There’s An App For That: Driving in China

Ever fancied taking to the roads in China? How about using your interest in cars to help you learn the Chinese language? Here are a few free iPhone applications which may help you on your way.

Android aPad First Impressions

Chinese website Shanzhaiben took a few minutes to compare the Android aPad to the Apple iPad. Here’s what they noted after a quick once over. The first picture shows both the iPad and the imitation aPad side by side, but which is which? Knowing that the iPad has a 4:3 ratio screen and the aPad…

SinoSat 6 Enters Orbit

China launched it’s 6th SinoSat satellite in to orbit this morning (Sunday) at 12:14 am. The new satellite, which will take the place of SinoSat 3 will live in a geostationary orbit at 35,700 kilometers above the equator for the next 15 years. It’s primary job will be relaaying TV and radio live broadcast signals…

Dyson Fan Knockoff Cheaper Than You Think

It’s Sunday and I’m in the middle of washing the clothes. In between trips to and from the washing machine I decided to pop on to Gizmodo and see what they were talking about and came across this Abiko blade-less fan article. The article says that the Abiko is a clone/knock off of a Dyson…

163.com Debuts HTML5 iPad Email

Despite the fact the iPad has yet to officially launch in China (and sources tell us there is a delay) NetEase e-mail CEO Ding Lei has already had his team of developers launch a special iPad version of their popular 163 email service. The new service located at ipad.mail.163.com, can be accessed through the iPad’s…

Fake iPhone 4′s Do Anything For A Little Attention!

There are literally hundreds of fake iPhone 4’s on the market here in China. Varying from not bad, to total garbage. Problem is with so many clones it’s difficult for new up and coming faux iPhones to get any of the limelight. This problem is similar to one many aspiring actress in Hollywood face, and…

China Releases A Book You Can Read Without The Book

Ever been out and about and wished you’d taken your newly purchased paper back book with you? Perhaps you planned to pop in to town for a few minutes to do some shopping but find yourself stuck in a 9 day traffic jam! If only you had that copy of ‘War and Peace’ with you…

New Samsung Galaxy Tablet Video

Last week we posted a blurry video of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet , this week though we have a great video from Korean TV  of it in action. The video shows off some great features! No wobbly cameras or blurred images, just crisp video, funky music and if you can read them Korean labels! This…

New iPod Nano To have Touch Screen, iPod Touch To Get Camera

If you can’t wait until tomorrow to see what Apple have in store for you take a look at these cases that were recently leaked on to the Chinese Internet. The manufacturer of the silicon skins claim that the smaller of the protective covers is for a 1.7 inch touch screen iPod Nano (or iPod…

Shanda To Bring It’s Games To iPhone and iPad

Shanda have released details that it plans to launch some of it’s titles on to Apple’s iOS devices in the near future. As the the multi-million dollar company is leading the way in on-line MMORPG titles in China it’s a safe bet we’ll see a few of those heading toward our iPhones and iPads soon…

Motorola To Launch A Trio Of Androids Later This Year

The Chinese press have been speculating for months about what Motorola had planned for it’s Chinese phone range, and it looks like they’ve finally spilled the beans. Motorola are planning to launch 3 new Android phone with full touch screens around the Fall of 2010. What’s more all 3 of the new phones will have…

330 Meter Tall World Trade Tower Opens in Beijing

Not only is this 330 meter tall building currently the tallest building in China’s capital, but is also has a mighty long name to go along with it. The (deep breath) ‘China World Trade Center Tower III” has been completed in 3 stages , hence the “III”. Stage 1 of the build was commenced construction…