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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...
Wednesday 3 October 2012
PC vendors recommended to target niche smartphone market to avoid direct competition
Branded PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Asustek Computer, which plan to reignite their smartphone businesses, are recommended to offer models with strong application...
Monday 24 September 2012
Non-iPhone brands to counter iPhone 5 with more NFC-enabled models, say sources
Although Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to enjoy strong sales, the lack of NFC (near field communication) functionality in the latest iPhone model will allow rival brands to differentiate...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
China-based Huawei, ZTE to step into tablet market, say sources
While international smartphone players including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility, RIM and Nokia have apparently retreated from the tablet PC market in order to focus on their core...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Smartphone component makers turn to look for orders from feature phone market
Smartphone component makers, seeing their shipments to smartphone brand vendors turning weak, have started seeking for orders from local and white-box feature phone players, according...
Monday 20 August 2012
Competition in smartphone market to heat up in peak season
Nearly all smartphone vendors including Nokia, Apple, Samsung Electronics, HTC and RIM will launch new flagship models in the August-September period, aiming to further ramp up, or...
Monday 9 July 2012
Nokia, RIM and HTC to see smartphone shipments continue sliding in 2H12, say sources
Nokia, RIM and HTC are expected to see their smartphone shipments, as well as market share, continue declining in the third and fourth quarters of 2012 due to a lag in migration to...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Branded handset vendors cutting orders to component suppliers, say sources
A number of branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, RIM, HTC, Huawei Device and ZTE, have reduced...
Wednesday 20 June 2012
RIM restructuring supply chain; Wistron may benefit, say sources
Wistron as well as Jabil and Flextronics International will have a chance to receive more smartphone orders from Research in Motion (RIM), as the Canada-based smartphone vendor is...
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Handset and component makers facing mounting pressure on shortened product life cycle
Handset ODMs and makers of handset parts and components have experienced increasing pressure recently due to a shortening product life cycle of smartphones resulting from keen market...
Friday 11 May 2012
Sentelic accuses Samsung, HTC, Apple, RIM of patent infringement
Taiwan-based touch controller IC and touchpad maker Sentelic has filed a patent complaint against Samsung Electronics, HTC, Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) in the US, accusing...
Thursday 3 May 2012
RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 platform
Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its BlackBerry 10 platform at BlackBerry World 2012, paving the way for the smartphone vendor to launch BlackBerry 10-based models before the...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Silitech sees weak performance in March
Taiwan-based handset keypad and magnesium-aluminum alloy component maker Silitech Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$840 million, down 20.56% on year, while consolidated...
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues
Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.
Friday 6 April 2012
Nokia, RIM, HTC, Huawei competing for third-rank smartphone vendor title
Samsung Electronics and Apple have continued to widen their gaps against rival smartphone vendors in terms of shipments, leaving members in the second leading group in the segment...