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Wednesday 30 July 2014
Digitimes Research: China sees increased smartphone AP shipments in 2Q14
There were 103 million smartphone APs (application processors) shipped in the China market in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 13.2% on quarter and 11.5% on year, according...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan market: FET aims at 95% 4G coverage at end of 2014
Far EasTone Telecommunications has been deploying its 4G network around Taiwan and aims to reach a population coverage of 95% at the end of 2014, according to company president Yvonne...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Global market share for iPad may slip to below 25% in 2H14
The global market share for iPad products is likely to drop from 26.9% (IDC figures) for the second quarter of 2014 to below 25% in the second half of the year due to increasing competition,...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Adlink develops 3D intelligent vision-aided positioning system
Industrial computing solution provider Adlink Technology has developed a 3D intelligent positioning system through cooperation with government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Sales for mini versions of flagship smartphones short of expectations
While international vendors including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, HTC and Sony Mobile Communications have launched mini versions of their flagship smartphones, sales of those...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan handsets – 2Q 2014
HTC's launch of its new smartphone models shot up both its own shipments and the overall shipments from Taiwan's handset sector in the second quarter. Although own-brand shipments...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Baidu to release smartphone with MediaTek processor, says report
China-based Internet player Baidu is planning to release a smartphone using MediaTek's MT6595 application processor and will feature Baidu's heterogeneous system architecture (HSA)...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
TWM foresees profit drop in 3Q14
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has released financial forecast for third-quarter of 2014, expecting net profit to shrink 16.85% sequentially.
Monday 28 July 2014
Terry Guo overseeing Foxconn preparations for new iPhone
Foxconn Electronics has been actively preparing for production of 4.7- and 5.5-inch new iPhones at its factories in China since July and chairman Terry Guo has been supervising the...
Monday 28 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship 21.95 million handsets in 3Q14
Taiwan-based ODMs and own-brand makers will ship 21.95 million handsets in the third quarter of 2014, increasing by 4.2% on quarter and by 32.1% on year, and 18.65 million or 85%...
Monday 28 July 2014
Commentary: Microsoft moves to eliminate Nokia
In addition to initiating a massive lay-off, Microsoft also plans to discontinue Nokia's Asha-, Series 40- and X-series handset products as well as to rename the Lumia-series - moves...
Friday 25 July 2014
Worldwide tablet market grows 11% in 2Q14, says IDC
The worldwide tablet market grew 11.0% on year in the second quarter of 2014 with shipments reaching 49.3 million units, according to IDC. Although shipments declined sequentially...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Google to incorporate NFC functionality into Android
Google will incorporate TSM (trusted service manager) software and applications into the Android platform after Apple reportedly has made NFC functionality a standard for its speculated...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Samsung reportedly suffering from infighting; may impact upcoming smartphone plans, says report
Samsung Electronics' wireless business unit is reportedly seeing infighting between the manufacturing and purchasing departments since the manufacturing arm is gradually increasing...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Xiaomi to see slower growth in smartphone shipments in China market
Xiaomi Technology ranked first in smartphone shipments in the China market among China-based vendors in the first half of 2014, but will see growth in shipments gradually slow down...