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First Dell Ophone Apps In China Mobile Market

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Yesterday, we wrote about the first Dell smartphone, the Mini 3i, coming to the Chinese market this week. China Mobile’s app store, the Mobile Market, clearly features the Dell Mini 3i as one of the supported phones since yesterday.

Now today, the first applications for the Dell Ophone are available in the China Mobile Market:

Dell applications in China Mobile Market

Dell applications in China Mobile Market

At this moment 69 Applications and 67 Games are available, with no Themes yet. For other phones that run on the Ophone platform more content is already available, so expect new Apps and Games for the Dell Mini 3i soon in the China Mobile Market.

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Dell Ophone Coming To China: With Apps In Mobile Market

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Dell is launching its first smartphone this week in China. The Dell Mini 3i will be available via China Mobile, the largest operator in China with 500 million subscribers. The Mini 3i is the first Ophone:

The smartphone is one of the first Ophones in the world, a brand promoted by China Mobile to make sure consumers know it uses the Linux-based Open Mobile System (OMS) developed by the company. OMS is very similar to Android, the reason Dell will release the handset elsewhere with Google’s popular mobile phone OS inside. (via PCWorld)

We are wondering how this device will work with apps. There are not too many details announced, but the China Mobile app store, Mobile Market already features the Dell Mini 3i in the store:

Right now, there are no applications available yet in the store for the Dell Opone, but this should be coming soon as the device will enter the Chinese market later this week.

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China Mobile Market: An Update On Its Launch

Friday, August 21st, 2009

We previously reported on the launch of China Mobile Market. The launch did not go entirely as planned, but the web version seems to be up now. A status update:

  • Applications are offered for six brands: Ophone, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Lenovo, Dopod, Panasonic and Dell.
  • Five types of applications are offered: games, wallpapers, music, video and e-books
  • Mobile Market currently records 9,246 registered developers and 6,481 submitted applications (English Google Translation)
  • Unlike earlier reports, China Mobile offers developers a 70% revenue share
  • China Mobile currently offers a free trial to users, refraining from charging internet fees
  • According to Marbridge Daily Report, China Mobile set targets for the open beta stage of its Mobile Market application store’s trial period (lasting from August through December), and “”expects to see over 1,000 development studios on the platform, with over 2,000 applications, 1 mln users, 3 mln downloads and RMB 50 mln in revenues. China Mobile aims to reach 20 mln Mobile Market users, over 100 mln downloads and a total industry value chain of RMB 10 bln by the end of 2010.”

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China Mobile app store open for developers – WinMo, Symbian and Android

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Earlier this week, we reported on the China Mobile app store, that is said to go live on August 17. Very little details on the launch are confirmed by China Mobile, but it is clear that it will be coming soon. The store, which is called Mobile Market, is now accepting application submissions from developers. We found this info on a translated version of the China Mobile Developer Network site.

Developers can submit applications between August 7th and August 12th (today). If approved, they are the first to be available in the store at launch. What is very interesting, is that China Mobile also published the list of supported phones:

Mobile Market supported phones

Mobile Market supported phones

The store will support Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android platforms. The Dell Ophone runs a customized version of Android.

No final launch date is known yet, we’ll keep you posted. The Mobile Market is also added to our mobile app store overview.

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