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Thursday 27 August 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung expects Galaxy Note 5 shipments to reach 50,000 units in 1st month
Samsung Electronics expects sales of its new flagship model, the Galaxy Note 5, in the Taiwan market to reach over 50,000 units in the first month of launch.
Thursday 27 August 2015
Taiwan market: InFocus unveils 4G smartphones
US-based vendor InFocus has unveiled M812, M808 and M370, respectively a flagship, mid-range and entry-level Android 5.0 4G smartphone models, for launch in the Taiwan market in early...
Thursday 27 August 2015
Global service robot market to grow 20-30% annually
The market value of service robots globally is expected to grow 20-30% on year, growing from US$8.5 billion in 2015 to over US$20 billion in 2020, according to an industry estimate...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Worldwide smartphone growth to slow to 10.4% in 2015, says IDC
Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 10.4% on year, instead of a previous forecast of an 11.3% growth, to 1.44 billion units in 2015, according to the latest data released...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
China July mobile phone user base grows to 1.295 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.295 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of July 2015, growing 0.13% sequentially and 2.47% on year, and 444.08 million (34.30%) of them were...
Wednesday 26 August 2015
Taiwan businesses urged to develop IoT devices
Taiwan-based companies have an advantage in developing IoT products thanks to their innovative ideas, flexibility and efficient implementation, according to John Wang, founder of...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
Litemax to acquire WynMax
Taiwan-based Litemax Electronics, which makes high-brightness LCD modules for industrial, commercial, medical and transportation applications, on August 24 announced the acquisition...
Tuesday 25 August 2015
HTC to buy back treasury shares to save stock price
HTC has announced it will buy back 50 million treasury shares, which will account for 6% of the company's outstanding shares, and will complete the process in two months.
Monday 24 August 2015
Alibaba, Qihoo 360 set to enter China smartphone market
More China-based Internet service providers are looking to enter the local smartphone market later in the second half of 2015, according to sources at Taiwan's IC design houses.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek to focus on 5.5-inch smartphones in 2016, says CEO
Asustek Computer plans to launch 6-7 models of its ZenFone-series products in 2016 with 5.5-inch displays as the mainstream, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Monday 24 August 2015
Asustek aims to be top-10 smartphone vendor in 2016, says CEO
Asustek computer aims to ship 40 million smartphones globally in 2016, becoming one of the world's 10 largest vendors, according to company CEO Jerry Shen.
Friday 21 August 2015
Brazil market: Asustek aims to ship 3 million ZenFone 2 smartphones in 2016
Asustek Computer will be able to reach its goal of shipping up to one million units of the new ZenFone 2-series smartphone in Brazil in 2015 and aims to ramp up its shipments to three...
Friday 21 August 2015
China Mobile, China Telecom post mixed 1H15 revenues
China Mobile on August 20 released its financial report for the first half of 2015, with consolidated revenues reaching CNY340.727 billion (US$54.77 billion) up 4.94%, while China...
Friday 21 August 2015
Sony announces SmartBand 2 for September
Sony Mobile has unveiled its new smart bracelet, the SmartBand 2, which is set to become available worldwide starting September. The SmartBand 2 features the same form factor and...
Friday 21 August 2015
Acer to launch 1st gaming tablet
Acer has begun production of its first gaming tablet equipped with an Intel Atom Z8700 processor and 8-inch touch screen for launch in the third or fourth quarter of 2015, according...