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Monday 18 April 2011
The rise of the low-priced Android smartphone market
Shipments and sales of Android-based mobile phones exploded in 2010, with total shipments for the year exceeding 66 million units and Android leaping into the number two smartphone...
Friday 15 April 2011
Android handsets in China account for 64.1% of 1Q11 global virus/malware attacks, says NetQin
Android handsets used in China accounted for 64.1% of global virus/malware attacks in the first quarter of 2011, according to China-based mobile security solutions provider NetQin...
Friday 15 April 2011
Compal looks to 10% sequential notebook shipment growth in 2Q11
Compal Electronics expects its notebook shipments to grow 10% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, according to company president Ray Chen. The company shipped 10.4 million...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Intel pushes Android plans
Intel, in the third quarter of 2011, is set to announce a new plan for tablet PCs – PRC Plus, pushing an Intel/Android 3.0 platform, after nearly half of year of negotiations...
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Taiwan market: Motorola launches clam-shell Android A1680 smartphone
Motorola Mobility on April 11 launched its Android-based A1680 smartphone in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) with a retail price of NT$8,990 (US$310).
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Rockchip showcases Android solutions at CSF HK
From April 12-15, 2011, Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co, Ltd will join CSF HK. Rockchip will show its RK29XX terminal products based on Android OS during this fair. Products include...
Friday 8 April 2011
Android to command nearly half of worldwide smartphone OS market by year-end 2012, says Gartner
Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7% increase from 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular...
Friday 8 April 2011
Unstable Android 3.0 performance may benefit vendors with own OS
Tablet PC players such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and RIM, that have their own operating system (OS), are expected to have chance of benefiting from the unstable performance of Android...
Thursday 7 April 2011
Acer expects component shortages for tablet PCs and smartphones
Commenting about the tablet PC market, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin pointed out that the company is currently working aggressively over its tablet PCs and is doing a marvelous...
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Digitimes Insight: 20-25 million entry-level Android smartphones to be sold globally in 2011
About 20-25 million entry-level Android smartphones at contract-free prices of US$150 or below will be sold in the global market in 2011, much more than the 2.5-3 million units sold...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Google and ARM reportedly plan to establish standardization for Android/ARM platforms
Google is reportedly considering a push for standardization of its Android 3.0 hoping the new strategy will help resolve the drawbacks of the operation system; meanwhile, Google may...
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Smartphones referenced for development of PNDs in 2011
As smartphones pose a competitive threat to GPS PNDs, vendors have been keeping eyes on product developments in 2011 and will follow suit offering PNDs with larger screens, higher...
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Taiwan market: Motorola announces pre-order for 10-inch Xoom
US-based handset brand Motorola has announced pre-order for 200 of its 10-inch Xoom tablet PC in Taiwan with the price of the 32GB model at NT$19,980 (US$678) and will start shipping...
Monday 28 March 2011
Asustek unveils Android 3.0 tablet Transformer
Asustek Computer has unveiled its first Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet PC model, the Transformer, which is equipped with a Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor, a 10.1-inch capacitive...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Taiwan market: Fujitsu launches new Sandy Bridge notebooks
Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has launched several new Intel Sandy Bridge-based notebooks including 15.6-inch LifeBook AH531 and LH531, 17.3-inch LifeBook NH751 in Taiwan; although...