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Friday 12 December 2014
Taiwan market: Artifacts introduces Romo
High-end retail chain Artifacts has introduced Romo, a programmable robot toy that can be controlled via a connection with an iPhone, for sale in the Taiwan market at a retail price...
Friday 12 December 2014
Japan October digital camera shipments drop on year for 30th time straight, says CIPA
Japan-based digital camera vendors shipped 4.546 million units in total in October 2014, decreasing 29.3% on year, and down for the 30th consecutive month. Shipment value was JPY100.82...
Friday 12 December 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs looking to expand medical electronics business
In view of stagnant demand for notebooks, Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are turning to focus on strengthening their medical electronics business and are forming relationships with hospitals,...
Friday 12 December 2014
GlobalWafers Japan to expand 8-inch wafer capacity in 2015
GlobalWafers Japan (GWJ), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based semiconductor-grade silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers, will expand its 8-inch wafer production capacity by about 10% in 2015,...
Friday 12 December 2014
Global demand for e-paper on the decline
Global demand for e-paper from e-book reader vendors is decreasing mainly due to competition from tablets and as a result, several vendors including Toshiba, Sony and Panasonic have...
Thursday 11 December 2014
GW Instek expects sales from Europe to rise 30% in 2015
Taiwan-based test and measurement instrument maker GW Instek has been eagerly expanding its sales in overseas markets and expects sales generate from the European market to increase...
Thursday 11 December 2014
Taiwan market: Driving recorder sales see polarized developments
The driving recorder market in Taiwan has seen polarized developments, with white-box makers competing for the sub-NT$2,000 (US$64) segment, and first-tier vendors focusing on the...
Thursday 11 December 2014
Taiwan smartphone panel makers faced with growing pressure from China competitors
As China-based TFT-LCD panel makers BOE Technology and Tianma Micro-electronics have been upgrading manufacturing technology and offered price cuts to compete for orders from China-based...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Taiwan market: Sub-NT$10,000 models account for 50% of local smartphone sales
Nine out of the top-10 best-selling smartphone models sold in the Taiwan market so far in 2014 are priced below NT$10,000 (US$320), and online sales of sub-NT$10,000 models have accounted...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Smart connected devices continued to grow in Western Europe in 3Q14, says IDC
The smart connected device market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by IDC,...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to start 4G operation
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has started trial operation of 4G mobile communication services and full commercial operation will begin on December 24.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Competition in Taiwan IPC industry heating up
Competition in Taiwan's industrial PC (IPC) sector has begun to intensify recently amid rising demand for IPC products and embedded PC systems driven by the emerging Internet of Things...
Wednesday 10 December 2014
Wearable devices to be killer products for wireless charging: Q&A with Luke Lee of Texas Instruments Taiwan
The global wireless charging market is set for an explosive growth in 2015 as wireless charging applications have begun to be to implemented in public facilities in the US and the...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Taiwan market: Acer unveils 4G smartphone Liquid Jade S
Taiwan-based vendor Acer on December 9 unveiled an Android 4.4.4 4G smartphone, Liquid Jade S, for launch in the Taiwan market on December 18 at a contract-free retail price of NT$6,990...
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Taiwan November export value down on month, says MOF
Taiwan recorded total export value of US$26.68 billion for November 2014, decreasing 0.8% sequentially but increasing 3.7% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$22.46...