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Wednesday 14 May 2014
Google Glass far more than the sum of its parts, IHS teardown reveals
Teardown analysis is a useful tool for understanding the component and manufacturing cost of electronics devices – but it does not always tell the whole story of the value of...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
A third of smartphones shipped in 1Q14 had 5-inch plus displays, says Canalys
Worldwide, 279.4 million smartphones shipped in first-quarter 2014, representing growth of 29% on year, but a decline of 5% on quarter. About 81% were Android devices, with iOS and...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Motorola launches Moto E for entry-level segment
Motorola Mobility has rolled out what it claims is the most fairly priced smartphone, the Moto E, targeting first-time smartphone buyers who are switching from feature phones.
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Asustek increases Zenfone components orders to meet demand in China
Asustek Computer is expected to attain its target global shipments of 10 million ZenFone smartphnes in 2014 as the devices are seeing significant demand in the China market, according...
Wednesday 14 May 2014
Inventec expects 2-digit growth in 2014 server shipments
Inventec expects 2-digit on-year growth in ODM server shipments in 2014 and more than 10% on-year growth in the corresponding revenue, the company said at a May 13 investors confer...
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$1.78 per share for January-April
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.59 billion (US$119 million) for April 2014, resulting in net EPS of NT$1.78 for January-April.
Monday 12 May 2014
Tablet growth slows to 21% as channel stock rises, says Canalys
Worldwide client PC shipments reached 123.7 million units in first-quarter 2014, up 5% on year, according to the latest Canalys research. Growth in tablet shipments slowed to 21%,...
Monday 12 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Global white-box tablet shipments down in 1Q14
There were 20.4 million white-box tablets shipped globally in the first quarter of 2014, decreasing by 27.4% on quarter and by 2.4% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 12 May 2014
Designing Roadmap for Smart Cities: Seeking Opportunities for Taiwan's ICT Industry to Drive Structural Transformation through Smart Services
The roadmap to smart cities illustrates that intelligent networking infrastructures connected through the Internet of Things (IoT) can lead to the convergence of next-generation information...
Monday 12 May 2014
Asia Pacific Telecom to issue new shares for private placement
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier and one of the six 4G mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, will issue 826.4 million new shares for private placement...
Monday 12 May 2014
Taiwan-based handset ODMs buying more parts and components from suppliers in China
Taiwan-based handset ODMs have been purchasing more handset components and parts from the supply chain in China in order to lower their production costs, according to industry sour...
Monday 12 May 2014
Radiantech brand new optical communication product synchronizing with the world
Cloud computing has become more and more matured in recent years. Various networking platforms, online application services, mobile hand-held devices and Data Centre are massively...
Monday 12 May 2014
MacBook shipments in 2Q14 to grow 28.6% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
There will be 3.6 million MacBook notebooks shipped in the second quarter of 2014, increasing 28.6% on quarter, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Monday 12 May 2014
Pegatron only Taiwan notebook ODM to see sequential growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec, Wistron and Pegatron have reported consolidated revenues for April, with only Pegatron seeing on-month growth, according to...
Friday 9 May 2014
Synnex April revenues down on month
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.6 billion (US$912 million) for April, dropping 8.1% on...