Rumor: Shanda to Launch Handset in Middle of 2012
DoNews, 1/16/12
According to industry sources, Chinese online media and game operator Shanda Interactive (Nasdaq: SNDA) intends to release a Shanda mobile phone by mid-year 2012. According to a source at a chip manufacturer, Shanda has already been in discussions with and has since been running tests on products from several chip manufacturers, including Qualcomm. According to the source, Shanda's Adroid-based mobile phone will be oriented at games and literature, and will combine a variety of the company's games and Shanda Literature resources.
Shanda's public relations department neither confirmed nor denied the rumored mobile phone.
Keywords: mobile gaming mobile literature Shanda handset wireless SNDA enterprise-branded handset