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Tuesday 11 August 2009
MIPS promoting Android-support beyond handsets
MIPS Technologies is cooperating with foundry service providers to extend the application of its platforms supporting Android from handsets to digital set-top boxes (STBs) and TVs,...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
HTC to launch at least three Android handsets in China in 2009
HTC (High Tech Computer) and its China marketing partner Dopod will launch at least three Android-powered handsets in the China market in 2009, including WCDMA-enabled HTC Hero and...
Monday 3 August 2009
Acer is quick to reiterate launch of dual-OS netbooks in September
Acer last week acted quickly to reiterate that it will launch its first dual-OS netbook with both Windows XP and Android in September 2009 as scheduled, following claims by industry...
Tuesday 28 July 2009
No new netbooks from Asustek, Acer in 2H09; Acer pushes back Android netbook
Asustek Computer and Acer will not offer any new netbooks in the second half of 2009, as Intel plans to push the launch of its entry-level products including the Pine Trail-M platform...
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,...