Localization: Windows Phone Marketplace finally supporting Chinese Yuan...
File this under rumors for the time being. According to words on Sina weibo, Chinese Windows Phone users will soon have the blessed privilege to pay for their apps and games in their home currency:...
View ArticleChinese OEM Oppo to join the Windows Phone 8 family
Microsoft is recruiting more OEMs for its grand Windows Phone 8 plan. According to WPDang’s sources, Chinese emerging phone OEM Oppo has just earned the trust and approval of Microsoft’s Windows Phone...
View ArticleA real People Hub finally coming to China in Windows Phone 8
Words from WPDang indicates that Microsoft is intending to do localization works right with the release of Windows Phone 8, at least make it right in China.When Windows Phone 7.5 formally launched in...
View ArticleChina Mobile to carry Windows Phone 8 in 2013
China is on the move. Earlier this year we’ve seen China Telecom (CDMA 2000) striking a series of deal with Nokia to carry the Lumia family, and China Unicom (WCDMA) following the example. Now China...
View ArticleChinese Windows Phone forum kicked start in Beijing
On July 7th, the first “grass root” (not started by key forces like Microsoft or Nokia) Windows Phone forum kicked start in Beijing. The event was meant to be the first of an ongoing series, and...
View ArticleChinese Windows Phone Marketplace to be handed over to MSN China
According to WPDang, there are some fundamental service changes about to happen to the Windows Phone platform in China. First, China might get its own mobile app distribution server, which will make...
View ArticleGuess what? China did block WP7 Marketplace after all.
My last post left more confusion than answers I guess, with Chinese WP7 users having all sorts of problem. Some can’t gain access to the Marketplace no matter what, some regained access after rolling...
View ArticleChina blocked WP7 Marketplace? (Updated: more test)
Well, guess most of us know that China always wants to control its entire web traffic. It doesn’t want its netizens to see what’s “not proper” by the government standard, thus sites like YouTube,...
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