mobile

www.east-west-connect.com — A quick overview of the tablet market in China. Includes charts on operating systems, brands, usage purpose, etc.

www.washingtonpost.com — “I’ve been told that if you use an iPhone or BlackBerry, everything on it — contacts, calendar, e-mails — can be downloaded in a second. All it takes is someone sitting near you on a subway waiting for you to turn it on, and they’ve got it,” said Kenneth Lieberthal, a former senior White House official for Asia who is at the Brookings Institution.

www.fastcompany.com — The latest installment of Butterfly Effect examines China's cheap knockoff cell phones. After being forced out of China and India, Chinese counterfeiters brought their product to the Middle East, where the sudden availability of information had unintended consequences for the region--and for China itself.

www.isidorsfugue.com — Many youth in China don't have regular access to a computer and their mobile phone remains their preferred method for going online, even when it's not a smartphone. Especially in China, "mobile" isn't always about mobility.

techrice.com — The internet in general is notoriously difficult to predict and China’s internet is doubly so. Yet my 5 predictions for 2011 foresee IPOs, Tencent’s attempt to re-invent itself, growth for Sina Weibo, growth for e-commerce and advertising, and an explosion of smart phones at the China price.