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Tuesday 19 November 2013
Time ripe for development of smart peripherals: Q&A with Arima Communications president Owen Chen
Smartphone ODM Arima Communications has decided to expand its product lines to include tablets, smart accessories and other new products, optimizing its platform development expertise...
Monday 18 November 2013
Digitimes Research: Sales of new iPhones by NTT DoCoMo impact Japan handset market
Sales of Apple's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c by NTT DoCoMo starting in September 2013 have brought a number of impacts to Japan's handset market, including changes in the subscriber bases...
Thursday 7 November 2013
WP-based smartphones still face tough road ahead despite 3Q13 shipment gains
Although Windows Phone has become the third largest mobile platform in the global smartphone segment, it remains to be seen if shipments of WP-based phones will be able to maintain...
Friday 1 November 2013
Android growth drives another strong quarter for worldwide tablet market, says IDC
Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 47.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. While slightly below...
Monday 28 October 2013
Firefox OS smartphones may struggle to compete with Android, Nokia models
Smartphones running on Firefox OS may not be able to compete effectively against low-end Android phones or Nokia's Asha family models, despite successful initial sales of ZTE Open...
Friday 25 October 2013
China market: Demand for Android STBs weakening
Android-based set-top box (STB) sales in China have started to grow weak recently due to rising penetration rates in the local market and the growing popularity of large-size smartphones...
Monday 14 October 2013
Intel plans cheap Bay Trail CPUs for 2Q14
Intel is planning to release entry-level Bay Trail-based processors for the Android platform in the second quarter of 2014, according to sources from tablet players.
Monday 14 October 2013
ChipSiP unveils SiP Smart Glass solution
ChipSiP Technology, which provides turnkey system-in-package (SiP) solutions, has launched what the company claims is the world's first HD resolution near-eye display on the Android...
Monday 30 September 2013
Android ecosystem takes the baton from Apple iPad in the tablet race, says ABI Research
A shift in leadership is now upon the tablet mobile computing market. At the year's mid-point, ABI Research identified a trio of events signaling Apple's iPad family of products has...
Friday 27 September 2013
App developers to not give up BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8, say sources
Most of mobile application developers participating in BlackBerry Jam Asia 2013 have indicated that they will not quit BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8 developments mainly because...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Sony/Google relationship to affect SmartWatch 2 sales
Sony Mobile Communications launched the successor of its LiveView watch, the SmartWatch 2 in June 2013 featuring a larger display, higher resolution, NFC support and water- and dust-proof...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
iPhone 5c will not significantly affect sales of Android phones
Apple's iPhone 5c is unlikely to significantly affect sales of Android-based entry-level to mid-range smartphones due to its pricing, according to sources in the handset industry...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Windows phones challenging Android for Vietnam smartphone market, says IDC
A total of 5.8 million mobile phones were shipped to Vietnam in the second quarter of 2013, in which shipments of feature phones contracted 25.8% sequentially due to aggressive shipments...
Friday 30 August 2013
Android mobile app revenues to reach US$6.8 billion in 2013, says ABI Research
Android's smartphone mobile app revenues are projected to reach almost US$6.8 billion by the end of 2013, nearly doubling from the previous year. The Android platform has some way...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Dell optimistic about Windows 8.1 for enterprise PCs
As Microsoft is ready to release Windows 8.1 on October 18, Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president of Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions, has expressed his...