Chinese Telecom Company Launches 'RedBerry'

Ubergrendle writes "The Globe&Mail is reporting that Chinese telecom company China Unicom Ltd. is launching a new wireless device unapologetically named 'Redberry'. This comes in the wake of an almost 2 year regulatory delay blocking the introduction of RIM's Blackberries to mainland China. Certainly this delay was convenient to China Unicom, if not deliberately staged to allow for domestic competition."

Comments

Leave it to China

[42Penguins]

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at the name "RedBerry." Does the "awakening dragon" suddenly have a sense of humor??
It sounds like something a college kid would make up as a prank and try to sell.
There's gotta be some marketing exec in Beijing reading the paper and going "ROFL" over this...

Re:Leave it to China

[LiquidCoooled]

From one of the articles I read, the Redberry name is just a nickname for the "Uni Pushmail" software running on the phones.

The first wave of Daxian CU-928 Pocket PC phones
bundled with Uni PushMail software has started pouring into the market. Not
to be outdone by the internationally renowned Blackberry, the Redberry, as
Uni PushMail is nicknamed, flourishes in the Chinese telecom value-added
service sector.

see previous post for link to full article.

that doesn't seem very sporting of 'em

[vykor]

Hm. Is there a reason why the United States is just letting the Chinese practice their blatantly economic-nationalist trade policy, all the while sitting under the pretenses of free trade? How that particular "regulatory tangle" not constituting a barrier to free trade? Where are the retaliatory sanctions?

Re:that doesn't seem very sporting of 'em

[grumpyman]

Talking about "sitting under the pretenses of free trade", Canada and US has actually signed something called free-trade agreement, yet Canada keep iron-fisted by the US government in so many fronts - softwood lumber, wheat, beef... For one moment if you think China is the only country practising 'blatantly economic-nationalist trade policy', think again.

Why the fascination

[IamGarageGuy 2]

I know that China is the "new world" and all but for every company to fall all over themselves to deal with them is a bit rediculous. A country that prides itself in constraining all markets, destroying their populace and basically giving the middle finger to rest of the planet is put on a pedestal by the countries that should be invading them to free their people? As all the "free" countries fall all over themselves to sell and buy from a country that is as close to slave labour as we have presently. Maybe we should just forget about them for a while and they may go away, just like Soviet Russia. Before you mod me to hell, think about when you purchase your Walmart crap that is produced by children that don't make enough to feed themselves.

Odd choice for a product name

[Rude Turnip]

For the life of me, I cannot fathom why a Chinese company would name their device after an American folk & blues musician that was popular in the early part of the 20th century. Pencils down.

Only one problem

[dingbatdr]

If you write anything on your device that says anything about Taiwan independence or
Falun Gong, your phone tries to kill you.