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Thursday 11 October 2012
Bluetooth 4.0 to boom in 2013, say handset makers
Handset makers have indicated that following Apple's footsteps, mobile platform makers such as Microsoft, Research In Motion (RIM), and Google all plan to support Bluetooth 4.0 in...
Thursday 4 October 2012
Google, Microsoft sing different tune for Nexus and Surface smartphones, say sources
Google and Microsoft both reportedly plan to extend the Nexus 7 and Surface tablet lineups to include smartphones as a means to further increase the penetration of their own platforms,...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Google and Asustek Computer rumored to be planning US$99 Nexus 7 for the end of 2012
Google is reportedly making two new versions of the Nexus 7 that are expected to be thinner, and will use TN panels made by Taiwan-based panel maker HannStar Display, according to...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Asustek denies plans to launch US$99 Nexus tablet with Google
Google and Asustek Computer reportedly are considering launching two new Nexus 7 tablets – an US$199 upgraded model and an US$99 entry-level model; however, Asustek has refuted...
Wednesday 26 September 2012
Google for Entrepreneurs Week kicks off in Taiwan
Google Taiwan on September 25 held a conference as part of Google for Entrepreneurs Week, Google's event taking place in 28 cities of 13 countries to boost entrepreneurship, with...
Tuesday 25 September 2012
Samsung Tizen smartphones to face market challenges
Samsung Electronics will reportedly launch its new Tizen-based Galaxy smartphone codenamed i9300 in near future, but sources from smartphone players believe the device will face challenges...
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Google attitude against modified Android may lead to split in Android, say Taiwan handset makers
Google's opposition to Taiwan-based vendor Acer's launch of the A800, a smartphone based on the Alibaba-developed operating system Aliyun, reflects Google's attempt to check development...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Cumulative Android smartphone shipments will exceed one billion in 2013, says IHS
Just five years after Google's Android appeared on the market in 2008, IHS forecasts that cumulative global shipments of smartphones using the operating system since it was introduced...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Market observers conservative about e-book reader growth in 2H12
Market observers are conservative about e-book reader growth in the second half of 2012 as consumers are expected to purchase new tablet products from major makers such as Google...
Thursday 6 September 2012
Quanta to enjoy 20-30% growth in Google server orders in 2013, says paper
Google is reportedly in negotiations with Quanta Computer over server orders for 2013, and Quanta is expected to enjoy 20-30% on-year growth in orders, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 4 September 2012
Taiwan market: Nexus 7 available for pre-order at NT$8,990
Google and Asustek Computer's jointly developed Nexus 7 tablet PC on September 3, became available for pre-order in Taiwan market with the 16GB model priced at NT$8,990 (US$300),...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Handset vendors unlikely to benefit from indoor location-based service, say sources
Handset vendors, with the exception of those with own mobile advertising platforms and other services, are unlikely to benefit directly from emerging business opportunities that will...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Partners expect Motorola to change its ODM strategy
As Google has recently started reorganizing Motorola Mobility's manpower and product strategy, sources from Taiwan-based ODMs, observing from their orders, expect their handset orders...
Friday 17 August 2012
Software players start taking leadership in product development
Software players are gradually taking over the leadership in the development of IT products, and hardware performance is no longer the key to driver of new trends, according to sources...