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Thursday 29 December 2011
Android 4.0.3 comes to MIPS architecture
MIPS Technologies, a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, has announced that Android 4.0.3,...
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Tablet PCs to dominate touch-controlled device market in 2012
Buoyed by the release of Android 4.0 and Windows 8 operating systems, tablet PCs will dominate the touch-controlled device market in 2012 with models below 10.1-inch sizes accounting...
Monday 26 December 2011
Smartphone makers optimistic about differentiation in Android camp
Smartphone makers, commenting on Samsung Electronics' recent announcement that its Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab tablet PC will have difficulties supporting Android 4.0, have...
Monday 26 December 2011
Google Nexus launch likely to affect sales of Android 4.0 tablet PCs, say sources
Google's plan to release its own tablet, the Google Nexus, in the next six months may cause conflict with branded PC vendors who are cooperating with Google to launch Ice Cream Sandwich-based...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Acer chairman optimistic about Wintel
As the PC market will enter the generation of multiple platforms in 2012, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that Apple, Google and Wintel will be the three major platforms to drive...
Thursday 15 December 2011
Market share of non-Apple tablet PCs to surge in 2012, says Nvidia CEO
Although non-Apple tablet PCs are only expected to account for 30% of the worldwide tablet PC market, Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun pointed out that after hardware and software platforms'...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Notebook supply chain expects to see improving gross margins for 2012
Players in the notebook upstream supply chain expect their gross margin in 2012 to improve as notebook brand vendors are turning their focuses to ultrabooks, which have better profitability...
Friday 9 December 2011
Spreadtrum intros solutions for low-cost smartphones
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced two new solutions aimed at sub-US$100 Android smartphones, and even able to lower total device costs to as low as US$40.
Thursday 8 December 2011
White-box players in China quitting tablet PC market
As non-Apple tablet PC players are dropping their tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire, white-box players in China are starting to quit the tablet PC market and can only...
Tuesday 6 December 2011
MIPS, Ingenic announce availability of sub-US$100 Android 4.0 tablet
MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor, a China-based CPU provider for mobile multimedia applications, have announced worldwide availability of a sub-US$100 tablet PC based on...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs
Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...
Friday 25 November 2011
Taiwan-based Chip Hope launches encrypted Android smartphones
Handset-design company Chip Hope has launched its own SkySafe-brand high-end Android smartphone, the VIP 007, featuring built-in hardware encryption, targeting the business sector...
Monday 21 November 2011
High inventory levels of Android tablet PCs expected after year-end holidays, say Taiwan makers
The global inventory volume of Android tablet PCs has been in a high level of 3-4 million units according to estimates by IDC, and the inventory problem will appear be significant...
Friday 18 November 2011
Japan-based OESF plans to help Taiwan build Android Island
Japan-based Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF), in view of Taiwan's well developed high technology supply chains, plans to propose to the Industrial Development Bureau under...
Thursday 10 November 2011
Google to maintain a well-functioning Android ecosystem
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, commenting on concerns about the company's acquisition of Motorola during his visit to Taiwan on November 9, pointed out that the company will...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research