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Apple Facing $1.6 Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Use of iPad Trademark in China

Taiwanese company Proview Technology has the trademark rights for “iPad” in China and is suing Apple for up to $1.6 billion dollars for trademark infringement. They’re also demanding an apology from Apple for the transgression.

Back in 2006, Apple used a UK company called IP…

iPad Trademark Rejected in Chinese Courts, Apple Appeals

Backin December Apple lost a trademark dispute in China, where it had accused Proview Technology (Shenzhen) of infringing on its iPad trademark. A Chinese court rejected the lawsuit, ruling that Proview had lawfully registered the “iPad” name as far back as 2000 for use in…

Apple Stores in Beijing, Shanghai Halt iPhone 4S Sale, Crowd Grows Irate, Violent

The Apple Stores in Beijing and Shanghai, China, did not sell the iPhone 4S due to overwhelming crowds of thousands of people.
Apparently the crowd of thousands of people overwhelmed the 5 Apple Stores in Beijing and Shanghai, so the Apple Store employees announced the…

Lenovo IdeaPad K2 tablet runs on Tegra 3

Lenovo has another excellent Tegra 3 powered performer in its K2 10-inch tablet. As shown in this video hands-on,Tegra 3 makes it very responsive, and helps drive very sharp 1920×1200 display smoothly. The LCD is IPS-based and has the richer colors and wider viewing angles…

Qualcomm’s Bambook Sunflower E-Reader

As Qualcomm’s press release states,

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and The Shanghai Nutshell Electronic Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanda Networking Co., Ltd, China’s largest interactive digital content provider, today announced the first e-reader featuring Mirasol® display technology, …

How is Qualcomm’s Smartphone Reference Design Doing in China?

Qualcomm’s Reference Design program (QRD) enters the ecosystem with a unique position to grab a large piece of the entry level smartphone market. Based on Qualcomm’s new S4 chipsets and the QRD will enable 3G smartphones that will retail for less than US$150.
According to…

Lenovo to Ship 300,000 U300 Ultrabook’s in Q4 & Starts Sales in China

The Lenovo U300 is considered the top Ultrabook on the market by many of my favorite technology bloggers.  My self I’m partial to Leveno so it, along side the ASUS UX31 are my  top two picks.  Being among the first to partake in this new…

Lenovo LePad 2005S, 5-inch Android Tablet on Sale in China Now

Samsung isn’t the only manufacturer still releasing 5-inch mini-tablets (or “phablets”); Lenovo has just announced their 5-inch, LePad 2005S Android tablet, for sale in China for around $415 USD.

The actual price in Chinese currency is 2699 Yuan, as shown in the advertisement above. As…

Tencent & Qualcomm Allow You to Chat without 3G

Tencent might not be a house hold name in the West but in China their QQ chat service, think MSN Messenger, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in mainland China. As of July 11, 2011, the active QQ users accounts for QQ…

Apple loses trademark on the name “iPad” in China

Apple has lost a trademark dispute in China, where it had accused Proview Technology (Shenzhen) of infringing on its iPad trademark.
A Chinese court rejected the lawsuit, ruling that Proview – a unit of Proview International Holdings Ltd – had lawfully registered the “iPad” name…

First Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet Caught on Video, in China

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime was officially released today in Taiwan with Honeycomb, but its positioned as the first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet on the market.  It looks like this Taiwanese company has been beaten to the punch as one manufacturer in China already…

Lenovo Launches 3 New Android Tablets in China

Lenovo is rolling out a 5, 7 and 10 inch LePad Android tablets in China they are named the Lenovo LePad S2005,
Lenovo LePad S2005
The LePad S2005 is a 5 inch device that looks a lot like a smartphone or like the Samsung Galaxy…

Acer Committed to Netbook Space, Says VP

Samsung has recently announced that they will be leaving the Netbook Space despite leaks of Cedar Trail Netbooks. This would leave Acer & ASUS who are currently the top two players in the Netbook with one less competitor. Acer vice president Scott Lin pointed out…

Boy Builds Girl Tablet for $125. Girl Swoons.

Can’t afford an iPad, well it seems that all you need is $125 and a can do attitude!  In China Wei Xinlong wanted to get his girlfriend Sun Shasha a tablet for her birthday, but the cost put everything that was available pre-built out of…

Lenovo to Launch a 5″ Android Tablet

Rumor has it that Lenovo might thinking of releasing a 5″ Android tablet. They are clearly working on a protype running Android, and featuring a dual-core processor. The photos show off a few features like a micro-USB port, a front-facing camera, and HDMI output. Engadget’s…