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Friday 3 October 2014
Tablet shipments continue to drop due to pressure from notebooks, large-size smartphones
Tablet shipments are continuing to be pushed down by low-priced notebooks and large-size smartphones, and are expected to continue to decline into 2015, according to market watcher...
Friday 3 October 2014
Asustek to launch smartphones in Brazil in October
Asustek Computer launched its ZenFone-series smartphones in the Taiwan market in April 2014 and has so far sold more than one million units. The company will launch ZenFones in Brazil...
Friday 3 October 2014
HTC appoints new COO
HTC has appointed its chief engineering officer David Chen to serve as chief of operations, responsible for supervising HTC's R&D, operations and manufacturing.
Friday 3 October 2014
Foxconn ships white-box servers for data centers
Foxconn Electronics has landed orders for white-box servers used in data centers from search engine and e-commerce operators, and software service providers, according to industry...
Friday 3 October 2014
Smartwatches storm wearables market; flexible displays are critical, says IHS
The display panel market for all types of wearable electronic items is forecast to enjoy very rapid growth in the years to come. From a projected US$300 million in 2014, industry...
Friday 3 October 2014
iPhone 6 Plus to account for 60% of total iPhone 6 device shipments, say sources
Sales of iPhone 6 Plus will be higher than expected, to account for 60% of total shipments of iPhone 6 devices, judging from recent shipments of analog ICs to the two iPhone 6 device...
Friday 3 October 2014
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches entry-level Xperia E3
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its Xperia E3 in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$6,900 (US$227) unlocked targeting the entry-level segment. The model is the lowest-priced...
Friday 3 October 2014
Taiwan servers and the global server market, 2014
Taiwan makers have successfully entered the supply chain of the Internet data center (IDC) industry and may contribute over 90% of the global server shipments in 2014. Combined revenues...
Friday 3 October 2014
Digitimes Research: Telecom reform policies pave way for healthy telecom development in India
The government in India, at the end of 2012, implemented the National Telecom Policy, a set of reform policies including nationwide licensing in place of regional licenses, enforcement...
Friday 3 October 2014
Compal Electronics to become largest shareholder of Avalue Technology
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics on October 2 announced that it will acquire a 20.54% stake in Avalue Technology, a Taiwan-based industrial computing device maker, to become the largest...
Thursday 2 October 2014
Tablet demand slows as competition from notebooks and smartphones increases, says DisplaySearch
Global tablet demand is slowing and shipments are forecast to grow only 2% on year in 2014. According to DisplaySearch, 254 million tablet units will ship in 2014, which is less than...
Thursday 2 October 2014
Japan Patent Office to cut examination process to five months
To help enterprises acquire patents quicker, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) has established a new examination system which will reduce the processing time from two years to five mon...
Thursday 2 October 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to launch NFC mobile payment services
Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will launch NFC-based mobile payment services through cooperation with MasterCard, four local banks and EastCard on October 16. The service will...
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Branded tablet growth expected to disappoint with only 2.5% growth; Apple down and Samsung up, says ABI Research
The 200 million annual shipments milestone for branded tablets continues to elude OEM vendors and overall growth for 2014 is set to come in at a disappointing 2.5%. Apple and Samsung...
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Lenovo becomes the biggest x86 server provider in China as acquisition of IBM x86 server business completes, says IDC
Lenovo has become the biggest x86 server provider in China as its acquisition of IBM's x86 server business completes. IDC said it believes this acquisition will enrich Lenovo's x86...