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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...
Monday 3 November 2014
HTC looks to moderate sales growth in 4Q14
HTC expects its revenues to grow 2.6-12.2% sequentially to NT$43-47 billion (US$1.41-1.54 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Friday 31 October 2014
Worldwide smartphone shipments increase 25.2% in 3Q14, tablet shipments increase 11.5%, says IDC
New smartphone releases and an increased emphasis on emerging markets drove global smartphone shipments above 300 million units for the second consecutive quarter. According to IDC,...
Thursday 30 October 2014
Taiwan ODMs, component makers eye orders from China mid-range, high-end smartphone vendors
Taiwan-based ODMs and component makers have been seeking orders from China-based vendors of mid-range and high-end smartphones, mainly Vivo, Oppo and Meizu, because of their considerable...
Thursday 30 October 2014
Inspection service company Sporton reports strong performance for 3Q14
Sporton International, a Taiwan-based testing, inspection and certification service provider for electronics products, has reported all-time high revenues and profits for the third...
Thursday 30 October 2014
Larger smartphone displays drive minutes of use in apps and more mobile data consumption, says IHS
Larger smartphone screen sizes strongly correlate with increased app minutes of usage and higher resolution screen smartphones have higher data consumption, according to IHS.
Thursday 30 October 2014
Project Ara modularized smartphone to enter commercial production in 2015
Project Ara under Google's Advanced Technology and Projects Group (ATAP) is currently working with more than 20 partners and aims to bring its modularized smartphone into commercial...