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Friday 19 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Intel cooperation with Fossil to develop smartwatches will help expand influence in wearables market
Intel's cooperation with Fossil to develop smartwatches equipped with Android Wear will help Intel expand its influence in the wearables market as well as extend Google's influence...
Friday 19 September 2014
China market: HTC to launch mid-range flagship HTC Desire 820
HTC will start marketing its mid-range flagship smartphone, the HTC Desire 820, a TD-LTE/FDD LTE-enabled model, in China on September 26. HTC also accepted pre-sale orders beginning...
Friday 19 September 2014
Acer becomes candidate supplier for China procurement orders
The Central Government Procurement Center established by the China government through cooperation with China-based e-commerce operators Tmall and Suning, has set up the Central Government...
Friday 19 September 2014
China market: Leading smartphone vendors beefing up retail, online marketing
As the three mobile telecom carriers in the China market have reduced subsidies for smartphone plans, leading China-based smartphone vendors including Huawei Device, Lenovo, ZTE and...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Worldwide smartwatch and wristband market poised for takeoff, says Gartner
As smartphone vendors and component suppliers continue to expand into the wearables market, Gartner predicts that by 2016 smartwatches will comprise about 40% of consumer wristworn...
Thursday 18 September 2014
Foxconn donates 3 smart classrooms in Taiwan
Foxconn Electronics will donate hardware, software, integrated system platforms and high-speed Internet to set up smart e-learning classrooms in three senior high schools in Taiwan...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Apple Watch to come with AMOLED panels from LG Display
LG Display will supply Apple AMOLED panels for the Apple Watch, with shipments expected to reach about five million a month in 2015, according to sources at LG Display.
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Digitimes Research: IFA shows Android tablet vendors adding value instead of price cuts
IFA 2014 in Berlin, Germany during September 5-10 showed that Android tablet vendors are not looking to offer entry-level models for price-cut competition and instead offered models...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
China-based handset vendors unlikely to launch Android One smartphones
China-based handset vendors are unlikely to launch Android One smartphones as the price/performance ratio of Android One models is inferior to some of low-priced Android-based smartphones...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Taiwan makes plan for TD-LTE, FDD LTE, says NCC
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has made a draft plan to release frequency band units for TD-LTE and FDD LTE mobile communication operation, according to NCC chairman...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Taiwan market: Apple iPhone 6, 6 Plus sell out fast in online pre-order, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom on September 16 began online pre-ordering for Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and sold out 60,000 units available at the first batch in only 40 minutes, according...
Wednesday 17 September 2014
China Mobile chairman calls for cross-strait cooperation in 5G development
China Mobile chairman Xi Guo-hua, in an opening speech for the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) annual conference in Taiwan on September 16, expressed the hope that the telecom industries...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
TSMC sees follow-up IC orders for iPhone 6 devices
Foreign chipset suppliers have placed follow-up orders for chips to be used in iPhone 6 devices with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), extending order visibility...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
China market: CNY500 4G smartphones expected to be launched by end of 2014, says China Mobile Device president
While there have been many 4G smartphones for sale at retail prices of CNY1,000 (US$163) or below in the China market, China-based vendors including Coolpad and Lenovo are expected...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
AUO enters Sony SmartWatch 3 supply chain
AU Optronics (AUO) has entered Sony Mobile's supply chain for its SmartWatch 3 and will supply 1.6-inch panels.