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EYES ON ME: Monthly Highlight of China Viral Video (Oct 2009)
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 1:50 | View Comments
EYES ON ME: Monthly Highlight of China Viral Video (Oct 2009)

EYES ON ME is a post series on IN2marcom. It is a monthly highlight of popular Chinese viral brand videos in the period.

Following last month’s heavy podcast, automobile brands like FAW Volkswagen and Shanghai Volkswagen still actively took advantage of viral videos to promote their new models in October. The other two major product launches in this month were the Windows 7 and China Unicom’s iPhone, of course Microsoft, China Unicom, and Apple won’t forget to made viral clips to catch as much attention as possible. At the same time, Unilever’s Lipton brand contributed some cool videos……

Consumers Laugh At China Unicom’s “Castrated” iPhone
Saturday, 31 Oct, 2009 – 23:59 | View Comments
Consumers Laugh At China Unicom’s “Castrated” iPhone

On 30th October, along with a high-profile event in Beijing and 30 ceremonies in major cities, China Unicom started selling iPhones equipped for 3G service officially at 2,000 stores nationwide.

Without a key feature of WiFi connectivity and at higher prices than widely available black market models, China Unicom’s iPhones are absolutely not able to satisfy Chinese consumers. As a result, it is ridiculed as a “Castrated iPhone”. I came across this cartoon last night. It is a classic visualization of such satire……