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Friday 18 April 2014
Asustek adopts hostile marketing to gain attention in China smartphone market
To compete for a share of China's smartphone market, Asustek Computer has started to adopt a more hostile marketing strategy by pointing out perceived shortcomings of its competitors,...
Friday 18 April 2014
Global smartphone shipments up to nearly 277 million units in 1Q14, says TrendForce
Global smartphone shipments rose 1.13% on quarter to 266.9 million units in the first quarter of 2014, and are expected to climb another 6.7% to 284.5 million units in the following...
Friday 18 April 2014
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom teams up with Sony Mobile to launch 4G devices
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 17 announced cooperation with Sony Mobile Communications to launch four 4G-enabled smartphones and a 4G-enabled tablet in a bid to promote its 4G services...
Thursday 17 April 2014
Taiwan market: HTC to launch Desire 816, Desire 610
HTC will unveil its mid-range models, the Desire 816 and Desire 610, in the Taiwan market on April 23 with delivery of the smartrphones to the market expected to take place starting...
Thursday 17 April 2014
Taiwan market: Chief Telecom launches cloud services
Chief Telecom, an IP telecom service provider and a subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom, has launched BossWin, cloud computing-based services for customer development and order/account...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
FIC ruggedized tablet subsidiary receives procurement orders from Brazil
Ubiqconn Applied Computer, a ruggedized tablet manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan-based First International Computer (FIC), recently landed procurement orders from the government...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
China market: Local smartphone vendors accelerating LTE launches
China-based handset vendors, including Coolpad, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Gionee, K-Touch and TCL, have each accelerated the launch of their 4G LTE smartphones in an attempt to grab market...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Clevo chairman to invest in development of innovation park in northern Taiwan
Kent Hsu, chairman for Taiwan-based notebook maker Clevo, will invest about NT$5.8 billion (US$192 million) to develop an international innovation park in northern Taiwan, on a 50-year...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 carries over US$250 BOM, IHS teardown reveals
The Samsung Galaxy S5 with 32GB of NAND flash memory carries a BOM of US$251.52, according to IHS. The cost rises to US$256.52 when the US$5 manufacturing cost is added.
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Mitac Information Technology becomes Asia Pacific partner for Google Cloud Platform
Mitac Information Technology has announced that it is an Asia Pacific partner for Google Cloud Platform, providing support for system integration services mainly in the Taiwan and...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Three new GKB SDI cameras to strengthen HD-SDI portfolio
GKB is launching of 3 latest high resolution cameras in HD-SDI portfolio, HD3535, HD5435, and HD5035. These cameras are embedded with 3 Megapixel CCD sensors for securing extremely...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Samsung, HTC, Sony Mobile likely to launch mini flagship models
Samsung Electronics, HTC and Sony Mobile Communications are expected to launch mini versions of their latest flagship smartphones starting at the end of the second quarter of 2014,...
Wednesday 16 April 2014
Google Cloud Platform launched in Taiwan
Google has announced the launch of Google Cloud Platform in the Taiwan market, with its Compute Engine, Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL to be available initially.
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Taiwan market: Acer to launch Liquid E3 smartphone
Acer on April 15 unveiled a mid-range Android 4.2.2 smartphone, the Liquid E3, for launch in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of NT$9,990 (US$330).
Tuesday 15 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan handset shipments drop 1.6% sequentially in 1Q14
Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) saw a significant increase in handset shipments in first-quarter 2014, because of Nokia's joint design manufacturing (JDM) orders for feature...