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Wednesday 23 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments reach 55.06 million units in 2Q14
There were 55.06 million tablets shipped globally in the second quarter of 2014, decreasing 4.5% on quarter but increasing 17.9% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Advantech partners with Hiwin for robot business
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Advantech has announced it will establish a strategic alliance with Taiwan-based automated product maker Hiwin Technologies, looking to gather...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
India market: Mobile platform providers to ramp up market share by tying up with local smartphone vendors
Mobile platform providers Microsoft, Google and Mozilla have geared up efforts to expand their market shares in India by cooperating with local handset vendors.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC One (E8); to release more low-priced models in 2H14
HTC has launched the HTC One (E8), the plastic version of its latest flagship model the HTC One (M8), in the Taiwan market priced at NT$14,900 (US$497) unlocked.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Digitimes Research: January-May handset shipments in China market down 28% on year
There were 178 million handsets shipped in the China market during January-May 2014, decreasing over 70 million units on year. The decrease was mainly because China Mobile shifted...
Monday 21 July 2014
Foxconn to set production lines for green handsets
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is planning to establish production lines at plants in Guiyang, China to manufacture handsets using recycled materials in the future,...
Monday 21 July 2014
HTC smarthpone shipments may drop 25-30% in 3Q14, says paper
HTC's smartphone shipments may drop 25-30% sequentially in the third quarter of 2014 as sales momentum for its flagship New One (M8) has not been as strong as expected, a report has...
Monday 21 July 2014
China unlikely to get out of US-supply issues in short term
Because of IT security conflicts between China and the US, the China government has been trying to abandon the use of US-made IT products such as servers and storage from players...
Monday 21 July 2014
ASRock lands IPC orders from Turkey
ASRock reportedly has landed procurement orders for industrial PCs (IPCs) from the government in Turkey with volumes around 300,000-400,000 units, according to market watchers, adding...
Friday 18 July 2014
Arima to ship 3.5 million smartphones in 3Q14, says paper
Arima Communications is expected to ship 3.5 million smartphones in the third quarter of 2014, up 52% from 2.26 million units shipped in the second quarter, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 18 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ships over 21 million branded and ODM handsets in 2Q14
Taiwan's shipments of branded and ODM handsets totaled over 21 million in the second quarter of 2014, representing an increase of about 30% on quarter and on year, according to Digitimes...
Thursday 17 July 2014
TWM, FET to swap 1800MHz band units for 4G
Taiwan's National Communications Commission on July 16 consented to the exchange of two 1800MHz frequency bands between Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...
Thursday 17 July 2014
HTC reshuffling top management
HTC appears to have reshuffled its top management, with its president of engineering and operations Fred Liu switching to supervise the company's emerging products unit, while CMO...
Thursday 17 July 2014
China-based HiWiFi unveils OS for smart routers, say reports
China-based router maker HiWiFi has announced an in-house developed operating system, HiWi-Fi OS, designed specifically for smart routers. The OS features three major applications:...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Acer to keep running PC business for the next several decades, says CEO
Commenting on how to lead Acer out of its bottleneck, CEO Jason Chen at an interview with Sina.com said that the company is likely to continue running its PC business for...