TWIA Episode 24: From TenCent to HTC

The TWIA crew is back without Cerventus who was on his way back to KL from Singapore during the recording. We discussed how the iPad performed with respect to the hosts of the show, while moving to the stories of the three new phones C3, C6 and E5 launched by Nokia and China has boosted the downloads in the Ovi Store. Marching on, we examine the reasons why TenCent (who owns QQ) have invested in Russia’s DST and whether HTC will acquire Palm. Finally, we end with more outsourcing horror stories, and with a bonus story from Mike on his review of the Opera Mini app on the iPhone. Do look forward to the special reviews for the upcoming Echelon and also the live show in Barcamp KL next week. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs.

• The launch of the three new phones from Nokia: Nokia C3, C6 & E5 from the web. We also comment on the news that China helps the Ovi Store by 1.6M downloads every day.
• TenCent Invested $300M to Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies: We examine the implications to why TenCent (owner of QQ) has decided to invest in Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies (DST), given that the latter is a strong investor to Facebook and Zynga.
• HTC Acquiring Palm?: Is HTC going to acquire Palm in response to Apple?
• Chinese teens treated ‘like prisoners’ in Microsoft tech factory – another horror story on outsourcing.
• Finally, Mike’s review of Opera Mini on the iPhone and BL’s unboxing of the iPad in Hackerspace SG. Do look forward to the special interviews for the speakers in Echelon 2010 and the TWIA live show in Barcamp KL.

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