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Friday 5 September 2014
White-box vendors under competitive pressure from brand vendors in tablet with phone function market
Some China-based white-box vendors launched tablets with built-in 3G modules to allow voice communications, in China and Southeast Asia in early 2014 and saw good sales performance,...
Friday 5 September 2014
Digitimes Research: 3G to take up 53.1% of mobile communication users in ASEAN in 2016
The total number of mobile communication subscribers in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) market will reach 744.3 million in 2016, with 3G to account for 53.1%, 2G...
Friday 5 September 2014
Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge and Gear VR
Samsung Electronics has announced the expansion of its flagship Galaxy Note-series with the new Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge. At IFA 2014, Samsung also unveiled a virtual-reality...
Friday 5 September 2014
HTC unveils HTC Desire 820; to market in China first
HTC has announced the new mid-range HTC Desire 820, the successor to its popular HTC Desire 816, at the on-going IFA 2014.
Thursday 4 September 2014
Acer aims to ship 4-5 million smartphones in 2014, 10 million units in 2015
Acer aims to ship 4-5 million smartphones in 2014 and 10 million units in 2015, according to the company's Smartphone Business president Liu Shi-tai. Acer shipped 2.5 million smartphones...
Thursday 4 September 2014
Worldwide phablet shipments to surpass portable PCs in 2014 and tablets by 2015, says IDC
According to a new forecast from IDC, worldwide phablet shipments (smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5- to less than 7-inch) will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014, passing...
Thursday 4 September 2014
IFA 2014: Asustek unveils new innovations at pre-IFA conference
Asustek Computer has unveiled the ZenWatch and a low-cost 11.6-inch notebook, the EeeBook X205 at a pre-IFA launch conference, both priced at EUR199 (US$262). The x205 is part of...
Thursday 4 September 2014
IFA 2014: Acer unveils new touchscreen products
Acer hosted a pre-IFA press conference to unveil its theme, A Touch More Connected, and announced a series of touchscreen products. IFA 2014 will be hosted from September 5-10 in...
Thursday 4 September 2014
Lanner Establishes Internet of Things Business Unit, Announcing Readiness for the IoT Era
Armed with years of experience and expertise in board and system design, Lanner has successfully established itself as a leading provider of design, engineering and manufacturing...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Taiwan market: HTC to launch new exclusive stores to promote aftersales services
HTC plans to launch a new type of exclusive store as well as VIP services in Taiwan soon to enhance its aftersales services as a means to further promote its smartphone sales.
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan smartphone makers see dropping orders from Amazon, Microsoft Mobile and Facebook in 2014
Taiwan handset makers originally expected to continue receiving orders for Lumia series products from Microsoft Mobile and also acquire new orders from Amazon and Facebook in 2014,...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Samsung, Lenovo cutting tablet prices in the US market
Samsung Electronics and Lenovo have recently started a wave of price cuts for their tablets in the US market. Samsung offered price cuts for its 7- and 10-inch models, but their prices...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Electronic shelf label revenues to reach US$2 billion by 2019, says ABI Research
Over the next five years electronic shelf labels (ESL) are set to grow beyond retail markets in legislated countries, with revenues increasing six fold to almost US$2 billion by 2019,...
Wednesday 3 September 2014
HTC reports 37% growth in August revenues
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$14.541 billion for August 2014, representing a 37.12% increase on month and 10.43% increase on year.
Tuesday 2 September 2014
Asustek readies new 2-in-1 products
In addition to an upgraded version of the T100, which is set to launch at the end of September or early October, Asustek Computer is ready to unveil its new Transformer Book T300...