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Tuesday 29 June 2010
Lenovo and Toshiba ready to launch smartbooks
Japan-based Toshiba and China-based Lenovo are set to launch new smartbooks by the end of August and the end-of-year holidays, respectively.
Friday 25 June 2010
Taiwan market: HTC launches Android-based HTC Wildfire
High Tech Computer (HTC) has launched its new Android-based smartphone, the HTC Wildfire, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with 3G carrier Taiwan Mobile. The NT$11,900 (US$372)...
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Taiwan market: Carriers focus on Android smartphones while waiting for iPhone 4
While Taiwan's telecom carriers await the iPhone 4, they are aggressively promoting Android-based smartphones, especially in the entry-level segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Android Galaxy S i9000 through cooperation with TWM
Samsung Electronics on June 14 announced the launch of its Android-platform flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S i9000, in Taiwan at a retail price of NT$22,900 (US$706) through local...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Global pay-TV subscribers to grow 7% as more set-top box solutions enter the market
More than 719 million pay-TV subscribers are expected to sign up in 2010 as the economic recovery continues to gain momentum, according to latest forecasts from ABI Research. Digital...
Friday 4 June 2010
Innocomm delivers first Android 3.5G smartphone with Telegent Mobile TV
At Computex Taipei 2010, Telegent Systems, a mobile TV receiver maker, and Innocomm, a Taiwan-based provider of broadband wireless solutions, announced the introduction of the first...
Friday 4 June 2010
MIPS-based Android phone expected in 2011
At a hotel suite during Computex 2010, MIPS Technologies updated several developments about its Android-supporting processor architecture.
Friday 4 June 2010
Linaro formed to push Linux on ARM
ARM and five system-on-chip (SoC) vendors - Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments (TI) - have jointly announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit...
Thursday 3 June 2010
First Chrome OS notebook to be available in fall of 2010, says Google VP
The first notebook equipped with the Google-developed Chrome OS is expected to be launched in the fall of 2010, according to Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Growth of Linux-based smartphone shipments will outstrip growth of smartphone market in 2010, says ABI
The number of recent Linux-oriented initiatives in the mobile industry demonstrates that Linux will be a key technology in the next generation of mobile devices, according to ABI R...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
MSI chairman expects tablet PC market to take off in 2011
Taiwan-based Micro-Star International (MSI) unveiled two tablet PCs at Computex Taipei 2010, one based on Intel architecture and the other on the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra processor.
Friday 28 May 2010
Acer introduces a 7-inch tablet PC
Acer on May 27 introduced a 7-inch tablet PC along with other products such as e-book readers, all-in-one PCs and smartphones in Beijing. The tablet PC uses a processor from Qualcomm...
Tuesday 25 May 2010
MediaTek to volume produce low-cost 3G chipsets for Android smartphones in 4Q10, says paper
MediaTek has delivered samples of its Android-based 3G chipset solutions for design-in to its clients with plans to begin volume production of the chipsets in the fourth quarter of...
Monday 17 May 2010
AboCom and China white-box makers jointly develop Android WCDMA smartphones, says CNA
Taiwan-based AboCom Systems is working with white-box handset makers in China to manufacture four Android-based WCDMA smartphones in 2010 with shipments scheduled for June, according...
Thursday 13 May 2010
Mobihome launches mobile VoIP service over Android Market
Taiwan-based mobile VoIP service provider Mobihome has released a set of Chinese-language software, dubbed CherryMe, enabling mobile VoIP services on Android devices.