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Friday 2 December 2016
Taiwan market: Mitac launches smart wrist band
GPS navigation device vendor Mitac International has launched MiVia Essential 350, a smart wrist band, in the Taiwan market for sale at NT$3,990 (US$125).
Friday 2 December 2016
China smartphone AP shipment 4Q forecast
Digitimes Research estimates shipments of AP for smartphones and tablet PC in China in the fourth quarter of 2016 will show a growth of 11.6% on quarter.
Friday 2 December 2016
Global 4G smartphone shipments to top 1 billion units in 2016, says IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion units with an on-year growth rate of 0.6% in 2016, according to IDC. Although growth remains positive, it is down...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Asustek opens developer program for Zenbo robots
Asustek Computer has officially kicked off its Zenbo robot developer program with the release of the Zenbo software development kit (SDK) and Zenbo developer tools, according to the...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Falling smartphone IC ASPs discouraging device vendors from developing chips in-house
Device vendors including Xiaomi, LG Electronics and Sony have all expressed their intention to develop smartphone chips in-house. Nevertheless, the average selling price for smartphone...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Foxconn to ship 60,000 Pepper robots in 2016, says paper
Foxconn Electronics is expected to ship a total of 60,000 Pepper robots from its plant in Shandong, China in 2016, valued at US$500 million, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 1 December 2016
Apple reportedly begins to reduce orders for iPhone 7, say sources
Apple reportedly has begun to reduce orders for iPhone 7s as initial sales momentum has started fading, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.
Thursday 1 December 2016
Join CAYIN at InfoComm MEA 2016 to discover the next-gen digital signage
CAYIN Technology, a 12-year-professional Digital Signage provider, invites all to join its booth at this years' InfoComm MEA (Booth Z5-E40). As a proud industry pioneer, CAYIN is...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Taiwan market: Lenovo unveils Moto Z, Moto Z Play
Lenovo has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Senao International to promote two of its smartphones, the Moto Z and Moto Z Play, in the Taiwan market...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Leading China smartphone vendors reportedly to form consortium to secure AMOLED supply, say reports
First-tier China-based smartphone vendors Huawei Technologies, Oppo, Vivo and BBK, due to concerns that Apple may monopolize supplies of smartphone-use AMOLED panels from Samsung...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
HTC overall sales to remain stagnant in 2017
Overall sales at HTC are expected to remain stagnant in 2017 as its smartphone shipments are likely to remain slow, while it is having difficulty significantly ramping up shipments...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Taiwan handsets - 3Q 2016
Taiwan handset makers had a disappointing third quarter in 2016 as a result of decreased ODM orders and low-than-expected performances of Taiwan's brand vendors.
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Quanta Computer may benefit from Trump Made in USA-policy
If US President-elect Donald Trump realizes his protectionism-oriented Made in USA policy, US-based high-tech enterprises are expected to reduce their reliance on data centers abroad...
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Foxconn to distribute high year-end bonus to employees in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to distribute a total of 126 million shares to about 7,500 employees working in Taiwan as year-end bonuses. The shares will...
Tuesday 29 November 2016
IEI Integration aims to hike revenue proportion from medicare-use products to 20% in 2017
Industrial computing device OBM and ODM IEI Integration has focused development on products used in medicare and aims to increase the corresponding revenue proportion from 13% in...