Lenevo is quite worried at the prospect of Apple getting serious in the Chinese Market, at least according to Liu Chuanzhi, Lenovo’s founder and chairman. “If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble.” Lenovo has a grip on 30% of the Chinese home market, but that might not last for long.

Apple products, while popular in China, have limited distribution through official channels. The Chinese market provides a, “Major growth opportunity,” and Apple is set to be opening a new store in Shanghai this Saturday. Apple plans to add 25 major retail outlets in China by the end of next year.

While other PC makers such as HP and Dell are attempting to make a profit in China’s huge market opportunity, the Financial Times reports that Mr. Liu suggested Apple was defying this logic. “Steve Jobs is a genius. He is the exception to my rule.”

[via Financial Times]

The white iPhone 4 craze has tempted some to do some incredibly dangerous things. We’re not talking about slathering your piano black iPhone with spray paint or white-out kind of crazy either, we’re talking about major surgery. TechCrunch reports that if you’ve got gonads of steel, you might consider plopping down another two hundred bucks and buying the individual parts needed for the operation, but I’d think twice before pulling the trigger. I mean, it’s just a color right? Guys?

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Managing director Mary Meeker at Morgan Stanley is noticing a trend in sales with the advent of the iPhone and iPad, indicating that it might be the end of Mac as we know it. Though let me premise this by saying we know this won’t happen any time soon, and Apple still has a strong interest in maintaining their keystone products.

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People are really looking forward to what Apple has in store for cloud based music playing after the Lala acquisition, but it’s the music labels who’re holding Apple back from pursuing such killer features. Apple hasn’t been able to get the top four labels to sign on the dotted line, and CNET’s Greg Sandoval has this to say about the whole ordeal:

While it’s hard to say what Boy Genius’ source meant by “soon” it’s worth noting that Apple has yet to obtain necessary licenses from the top four recording companies, according to multiple music industry insiders. They added that Apple has indeed engaged in discussions with the music labels but the record execs haven’t even seen all of the details yet.

So, unless Apple is ready to go to war over this, don’t expect an iTunes cloud service–at least one offering music–anytime soon. Music insiders say that while that the whole sector would welcome an iTunes cloud service, negotiating the licenses will likely take months.

Though hopefully this won’t prevent Apple from rolling out their other various syncing features in the meantime, I imagine Apple would want to roll out all of their cloud features at the same time.

[CNET via MacRumors]

AdMob wasn’t supposed to stick around for long after Apple updated their Developer Agreement, but they’re still pretty fervent in the iTunes App Store. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is still approving applications sporting AdMob. CNET reports,

… two developers told the Journal that their AdMob-equipped ads were recently approved by Apple, meaning the company either forgot to enforce the restriction (unlikely) or has decided to back off that clause as federal regulators take a closer look at Apple’s mobile-applications business.

AdMob and Apple declined to comment, but trust me when I say you’ll know when Apple has pulled the trigger against their advertising adversaries.

[Wall Street Journal via CNET]