USA soon after the Chinese Beta, but it'll only be this one lucky fellow who'll be slaying his opponents with this one sword. Read The Full Story

Christmas Lights recycled into slippers in China

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

If you live in North America, chances are you've had a good time purchasing, stringing, taking down and ball wrapping, and next year throwing away Christmas Lights - as the video in this post will show, those lights don't always just go in a landfill, they get turned into nothing less strange than a pair of slippers! The video here shows a Chinese recycling factory that sits in the town of Shijiao, near Guangzhou, and they've got a yearly run-through of 20 million pounds of old Christmas lights per year. They chop them down, mush them up, and flip them out! Read The Full Story

Beidou satnav system promises free SMS messaging and location data worldwide by 2020

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [18]

You read that right, folks, the representatives speaking for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said this week that their Beidou satellite navigation system is currently operational and will have free, global coverage in place by the year 2020. This system Beidou, otherwise known as Big Dipper, will be providing both location data and SMS messaging to any device that can utilize it for free. Beidu is working right this minute mainly in China and the group says that global coverage is in the works for full working operation inside 8 years. Read The Full Story

Pegatron plant in China reports small explosion

, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

The manufacturing industry in China is huge with some of the big names including Pegatron and Foxconn building computers and gadgets for numerous companies like Apple and many others. Foxconn was hit earlier this year with a series of plant explosions over a several month period that lead to the death of some workers. Read The Full Story

Samsung W999 Android clamshell official, like a GSII with a gigantic keypad

, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

When it comes to releasing a variety of devices that center around a hero, enough devices to stuff an elephant with, so many devices that there's no way on earth you'll not be able to find the one that fits your desires PERFECTLY, Samsung has you covered - and with the W999 dual-screen clamshell dual-core Android, even the strangest businessmen will have what they want. You've got two OLED 3.5-inch displays, both of them at 800 x 480 pixel resolution, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor under the hood along with Gingerbread, and it'll cost you something like 10,000 yuan (US $1,570) in its launch country of China - clearly aiming at rich businessmen with massive fingers. Read The Full Story

US forces AT&T and Verizon to fork over data in search for Chinese spying

, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

The US has forced major telecommunications providers like AT&T and Verizon to fork over data using powers left over from the cold war. The reason for the demand for the data from the telecom providers is to ferret out Chinese spying on networks inside the US. Apparently, there is some sort of indication that chips and other Chinese hardware used in American networks may be giving the Chinese integrated spying capabilities on the US. Read The Full Story

Nokia N9 Fan Bingbing ad spot has us floored

, Nov 23rd 2011 Discuss [17]

From all the way over in China comes an advertisement for the Nokia N9 that will certainly have you questioning why you ever thought a short video about a smartphone could be anything less than ultra-epic. I'm certain Avi Greengart will agree that this ad spot far exceeds the device itself, encapsulating the device in a cocoon of over-the-top power and grace in a black and white video that will stop your heart. This spot features actress and singer Fan Bingbing, big in China if you've never heard of her, and is certainly your must-see clip of the day. Read The Full Story

NASA Space Scientist says odd Chinese desert markings are for spy sat calibration

, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [4]

Last week I talked about the weird markings that had turned up in the Chinese desert. As people noted the markings had been around for a while and were apparently only recently discovered by many people. We all wondered what China was up to out there in the desert and what the weird series of lines and such were actually for. If you thought they were something to calibrate spy satellites in space, you are right according to one scientist. Read The Full Story
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