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Wednesday 22 July 2009
HTC to offer Qualcomm BMP-based handsets, hike adoption of Android
Taiwan-based High Computer Tech (HTC) will launch a high-profile 3G handset based on Qualcomm's Brew Mobile Platform (BMP) in September or October targeting the consumer segment,...
Tuesday 21 July 2009
China market: ZTE to launch Android-based Ophones at year-end 2009, says reports
China-based telecom equipment maker ZTE will launch Android-based smartphones running on Open Mobile System (OMS) developed by China Mobile at the end of 2009, the China-based Sina.com...
Friday 17 July 2009
Taiwan market: Gigabyte Communications launches S1200 smartphone
Gigabyte Communications has launched its new Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the S1200, in the Taiwan market. The company also plans to launch the smartphone in other markets in...
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Acer to launch four smartphones in 2H09, say sources
Acer plans to launch four smartphones, the A1, C1/E1, F1 and L1, at the end of September and in the fourth quarter of this year, outsourcing the production to Taiwan-based Compal...
Tuesday 14 July 2009
China-based handset software developer Borqs raises new funds
China-based Android-platform applications developer Borqs International Hodling, which has a close relationship with China Mobile, recently finished raising additional capital of...
Monday 13 July 2009
Acer to launch the dual-OS netbook in August, says paper
Acer is expected to launch its previously announced dual-OS netbook, with both Windows XP and Android, in August 2009, while Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics both set to benefit...
Monday 13 July 2009
Google Chrome OS to directly challenge Microsoft in netbook market, says iSuppli
Google 's new Chrome Operating System (OS) represents a direct challenge to Microsoft's hegemony in the burgeoning market for netbook software, according to iSuppli.
Friday 10 July 2009
Intel reportedly in talks with Google on Android-based MIDs
Intel is reportedly in talks with Google to support the Android platform on Intel-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs), according to sources from Taiwan-based MID makers.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Google to launch OS targeting netbooks
Google has announced that it is developing a computer operating system (OS) that will be an extension of its Google Chrome browser. The announcement of the new OS, dubbed Google Chrome...
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Commentary: Nokia says no to Android, but may look to Linux
While acknowledging that Nokia has denied that it is working on Android-based smartphone, sources from Taiwan's handset industry still believe that the world's number one handset...
Monday 6 July 2009
Mobinnova shipping Android-powered handsets to Russia-based Vobis Computer, says paper
Taiwan-based handset maker Mobinnova, an affiliate company under the Foxconn Group, has converted its Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the Mobinnova Ice, to support the Android platform,...
Monday 6 July 2009
Compal Communications shipped 4.7 million handsets in 2Q09, says paper
Compal Communications shipped 4.7 million handsets in the second quarter of 2009, bringing the total handset shipments for the first half of 2009 to 9.03 million units, according...
Thursday 2 July 2009
Global smartphone sales to top 300 million units in 2013, says Parks Associates
The consumer appetite for smartphones is skyrocketing and will push annual sales worldwide from 131 million units in 2008 to over 300 million by 2013, according to Parks Associates...
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Taiwan market: Samsung launches touch-enabled Star S5230 handset
Samsung Electronics launched four handsets, the mid-range touch-enabled Star S5230 as well as the S3600, C3050 and B309, in the Taiwan market on June 30. The company expects the ratio...
Friday 26 June 2009
Development of Android-powered G1 a boost to HTC revenues and brand value, says CEO
HTC's development and rollout of the Android-powered G1 (HTC Dream) smartphone in cooperation with Google has brought in at least NT$20-30 billion (US$607.9 million) in revenues and...
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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