Intel Tries Again to Break into Mobile Devices, This Time Via China

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Eva Dou and Don Clark, 英特尔欲借低价平板挑战iPad. 华尔街日报中文版, July 14, 2014
cn.wsj.com/gb/20140714/atc122533.asp

, which is translated from

Eva Dou and Don Clark, Intel’s Answer to iPad: Cheap Tablets. Wall Street Journal, July 12, 2014.
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702304628604580011841199825362SB20001424052702304628604580011841199825362.html

Note:
(a) “Star WANG * * * His company, Shenzhen Hampoo Science & Technology Co, isn't well known”

王 驰江/ 深圳市汉普电子技术开发有限公司（简称：汉普)  (according to WSJ’s translation)

(b) "Some vendors, such as E FUN Inc, have cracked U.S. sales channels like Wal-Mart Stores Inc, selling tablets for as little as $70. Such models often lack some features of tablets from well-known vendors, but are reaching a broad audience."
(i) EFun Inc (whose URL is
www.e-funusa.com/
) is based in West Covina, California
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Covina,_California
(a city in Los Angeles County).
(ii) Its parent is YifangDigital

Company Profile. Yifang Digital Technology Co, Ltd 深圳易方数码科技股份有限公司, undated
www.yifangdigital.com/aboutUs/Company.aspx
(founded in 1992; Our primary base of operations is located in Shenzhen; "Business name: E FUN.  As its name implies, E FUN is a designer and manufacturer of fun, lifestyle e-products that are easily accessible")

(c) "One reason for low tablet prices has been competition among makers of ARM-based chips, which include Taiwan's MediaTek Corp  and China's Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co 福州瑞芯微电子有限公司. So Intel recently cut a deal with Rockchip to develop and sell chips based on Intel technology."

(d)
(i) Shenzhen Ramos Digital Technology Co  深圳蓝魔数码科技有限公司
(ii) Ramos is a “Portuguese and Spanish [surname]: from the plural of ramo ‘branch’ (Latin ramus), a topographic name for someone who lived in a thickly wooded area.”

(e) "It isn't just Intel with its eye on Shenzhen. Microsoft Corp, eager to break into a field dominated by Google Inc's Android software, has also been visiting since last year to discuss partnerships, Mr [Ramos CEO] WAN [Qiuyang 万 秋阳] said.