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Tuesday 16 September 2014
Foxconn considering lawsuit over leukemia report
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is considering taking legal action against UK-based Daily Mail for its recent report claiming Foxconn employees working in...
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Android One smartphones released, says MediaTek
The first wave of Android One devices featuring MediaTek's MT6582 mobile system-on-chip (mobile SoC) based on ARM CortexTM A7 processors have been launched, according to MediaTek.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
ARTC unveils driverless vehicle
Taiwan's Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) has recently unveiled a driverless vehicle that it has spent two years developing.
Tuesday 16 September 2014
Taiwan assigns too few band units for TDD, says SerComm president
The Taiwan government plans to assign 2600MHz frequency band units of 50MHz bandwidth for TDD (time division duplexing), and the bandwidth takes up only 10% of total bandwidth available...
Monday 15 September 2014
Apple iPhone 6 products may suffer same dilemma as iPhone 5S/5C
Apple estimates that demand for the iPhone 6 in 2014 will be around 60 million units while demand for the iPhone 6 Plus will be around 15 million, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 15 September 2014
Huawei, Lenovo looking to enhance presence in high-end smartphone segment
The new flagship smartphones recently unveiled by China-based handset vendors Huawei and Lenovo aim to enhance their presence in the high-end smartphone segment, according to industry...
Monday 15 September 2014
4G smartphone prices expected to fall to below US$100 in 1H15, say Taiwan makers
Mainly because Qualcomm has offered an inexpensive 4G chip solution to compete with Taiwan-based MediaTek and market competition for 4G smartphones among China-based vendors has been...
Monday 15 September 2014
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments in 2Q14 rise to 2.32 million units, says IDC
There were 2.32 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 4% on quarter and 10% on year, according to IDC.
Monday 15 September 2014
Advantech cooperates with China Mobile M2M to tap China IoT, smart city market
Industrial computing solution developer Advantech and China Mobile M2M, a wholly owned subsidiary of the largest China-based mobile telecom carrier China Mobile, have signed an agreement...
Monday 15 September 2014
Acer looking to reach five million BYOC users by end of 2014
Acer's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) platform currently has three million users and the number is estimated to reach five million by the end of 2014 and to surpass 10 million in 2015,...
Monday 15 September 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom sets iPhone 6 contract-bundled pricing
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced contract-bundled purchase prices for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus which are expected to be launched in the Taiwan market in late September, according...
Friday 12 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to see 9.1% on-year growth in 3Q14
Digitimes Research expects global tablet shipments to reach 68.51 million units in the third quarter, up 23.8% sequentially and 9.1% on year, and non-Apple tablet vendors' shipments,...
Friday 12 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Market share of smartphone brands to undergo significant changes in 4Q14
Market share of smartphone vendors in China is likely to fluctuate significantly soon due to the development of 4G market and the roll-outs of the latest flagship models, highlighted...
Friday 12 September 2014
Intel launches digital signage turnkey solutions
Intel has extended its digital signage business by launching turnkey solutions consisting of its Next Unit Computing (NUC) series and software to retail. The move will put competitive...
Friday 12 September 2014
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 210 for entry-level 4G smartphones, tablets
Qualcomm has announced a range of new products and technologies designed to drive high-performance computing and connectivity to entry-level and mainstream smartphones and tablets...