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Thursday 6 November 2014
NAND flash controller unlikely the cause of recent iPhone 6 Plus problem
Reports claimed recently that some 128GB iPhone 6 Plus users have their devices shut off without warning when downloading apps, with some users stating the phone has issues when more...
Thursday 6 November 2014
China market: China Unicom aims to ship 100 million dual-mode 4G devices in 2015, says report
China United Network Communications (China Unicom) aims to sell 100 million FDD-LTE/TD-LTE dual-mode terminal devices in 2015, according to a report.
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Taiwan market: Garmin begins marketing tire pressure detectors
Garmin has started marketing tire pressure detectors packaged with its PND devices, in the Taiwan market as the government has ruled that new small-size sedans rolled out from November...
Wednesday 5 November 2014
HP-Foxconn server joint venture starts competing for data center orders
The server joint venture set up by Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Foxconn Electronics has begun to exercise its muscle to solicit data-center server orders from Microsoft, Facebook and...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
China market: China Mobile to start TD-LTE MVNO cooperation
China Mobile, currently the dominant TD-LTE mobile telecom carrier in the China market, will begin cooperation with TD-LTE mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), in a bid to quickly...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Taiwan market: HTC to continue to be top Android smartphone vendor
HTC's sales of smartphones in the Taiwan market in the fourth quarter of 2014 will be better than those recorded in the previous quarter, enabling HTC to continue to serve as the...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Sony announces increased TV sales
Sony has announced that its home entertainment and sound sales increased 7% on year (a 2% increase on a constant currency basis) to JPY282.4 billion (US$2.48 billion). This increase...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Lenovo, Huawei, Xiaomi, LG competing for third place in global smartphone vendor rankings
China-based smartphone vendors including Lenovo, Huawei and Xiaomi Technology, as well as LG Electronics, are in an intense competition for the third place in the global vendor rankings,...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
HTC October revenues drop 5.79% on month
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$15.751 billion for October 2014, representing a 5.79% drop on month but 5.04% increase on year.
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Quanta reportedly receives Google server orders for 1Q15
Quanta Computer reportedly has received new orders from Google for servers recently and will start supplying in the first quarter of 2015, according to industry sources. Quanta declined...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Microsoft reportedly plans to develop larger Surface Pro tablet
Microsoft reportedly plans to roll out new Surface tablets with display sizes larger than current models, according to industry sources, citing an improvement in sales of its Surface...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Public IT cloud services spending to reach US$127 billion in 2018, says IDC
Public IT cloud services spending will reach US$56.6 billion in 2014 and grow to more than US$127 billion in 2018, according to IDC. This represents a five-year compound annual growth...
Tuesday 4 November 2014
Foxconn re-joins China e-commerce industry
Despite its previous failure in operating an e-commerce business, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has used its system that originally resided on China's e-commerce...
Monday 3 November 2014
Unimicron reports highest profits in five quarters
PCB manufacturer Unimicron Technology has posted its highest profits in five quarters, buoyed by rising shipments of high-margin HDI PCBs for mobile devices.
Monday 3 November 2014
TWM aims at 1 million 4G users at end of 2014
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) aims to increase its number of 4G subscribers to one million for a market share of 33-35% in Taiwan at the end of 2014, according to company president James Jen...