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Wednesday 6 August 2014
Players optimistic about digital signage payment systems
Digital signage players are optimistic about the business opportunities from the combination of digital signage and mobile payment systems.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Taiwan government, Intel, Siemens to jointly hold APEC summit and competition
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Intel and Siemens will jointly hold the 2014 APEC Accelerator Network Summit and Challenge in Taiwan on August 6 and 7, with 34 start-up...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Sporton expected to see booming orders for 4G smartphone testing
Sporton International, a Taiwan-based provider of EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and safety testing and certification services, generated record consolidated revenues of NT$729...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Smartphone shipments total 108.5 million units in 2Q14; Xiaomi outperforms Samsung as top vendor, says Canalys
Smartphone shipments in China totaled 108.5 million units in the second quarter of 2014, accounting for 37% of global shipments, according to Canalys.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Channel retailers kick off back-to-school promotions
To satisfy back-to-school demand, channel retailers have been offering new promotions for notebooks, LCD TVs and PC accessories recently. The deals are expected to help notebook recover,...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Smartphone sales nearly 103 million units in 2Q14, says Analysys
There were 112.12 million handsets sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2014, growing 1.5% on quarter and 24.1% on year, and 102.98 million units were smartphones,...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Over 5 million consumer tablets sold in 2Q14, says Analysys
There were 5.5 million consumer tablets sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2014, increasing 9.4% on quarter and 53.8% on year, according to China-based Analysys...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Major Android smartphone vendors bracing for slow sales in 2H14, say sources
Major Android-based smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics and HTC, are bracing for slow sales in the second half of 2014 as...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Amazon must sell large volumes of Fire Phone to recoup investment, says IHS
From a hardware perspective, the Fire Phone carries a bill of materials (BOM) low enough to allow Amazon to cut a profit for each smartphone sold. But with Amazon likely having sunk...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
HTC reports 50% sequential drop in July sales
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$10.61 billion (US$353 million) for July, dropping 51.61% from a month earlier and 32.58% from a year earlier. Revenues for the January-July...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments in China up less than 5% in 2Q14
Smartphones shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2014 increased on quarter by 4.8% and on year by 4.4%, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Digitimes Research: ASEAN countries have potential in mobile handset market, but pre-paid services may be an issue
Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had a total of 700 million mobile handset users and 20 million fixed-line broadband users in 2013, and compound annual...
Monday 4 August 2014
Xiaomi kicks off price war in wearable device market
China-based Xiaomi has recently released a smart bracelet priced at CNY79 (US$12.79) and the price point is expected to affect other vendors' pricing for wearable devices they plan...
Friday 1 August 2014
Global tablet market – 2Q 2014
According to Digitimes Research, global shipment of tablets reached 55 million units in the second quarter of 2014, down 4.5% from the previous quarter and up 17.9% year over year.
Friday 1 August 2014
Russia market: Smartphone competition heating up
Competition in Russia's smartphone market is heating up as a number of regional brands and China-based vendors are looking to expand their share in the entry-level to mid-range seg...