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Friday 14 November 2014
Wistron aims to ship 21 million notebooks in 2015
Wistron aims to ship 21 million notebooks and 25 million smart hand-held devices including three million tablets for 2015, the company said at a November 13 investors conference.
Friday 14 November 2014
Taiwan IC design houses developing IC parts for smartphone peripheral applications
Taiwan-based IC design houses are foraying into the development of IC parts for smartphone peripheral applications such as wireless, rapid and mobile charging kits as well as wearable...
Friday 14 November 2014
Connected things in use will reach 25 billion by 2020, says Gartner
Gartner has forecast that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015, up 30% from 2014, and will reach 25 billion by 2020. The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a powerful...
Friday 14 November 2014
China-based smartphone vendors bracing for patent complaints, say sources
International brands such Nokia, Microsoft and Ericsson, which hold numerous patents related mobile communications, reportedly are likely to take legal action against some China-based...
Thursday 13 November 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers ship over 18 million smartphones in 3Q14
Taiwan-based ODMs and own-brand makers shipped 18.4 million smartphones in total in the third quarter of 2014, increasing 6% on quarter and 11.7% on year, according to Digitimes Re...
Thursday 13 November 2014
Asustek aims at 3rd largest global notebook market share for 2015
Asustek Computer expects to ship 20.1 million notebooks (including notebook/tablet hybrid models) in 2014, increasing 6.9% on year, and aims to see 2015 shipments grow over 5% on...
Thursday 13 November 2014
Asustek faced with difficulty to reach 2015 target smartphone shipments due to competition from Xiaomi
Asustek Computer has set target global shipments of 16 million smartphones for 2015, with China to be a focus market, but is expected to face difficulty due to price-performance competition...
Thursday 13 November 2014
CPT expects steady 4G handset panel orders in 4Q14
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) is reportedly seeing increased orders from China handset vendors looking to release new units in the fourth quarter of 2014 going into 2015, which is...
Thursday 13 November 2014
China market: Xiaomi invests in TV content provider
Xiaomi Technology has announced it will invest US$10 million in local Internet television company Youku Tudou, aiming to integrate Xiaomi's end devices with Youku Tudou's TV content,...
Thursday 13 November 2014
Commentary: Are large-size smartphones really at odds with tablets?
Many market watchers now believe that demand for tablets is set to decline, affected by reasons including a high penetration rate after three years of rapid growth, rising popularity...
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Commentary: Are children a viable market for wearables?
Several wearable device players in Europe, the US, Japan, China and Taiwan have turned their development focuses to child-use products hoping to attract demand.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Alibaba sells over CNY57 billion worth of goods on Double 11 online shopping festival
China-based Alibaba Group has announced that total sales concluded through its online shopping platform on the single day of the "Double 11" (November 11, 2014) shopping...
Wednesday 12 November 2014
China market: Local vendors to roll out ultra-thin smartphones
China-based smartphone vendors, including Huawei, Oppo, Gionee and Vivo, are engaging in a race to roll out ultra-thin models, a job which has been played mainly by international...
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%, and the share of the global user base rising from...
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Sharp to increase supply of high-end smartphone panels to China
Xiaomi in addition to various other handset vendors in China will increase purchases of high-end smartphone panels from Sharp. The orders are set to be used in units released as early...