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Friday 8 August 2014
Synnex Technology July revenues up over 14%
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on August 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$27.91 billion (US$929 million) for July,...
Friday 8 August 2014
Acer to see 3Q14 shipments rise 25-30% sequentially; announces profits for 2Q14
Acer, based on its order placements, is expected to see total shipments in the third quarter of 2014 increase 25-30%, higher than the growth of worldwide shipments according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 8 August 2014
Digitimes Research: Samsung, LG launch wireless charging-enabled smartphones
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, as of the end of the second quarter of 2014, had launched smartphones supporting wireless charging technology with wireless charging modules...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Forked Android AOSP grows 20% in 2Q14, driven by China domination, says ABI Research
Forked Android or AOSP smartphones grew 20% sequentially from first-quarter 2014 to second-quarter 2014 (total market growth was 3% sequentially) and also accounted for 20% of the...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Foxlink to set up robot arms in China plants, says paper
Foxlink is planning to install 35 six-axis robot arms at its plants in Dongguan, China in August to help reduce manual labor and is aiming to establish a total of 100 units by 2015...
Thursday 7 August 2014
Dell hosting conference in Taiwan to promote enterprise products
Dell hosted the Dell Enterprise Forum in Taiwan on August 6 and unveiled new storage, server, Big Data, mobile, cloud computing and information security products and solutions to...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Players optimistic about digital signage payment systems
Digital signage players are optimistic about the business opportunities from the combination of digital signage and mobile payment systems.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Taiwan government, Intel, Siemens to jointly hold APEC summit and competition
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Intel and Siemens will jointly hold the 2014 APEC Accelerator Network Summit and Challenge in Taiwan on August 6 and 7, with 34 start-up...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Sporton expected to see booming orders for 4G smartphone testing
Sporton International, a Taiwan-based provider of EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and safety testing and certification services, generated record consolidated revenues of NT$729...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Smartphone shipments total 108.5 million units in 2Q14; Xiaomi outperforms Samsung as top vendor, says Canalys
Smartphone shipments in China totaled 108.5 million units in the second quarter of 2014, accounting for 37% of global shipments, according to Canalys.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
Channel retailers kick off back-to-school promotions
To satisfy back-to-school demand, channel retailers have been offering new promotions for notebooks, LCD TVs and PC accessories recently. The deals are expected to help notebook recover,...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Smartphone sales nearly 103 million units in 2Q14, says Analysys
There were 112.12 million handsets sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2014, growing 1.5% on quarter and 24.1% on year, and 102.98 million units were smartphones,...
Wednesday 6 August 2014
China market: Over 5 million consumer tablets sold in 2Q14, says Analysys
There were 5.5 million consumer tablets sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2014, increasing 9.4% on quarter and 53.8% on year, according to China-based Analysys...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Major Android smartphone vendors bracing for slow sales in 2H14, say sources
Major Android-based smartphone vendors, including Samsung Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, LG Electronics and HTC, are bracing for slow sales in the second half of 2014 as...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Amazon must sell large volumes of Fire Phone to recoup investment, says IHS
From a hardware perspective, the Fire Phone carries a bill of materials (BOM) low enough to allow Amazon to cut a profit for each smartphone sold. But with Amazon likely having sunk...