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Thursday 19 June 2014
China market: Coolpad is top 4G smartphone vendor in May, says paper
Coolpad ranked as the top 4G smartphone vendor in the China market in May with a 23.1% share in the segment, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) cited Sino Market...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Wearable device shipments: Activity Trackers outsell smartwatches 4-to-1 in 1Q14, says ABI Research
Activity Trackers dominated sales of wearable devices in the first quarter of 2014, outselling much-hyped smartwatches by 4-to-1, with 2.35 million devices shipped, according to ABI...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Smartphones to drive double-digit growth of smart connected devices in 2014 and beyond, says IDC
Worldwide smart connected devices (SCDs) are forecast to grow 15.6% on year in 2014, reaching close to 1.8 billion devices according to IDC. Smartphone growth is expected to lead...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Wearable devices for use in medical segment are major focus at 2014 Optoelectronics Exposition
Wearable devices for use in the medical segment will be a major focus for vendors at the 2014 Optoelectronics Exposition in Taipei, Taiwan, according to market observers.
Tuesday 17 June 2014
China market: x86 server shipments up 22.9% in 1Q14, says IDC
Shipments of x86 servers in the China market during the first quarter of 2014 totaled 350,000 units, up 22.9% on year. Meanwhile, factory revenues of x86 servers during the quarter...
Monday 16 June 2014
Taiwan market: Xiaomi to sell Hong-mi Note exclusively through PChome
China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology on June 16 unveiled its new smartphone model, Hong-mi (meaning Red Rice) Note, for sale in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of...
Monday 16 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Southeast Asia looks to strong replacement demand for smartphones
The ratio of 3G/4G subscribers to total mobile phone users in Southeast Asia remains relatively low despite the fact that most countries in the region have already set up their 3G...
Monday 16 June 2014
AAEON Releases FWS-2250, Ultra Compact Fanless Desktop Network Appliance at Computex
AAEON, a major developer of industrial computing solutions, has released the world's smallest network appliance, the FWS-2250.
Monday 16 June 2014
Aurora offers 3D printers, office cloud computing services
Aurora, a Taiwan-based distributor of office automation equipment, has established a business group specifically for marketing US-based Stratasys' 3D printers in the China market...
Friday 13 June 2014
AMD pushing ARM/x86-compatibility for server business, says senior VP Lisa Su
AMD has been reorganizing its businesss, such as moving its desktop business headquarters to Beijing, China, pushing the semi-customized SoC and GPU services, and investing in ARM-based...
Friday 13 June 2014
TWM to start 1800MHz 4G operation by end of October
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) began 4G commercial operation on a 700MHz frequency band unit in early June and its service on a 1800MHz band unit will start by end-of-October 2014, according...
Friday 13 June 2014
LG likely to ship 15-16 smartphones in 2Q14, say Taiwan sources
LG Electronics is expected to see its smartphone shipments grow 20-30% sequentially to 15-16 million units in the second quarter of 2014, buoyed by the brisk sales of its latest flagship...
Friday 13 June 2014
Intel prepared for emerging industries, says company president Renee James
Intel president Renee James, during a recent interview, told Digitimes that the company and its partners in Taiwan are committed to developing smart devices with integrated designs...
Friday 13 June 2014
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC One mini 2 smartphone
HTC has launched its HTC One mini 2 in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$13,900 (US$463), targeting the mid-range 4G segment.
Thursday 12 June 2014
FET aims at 6% revenue proportion for value-added services in 3 years
Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) aims to increase the proportion of revenues from mobile value-added services, mainly content and e-commerce, to 6% and its share...