Motorola’s venerable MING handset revisions were just made official in three Android-toting varieties for China Unicom (model A1680 pictured above left), China Mobile ( MT810 , pictured center), and China Telecom ( XT806 , on the right). The TD-SCDMA riding MT810 ships with the Android derived OPhone 2.0 operating system and two touchscreen displays: a 3.2-inch stylus-friendly resistive touchscreen and a second transparent capacitive cover that provides a finger-friendly experience when closed. Other specs include 720 x 480 video capture, 720p video playback, and support for China’s CMMB mobile television spec

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Motorola Ming A1680, MT810, and XT806 begin their Android mercy mission in China

It’s long been the case that if you wanted a HTC handset over in the world’s most populous nation, you’d have had to look for its rebadged variant under the Dopod brand. But, as of today, that is no more.

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HTC starts selling phones in China under its own name

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Remember the Motorola MT820 that got leaked in China last week? Well, for some mysterious reason it’s now adopted a new name — MT810 (but with the same codename, “North Sea”). According to IT168 , the tipster isn’t exactly clear on whether the two model numbers refer to the same hardware configuration, but a quick search on the Chinese regulator’s database reveals just MT810, and that it’ll work on China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network and WAPI (China’s own take on WiFi).

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Motorola MT810 Ophone to sport both capacitive and resistive digitizers, makes TV cameo

If we need another reason to be envious of Chinese residents, it’d be the premium treatment that they seem to be getting from Dell these days. Spotted on Chinese mobile regulator TENAA’s website are two sexy 3G phones — the never-before-seen Mini 3T1 (pictured) is a “TD-SCDMA / GSM dual-mode cellphone” that “supports HSDPA,” dons a 2-megapixel camera on the back plus a front-facing one, and we’re betting on Ophone for the OS; the second device is the familiar Mini 3iX (an exotic cousin of AT&T’s Aero ) that will sport the same old WCDMA radio. No word on availability of either handsets in China yet, but hey, who cares when the Streak is on the horizon ?

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Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX 3G phones spotted with Chinese mobile regulator

You didn’t think that just because Google started redirecting its Google.cn domain to its Hong Kong site, we were coming to a neat compromise to the big brouhaha between the search giant and China, did you? Oh no, brother, this thing is far from over

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China partially blocks Google search results from Hong Kong, the saga continues

Remember the OPhone platform, Open Mobile System? You know, China Mobile’s supposedly beefed up Android

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China Mobile’s OPhone platform goes 2.0, supports WinMo API… wait, what?

As Google and China trade blows on the global stage Lenovo just keeps on truckin’ with its plans to launch the Android-powered LePhone in China and overseas. Samsung and Motorola you’ll recall, already bent under Google’s pressure and agreed to delay the launch of their respective handsets in China last week. Lenovo execs are planning for a hat-trick launch in May on China Unicom, China Mobile, and China Telecom with a rest of world launch expected later in the year.

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Lenovo LePhone launching in Le May

It might be happening a little later than they’d originally hoped , but Garmin — through its partnership in Garmin-Asus — should finally be unveiling some Android-based phones pretty shortly in an effort to kickstart the firm’s weak showing thus far in the dog-eat-dog handset world. The VP of the mobile device business over at ASUS is talking up the joint venture’s 2010 plans this week, saying that it’ll show its first Android product at MWC next month with the hope of striking a pretty even balance between Android and WinMo shipments in the long term (no mention of the G60’s proprietary platform, interestingly). What’s more, they want to push a solid million units this year, and they’ll be looking to reach that goal by building somewhere between 4 and 5 models — at least one of which is likely destined for T-Mobile USA , as far as we can tell.

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Garmin-Asus taking wraps off first Android gear, M10 WinMo phone at MWC

Even through the lean years, Moto’s been making waves in China where it enjoys comparably high popularity — it was one of the first major manufacturers to throw its support behind the nation’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G tech, after all, and it’s had a tendency to get the company’s sexier WinMo smartphones like the SURF . On that note, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see that they’ve now announced not one, not two, but three fairly attractive, high-end Android handsets specifically for duty in the Far East, one for each of China’s big three carriers (each of which employs a different 3G technology, per the gub’mint’s orders)

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Motorola’s XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China’s big three carriers