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Hello Asia, I'm Verzio Envii

Verzio, an electronics manufacturer from Singapore, announced the release of its latest Pocket PC, the Verzio Envii, targeted for the Asian market. Verzio Envii brings both advanced functionality and a nice design, together with the business features that are included in every Windows Mobile device. The new handse...

24 May 2008
05:45 GMT

HTC P3400i, the Affordable Pocket PC, Launched in Asia

HTC has announced the approaching Asian release of HTC P3400i, an affordable and stylish Pocket PC targeted at users who need a business-oriented handset, but don't want to pay too much for it. The P3400i is not a new device in the true meaning of the word, as it is basically identical with the P3400 launched ...

22 May 2008
10:51 GMT

Motorola ROKR E8 Released in Asia

Motorola recently released its fancy ROKR E8 music phone in Asia, in an attempt to answer the mobile music needs of Asian users. Although the handset was officially announced in September 2007, Motorola delayed its global launch for April 2008 - a bit too much for many of those who were expecting to get their hands o...

15 May 2008
09:35 GMT

Ericsson Improves Telkomsel's Network

Telkomsel Indonesia has chosen Ericsson to improve its nationwide network by deploying its MSS (Mobile Softswitch Solution) in order to increase the network's performance, coverage and capacity. The Mobile Softswitch Solution of the Swedish company will offer a core network platform for both of Telkomsel's...

13 May 2008
12:15 GMT

Microsoft Cuts Xbox 360 Prices in Asia

Following the price cuts of the Xbox 360 console in Europe, Microsoft decided it was time to reduce the prices in four Asian markets in order to help their console sell better and fend off market-share declines against Nintendo and Sony. Probably, their price cuts in Europe combined with the release of Grand Theft Au...

29 April 2008
17:06 GMT

Neonode N2 Going To Asia

Neonode N2, one of the most interesting and small mobile phones launched in the last months, will soon be available in several Asian markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore.Neonode Inc., the Sweden-based company that created the N2, announced a collaboration with Excel Field Internatio...

17 April 2008
11:48 GMT

Take Two Expands into Asia

Even as the deadline for the Electronic Arts hostile takeover draws near, Take Two seems to have more important issues to deal with. After plans were announced last year regarding a possible move into the South East Asia markets, Take Two has declared that a new Asia division will become active within the company.And...

15 April 2008
14:06 GMT

Samsung Armani To Hit Taiwan

Samsung Armani, one of the most fashionable mobile phones created by Samsung, will apparently be available in Taiwan at the end of April, for the price of 33,800 Taiwan dollars (about 1,116 US dollars).Designed in collaboration with Giorgio Armani, the famous Italian fashion company, Samsung Armani combines elegance ...

15 April 2008
05:37 GMT

10Tacle CEO Quits

Things could have been simple: boss resigns, the company is really sorry, new guy comes in. But it is a bit more complicated and we love that, especially because there is no beef or backstabbing or something similar. Still, the beginning of the story is the same: Aroon Tan, Chief Executive Officer of 10Tacle Asia has...

27 March 2008
22:06 GMT

2G Phones Disappearing in Japan

2G mobile phones account for the majority of the handsets currently functional worldwide. They only work on GSM, CDMA, TDMA or PCD networks and offer less advantages than the new generation phones which come with support for 3G. Most probably, as time goes by, all 2G networks will be completely replaced with new 3G (...

15 March 2008
12:19 GMT

Nokia: Think You Know Your City at Night?

Nokia initiated a new wireless adventure in South and South-East Asia, coming with the release of its latest Nseries phone, Nokia N82. Described as an one-of-a-kind "new-age tech challenge", the adventure is called Discover the Soul of the Night and invites users to discover their cities at night using the powerful f...

11 March 2008
04:45 GMT

No iPhone for China Mobile, This Time for Good

Apple and China Mobile have been discussing to bring the iPhone on the Chinese market since November 2007. At a given moment, the discussions stopped, but the fact seemed possible at the end of the last year. However, now it's clear that China Mobile will not be an iPhone carrier, as the two companies have offic...

14 January 2008
07:27 GMT

Yahoo! Continues Asian Conquest

A new beta version of Yahoo's Instant Messenger was announced today in Manila, Philippines' capital and it was the perfect location to deliver the news as the new feature implemented is exactly the native language.Yahoo! Southeast Asia Business Development Head Jojo Anonuevo said that the enhancements in YM...

6 November 2007
09:43 GMT

Asia Stomps Phishers!

Finally, someone is getting to the bottom of things: instead of special phishing-preventing software, a new security solution has been disclosed. DotAsia is a new TLD (top level domain) and, because it's still "fresh", it's going to be able to fight better in the anti-phishing battle! As seen on TechWorld, ...

12 October 2007
05:27 GMT

Fergie Brings Motorola MOTO U9 Out on the Market

Motorola just made its MOTO U9 music phone official and will also use Fergie's image for promoting it at a large scale. The device has been long expected and now finally makes its break out on the market and even gets some decent specifications.The phone's design is, by far, its single special feature. The ...

12 October 2007
03:26 GMT

.ASIA - The New Internet Domain

DotAsia, a Hong Kong organization, finally received the OK to set up the .asia domain which will represent the new suffix when it comes to Internet websites. This new domain is pretty important because the .eu and the .us extensions already grew up a lot and the web consumers were looking for .asia domains in order t...

10 October 2007
04:57 GMT

EA Sports FIFA Online 2 Is Out in Asia

Electronic Arts has just confirmed that EA Sports FIFA Online 2 has officially launched in Asia. The game has been co-developed with Seoul-based Neowiz Games, making it the latest (next-gen) installment of the EA Sports FIFA Online franchise. The same report confirms that online operations will be handled in Korea by...

1 October 2007
06:48 GMT

Microsoft: No Quick Fix to Software Piracy

Craig Mundie, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer and one of the two successors of Bill Gates along with Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, revealed his perspective over the worldwide anti-piracy efforts, with a special focus on developing markets. Mundie expects by no means a quick fix to the piracy prob...

7 September 2007
09:52 GMT

Intel Is Interested in the Indian Market

Some of the most important computer hardware manufacturers in the world like Intel, AMD and others have design, testing and production facilities both in the United States and Europe as well as in Asia where the work force is much cheaper allowing companies to build a higher profit. While the vast majority of the Asi...

6 September 2007
05:53 GMT

Nokia Intellisync for Indosat

Nokia announced that one of the leading information and telecommunications provider in Indonesia, namely Indosat, will provide Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email to its customers. Coming as an enhancement of existing services, the new service is labeled under I- Mofis, the Indosat mobile office brand. With the help of ...

5 September 2007
08:58 GMT

iPhones in China at Double the Price, Half the Features

Apple's decision of releasing their iPhone in Asia only during 2008 has been a disappointing one for many enthusiasts out there waiting for the device to arrive for them too. Some hacked versions of the phone have been made available, but prove to be extremely expensive and also come with several drawbacks.In th...

5 September 2007
04:45 GMT

MotoROKR Z6 Available in Asia

MotoROKR Z6 has been launched in Asia in some impressive colors and along with a headset bundle. The slider phone brings high quality media services and tries tolive up to the expectations coming from the line of handsets that it is part of.The combination between orange and black colors make this phone's lines ...

26 July 2007
07:12 GMT

GPlus GP800, the Mirror Phone

LG Shine should fade into insignificance when compared to the GPlus GP800 mobile phone. In the competition for reaching the greatest glamor, this handset might just defeat the luxurious LG Shine phone.It looks like the perfect mobile phone for ladies who would like to squeeze in their handset even their pocket mirror...

11 July 2007
04:15 GMT

Yahoo and Microsoft Did It! Google Still Struggling!

Asia is probably the best land in the world to expand your business because there are a lot of users and companies willing to invest in new projects and try the latest innovations. Google knows that and struggles to increase its presence into this market but sometimes the reality evolves in a different way than the s...

10 July 2007
06:04 GMT

Yahoo Wants Asia, Asia Doesn't Want Yahoo

The Sunnyvale company Yahoo wants to conquer the Asian market but China proved us several times that it is not welcomed in the country. However, the giant portal keeps trying to expand its services into China although the local market seems to be quite inaccessible for the Sunnyvale company. According to Pacific Epoc...

29 June 2007
05:49 GMT

Motorola Considers That Music Is Best When Mobile

Motorola plans on developing significant upgrades to its music portal in order to make mobile phones start taking the part that they deserve in playing high quality sounds. For this, they addressed an invitation for contribution to the leaders of music business and mobile network operators in Asia.Chinese people can ...

3 June 2007
02:51 GMT

Yahoo: We Finally Did It!

Yahoo's officials were invited yesterday to a meeting with the Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to talk about the innovations offered by the giant portal. The meeting took about an hour, the two officials sustaining they talked about the technology provided by Yahoo and the economical features of the g...

9 May 2007
05:22 GMT

Google China Grows Up. Baidu Wins More!

Google's presence on the Asian market is more and more interesting for all the Internet users because the company is struggling to develop new and more powerful products but it seems like all the efforts are useless. Since the first step in Asia, Google was hardly working to challenge the Chinese leader Baidu bu...

7 March 2007
05:13 GMT


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