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iPhone 4S available in China on January 13th

iPhone 4S 3 models

In addition to China, the iPhone 4S will also be available in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Uganda.

Apple loses the iPad name in China

The iPad is doing incredibly well in China; over a million were sold between April and June, which gives them around 75% of the tablet market. Apple’s four official stores are among the most successful in the world, which led Tim Cook to remark “China – the sky’s the limit there!” That didn’t stop a Chinese court from ruling against Apple’s claim to the iPad name.

iTunes access restored in China

The iTunes Store has had its access restored in China, and is available once again. Last week, local internet police decided to block iTunes access due to a pro-Tibet album sold through the store. The web page for downloading the pro-Tibet album, which is suspected of prompting the iTunes closure in the first place, remains unavailable on the service. 40 iTunes users in China, including athletes in the Olympic village, downloaded the album before the censors interrupted sales. It’s thought that “Songs for Tibet,” an album released by the Art of Peace Foundation in support of Tibetan independence, is the album responsible for this.

Learn where this could lead after the break.

The iTunes Store is blocked in China

It seems the latest internet service to fall victim to the “Great Firewall of China” is Apple’s iTunes Store. According to a New York Times article, this is likely the Chinese government’s response to the “Songs for Tibet” benefit album, which features many popular artists—including Rush, John Mayer, Sting and Dave Matthews—that was released on iTunes on August 5th, just before the start of the Beijing Olympics.

The start of the problems coincided with an announcement from an activist group which said that around 40 Olympic athletes had downloaded a pro-Tibet benefit album that was also carried on iTunes.

More after the break.

Apple shuts down iPhone clone sellers

Apple is getting sick of all the iPhone clones overseas and is beginning to crack down on sellers of the devices. It is known that the most clones are showing up in China, where Apple’s iPhone is too expensive for most of the consumers. For example, Apple has began to pursue legal action against such more »

Apple arrives in China, dressed up like Best Buy

Apple has been wanting to open a store in China for quite some time now, and their dream is halfway there. A Best Buy in Shanghai will soon have a mini Apple Store inside of it, being only 540 square feet. Best Buy, with their amazing organization and marketing skills, plan to put over 60 more »

Sorry China, no iPhone for you yet

A while back I posted about how the a group of surveyed Chinese felt about the iPhone and its price. This post also went over a little bit of the reasons why the iPhone hasn’t legally appeared in China yet. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there, news about an iPhone in China just keeps getting worse more »

iPhone to come in China, Apple COO says

While the iPhone is in quite a few countries, China is one they’ve left out. Apple is expected to start selling the new smart-phone new many new international markets to reach the goal of 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. Without the iPhone in China, many analysts, have questioned if Apple will reach more »

Where are those unlocked iPhones? China Mobile has em’

Apple not supporting iPhones in several countries hasn’t stopped users from unlocking them. Apple announced that they had sold many iPhones, but not all appear on AT&T’s network. When tech savvy entrepreneurs take a trip to to the US and Europe, they have been purchasing hundreds and thousands of iPhones in the US and Europe. more »