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Thursday 28 August 2014
HTC unveils HTC Desire 510, Desire 820 expected in 4Q14
HTC has unveiled its new 4G LTE smartphone, the HTC Desire 510, further expanding the portfolio of its mid-range Desire-series family. The HTC Desire will be available in the US,...
Thursday 28 August 2014
Delta Electronics signs up Xander as Taiwan sales agent
Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics on August 26 signed with IT retail channel operator Xander International for Xander to become its Taiwan...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Taiwan market: Surface Pro 3 to launch
Microsoft will launch the 12-inch Surface Pro 3 in the Taiwan market on August 29 at a starting retail price of NT$24,900 (US$830), according to Microsoft Taiwan.
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Karbonn looks to in-house handset production in India: Q&A with executive director
Karbonn, the second-largest India-based handset vendor, is looking into in-house production. Digitimes recently sat down with company executive director Shashin Devsare to discuss...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Good Way Technology listed on OTC
USB docking station and peripheral maker Good Way Technology on August 26 started listing on Taiwan's over-the-counter stock market at an initial price of NT$105 (US$3.50) per share...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Worldwide server market revenues increase 2.5% in 2Q14 as infrastructure refresh cycle continues, says IDC
According to IDC, factory revenues in the worldwide server market increased 2.5% on year to US$12.6 billion in the second quarter of 2014. Server shipments improved 1.2% on year to...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Foxconn adopts cloud computing-based security monitoring system
Foxconn Electronics has adopted a cloud computing-based security monitoring system equipped with in-house-developed hardware and software at its headquarters in northern Taiwan to...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Gaining an advantage in emerging markets: Q&A with India-based handset player Micromax
Sales of handsets in the India market reached 61.07 million units in the first quarter of 2014, with smartphones accounting for 17.59 million units or 28.8%. Notably, smartphone sales...
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Voices from India: How can Taiwan best tap the booming India handset market
There will be an estimated 250 million handsets sold in the India market in 2014, 35% of which will be smartphones, an increase from the 23% in 2013. However, with a population of...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
On the handset market in India and increasing presence of Lava: Q&A with Lava chairman Hari Om Rai
As India's handset market is continuing to grow, local vendors including Lava, Spice, Intex and GI 5 are seeing monthly sales reach between 500,000-1 million units a month, with Larva...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Tablet market to decline in 2014 while notebook market expected to grow, says TrendForce
Branded tablets will experience negative growth in 2014 at 153 million units shipped, an on-year decrease of 1.8%. Notebook shipments, on the other hand, will increase 1% on year...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Acer unveils cloud-supported hearing device
Acer has unveiled a hearing device that leverages cloud computing resources to optimize settings at a convention in Shenzhen, China, which started on August 25. The device is able...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Commentary: Rising pan-Indian Ocean regional smartphone market represents huge potential for Taiwan firms
Approximately eight years ago, Digitimes ran a special topic, entitled "To go, or not to go," to explore whether India is a market worth investing in for Taiwan-based businesses...
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Taiwan market: FET and TWM add 390,000 4G users in two months
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM), two of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, kicked off commercial operations in early...
Monday 25 August 2014
Lenovo looking for help from Taiwan server players
Following its acquisition of IBM's x86 server business, Lenovo is looking to establish partnerships with Taiwan-based server players such as Quanta Computer, Mitac International and...