Category Archive for 'Technology'

China iPhone survey results are in…so is the mobile phone the new symbol of China?

Posted in Apple in China, Brands, China and Japan, Consumer, Culture, Mobile phone industry, Technology on May 4th, 2008

Last week, I received a fresh market report from China Polling about the growing popularity of the iPhone in China. Some of their results got me wondering. First, the numbers: Unsurprisingly, over 65% have heard of iPhone, and among this group, more than 85% are willing to actually buy an iPhone if it’s available here [...]

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Pay attention to your tech-savvy audience in China — or perish

Posted in China, China marketing, Consumer, Search engines, Software, Strategy, Technology on Oct 29th, 2006

Microsoft is getting sued…so is a search engine…in China. That’s right — China. These are not a couple of blips on the corporate radar in the litigious-happy Western World, but a show of discontent from a country that more than 25 years ago couldn’t have given a bowl of rice about what consumers thought. In [...]

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