cellphone — Bytes of China

Lunch time is sleeping time for some and bonding time for others. The male cooks bond over games and/or pictures of “pretty girls” on their cellphones. The waiters and waitresses nap before the doors open at 4pm.

tricia wangFebruary 6, 2012cellphone, china, cooks, gender, girls, low-income, lunch, migrants, porn, restaurant, waiters

The shanzhai smarpthone bandits are coming in China! My response to Nokia's CEO on 90% of the world not using smartphones

This is a quote from Stephen Elop's first speech in Asia last week since becoming the CEO of Nokia: "The reality is that 90 percent of the world does not have or cannot afford a smartphone or a high-end device...This gap creates an opportunity.”

tricia wangJune 27, 201190%, affordable, cellphone, china, feature, low-income, mobiles, nokia, smartphone, stephen elop

Man on bus having difficulty with his cellphone stylus

This older man is using his stylus to write Chinese characters for a text message. He keeps having to take his glasses on and off to write it. He writes a few strokes, then presses a button, then puts his glasses back on, and then repeats the entire process. The bus is also very bumpy so he is trying to stablize the mobile with his hands.

tricia wangJune 10, 2011bus, cellphone, china, cutting, elderly, glasses, mobile, nails, older, public, technology, transportation

A recipe for disruptive innovation? Learning from Shanzai producers

Three friends are sitting and smoking together on an overnight train. Most people standing around them have standing seats only. The boy on the left is playing with his shanzai cellphone.

tricia wangApril 24, 2011android, cellphone, disruptive, emerging markets, feature, innovation, mobile, nokia, shanzai, smartphones, symbian

Bytes of China

A place to track all my musings about China

Sign up with your email address to receive updates