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Monday 28 July 2014
Terry Guo overseeing Foxconn preparations for new iPhone
Foxconn Electronics has been actively preparing for production of 4.7- and 5.5-inch new iPhones at its factories in China since July and chairman Terry Guo has been supervising the...
Monday 28 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 21.95 million handsets in 3Q14
Taiwan-based ODMs and own-brand makers will ship 21.95 million handsets in the third quarter of 2014, increasing by 4.2% on quarter and by 32.1% on year, and 18.65 million or 85%...
Monday 28 July 2014
Commentary: Microsoft moves to eliminate Nokia
In addition to initiating a massive lay-off, Microsoft also plans to discontinue Nokia's Asha-, Series 40- and X-series handset products as well as to rename the Lumia-series - moves...
Friday 25 July 2014
Worldwide tablet market grows 11% in 2Q14, says IDC
The worldwide tablet market grew 11.0% on year in the second quarter of 2014 with shipments reaching 49.3 million units, according to IDC. Although shipments declined sequentially...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Google to incorporate NFC functionality into Android
Google will incorporate TSM (trusted service manager) software and applications into the Android platform after Apple reportedly has made NFC functionality a standard for its speculated...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Samsung reportedly suffering from infighting; may impact upcoming smartphone plans, says report
Samsung Electronics' wireless business unit is reportedly seeing infighting between the manufacturing and purchasing departments since the manufacturing arm is gradually increasing...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Xiaomi to see slower growth in smartphone shipments in China market
Xiaomi Technology ranked first in smartphone shipments in the China market among China-based vendors in the first half of 2014, but will see growth in shipments gradually slow down...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
China market: Xiaomi launches new flagship smartphone
Xiaomi Technology has launched its new flagship model, the Mi4, targeting the high-end smartphone market. The Mi4 comes with a 5-inch display, Qualcomm 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Apple new iPhones to come with different time tables to avoid competition
Apple's new 5.5-inch iPhone will come several months later than the new 4.7-inch model in order to avoid competition between the two models, rather than due to poor yield rates at...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan market: Nearly 1,500 4G base stations in operation at end of June, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) approved the establishment of 2,918 4G base stations, and 1,458 ones were in operation as of the end of June 2014.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
China Mobile TD-LTE user base increases to nearly 14 million in June
China Mobile saw its number of TD-LTE subscribers increase to 13.943 million at the end of June 2014, according to the company.
Wednesday 23 July 2014
USI reportedly lands SiP module orders for iWatch devices
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), an affiliated company of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), reportedly has landed SiP module orders from Apple for its iWatch wearable...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Fujitsu Taiwan and local university to set up Big Data R&D platform
Fujitsu Taiwan and National Cheng Kung University on July 22 signed an MoU for cooperation to establish a Big Data R&D platform specifically for agricultural applications combining...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan tablet shipments plunge sequentially in 1Q14, says MIC
In the absence of new Apple products, tablets shipped to Apple - the major client taking up nearly 70% of Taiwan makers' tablet shipments - witnessed a 38% sequential decline in the...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Taiwan server ODMs may benefit from Project Scorpio 2.0
Taiwan-based server ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec may obtain orders arising from the beginning of Project Scorpio 2.0, the second version of a project to boost...