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Tuesday 23 September 2014
LG to announce new smartphone with in-house AP, says report
LG Electronics reportedly will release a 5.9-inch smartphone using its in-house developed application processor (AP) in October at the earliest or by the end of 2014 at the latest,...
Tuesday 23 September 2014
ASUSTOR launches high performance AS7008T and AS7010T models designed for enterprise and multimedia applications
ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has announced the launch of two powerful new NAS devices, the AS7008T and AS7010T which are designed for...
Monday 22 September 2014
Sony Mobile to focus on high-end smartphones, will decrease ODM orders, say Taiwan makers
Sony Mobile Communications, in view of its unsatisfactory smartphone sales performance, has cut its smartphone business personnel by 15% and adjusted operational strategies by focusing...
Monday 22 September 2014
Taiwan market: Meizu likely to launch smartphone MX4
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu Telecom Equipment is interested in tapping the Taiwan market and talking with local online store operators about cooperation to launch the MX4,...
Monday 22 September 2014
Commercial replacement demand upholding global PC shipments in 2014, says MIC
Shipment volume of global PC systems - comprising of notebooks and desktops - is forecast to reach around 299 million units in 2014, down 0.1% on year, according to MIC.
Friday 19 September 2014
Worldwide market for HPC technical servers declines slightly in 2Q14, says IDC
Worldwide factory revenues for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined modestly on year by 2.6% to US$2.45 billion in the second quarter of 2014, down...
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...