The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about China’s Sciphone (not really), the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet. It looks rather like a Blackjack, but it fits all the capabilities of a G1 or iPhone into

According to latest reports from Digitimes, a Chinese mobile phone manufcaturer, Sciphone will soon be shipping out the Android powered phone in China for a price tag of $174. Thats cheap even than the G1 phone or the HTC Dream launched few months back, which also runs Android OS from Google and the Open handset Alliance. As of now, the Chinese company has not provided any details reagrding whethe...

The Android-powered Dream G2 handset from China-based maker Sciphone is expected to hit the China market for less than 1,200 yuan (US$174) within 10-15 days, according to a Chinese-language Sina.com report. The Sciphone Dream G2 will run Android Home edition V1.0, and will come with GSM/EDGE support, 16GB flash memory, and Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube applications, but it will not include a phys...

Paris — Alcatel-Lucent today announced that it has been selected by China Telecom, China’s leading telecom operator, to provide end-to-end communication solution for China Telecom and increase the capacity and coverage of its mobile voice and data network throughout the country. The contract was secured through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent’s Chineese flagship company. Wi...

Lenovo is a company popular mostly for its laptops and PCs, but many of you are probably not aware that it also manufactures mobile phones. It's true that success in this field has been quite limited, but things are now seemingly starting to move in the right direction. This comes after Lenovo, which operates on the...

File this under rumors, but since we’ve already heard China Mobile is preparing to launch its own AppStore-kind-of-service, we do believe there’s some merit in this story as well — apparently, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers is working on its mobile OS. And since I mentioned China Mobile’s AppStore plans,

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is expected to receive a positive sales contribution from its strategic partnership with Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings for the first quarter of 2009, according to sources in the China semiconductor market. The sources believed that Datang will likely beat out other major telecom equipment suppliers to win orders for a gov...

Alcatel-Lucent has won a US$320 million CDMA contract from China Telecom to increase the capacity and coverage of its mobile voice and data network throughout the country. The contract was secured through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese subsidiary.

China Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent to provide $230 million upgrade for its CDMA network in 56 cities in 9 provinces in China.

QiGi and China TechFaith Wireless' new QiGi i6 handset is the first device announced in China to feature Google's Android smartphone operating system. Read the full story here.