Posts Tagged ‘appstore’

Watch 2010 CCTV Spring Festival Gala on iPhone

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

As reported(Chinese),  people can watch the coming 2010 CCTV Spring Festival Gala on their iPhone by CNTV‘s CCTV Mobile iPhone application, which I’ve talked before.  Screen shot above is captured at the time of writing.

Though the report did mentioned that Apple has agreed to give this application a big recommendation on its homepage(no clue on exactly which one, apple.com? apple.com.cn? AppStore or somewhere else?), at least until now I haven’t seen it on neither of them.

Anyway, if you are not be able to watch this traditional party show via TV or PC, perhaps you can give this application[iTunes Store] a try, though personally I’ve been spending less and less time on the gala year by year.

Free Apps I Installed from App Store

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

>>Reading News

1. NYTimes – I use it to learn the latest technology news.

2.Time Mobile

3.CCTV Mobile

>>Playing with photos

1.PS Mobile

Photoshop on iPhone, and free. What are you waiting for?!

2.Koredoke

just for fun. Somehow I take it as a way of reminding me of what I was doing that day when the picture was taken. Guess the app author never imagined this kinda use of his/her software :-)

3.Mover

I use it to transfer photos between my wife’s iphone and mine. User-friendly interface, pretty cool. Both my wife and I enjoy it so much. It would be perfect if the photo transfer speed goes faster.

>>Library

1.Wikipedia

Still need network connection to access. But the speed is fine. Since it’s an official version, suggest to install.

2.Ziyouquanshu (自由全書)

Full Wikipedia Chinese database. So no need to go online. A must-have for sure.

>>Other Tools

1.Chinese Calendar(萬年曆) – A must-have, if you care about what a day is in the Chinese lunar calendar.

2.BatteryMagic

Chinese Native App Stores

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Inspired by wikipedia’s List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices, I’ve just created a similar but compact list for the Chinese native App Stores here. It’s far from complete and detailed, but it could give you an idea of how the success of Apple’s AppStore business has influenced the Chinese mobile market.

Name Established Status Organizations Organization Gene Available apps
Mobile Market Aug.17,2009 Live China Mobile Carrier 1683
Surfing Space AppStore(天翼空间) Sep.1,2009 Live China Telecom Carrier 392
Wo Store(沃商城) Unknown Internal Testing China Unicom Carrier Unknown
Vogins AppStore Unknown Internal Testing MediaTek Mobile Phone Manufacturer 800+
Coolmart AppStore(Coolmart应用商店) Unknown Live Coolpad Mobile Phone Manufacturer 600+
Unknown Oct.2009 Internal Testing 天语 Mobile Phone Manufacturer Unknown

I’ll keep it updated when related information is available later. BTW, all links in the table are directed to Chinese page, so be awared.