Taiwan-based white-box handset maker Vovo has launched its first quad-core smartphone, the V10, in the Taiwan market with an unlocked price of NT$3,990 (US$136), according to the...

The suspension of the US government's budget has delayed procurement of ruggedized PCs and is expected to impact vendors' sales performance for the fourth quarter of 2013, according...

Japan-based carrier Softbank unveiled recently its new smartphone portfolio for the upcoming 2013-2014 winter/spring selling season, reducing the number of new models to four compared...

Tablet brand vendors have recently started turning to develop 8-inch models hoping the new product line will help boost their overall gross margins. However, since demand for 8-inch...

HTC has announced its first large-size smartphone, the HTC One Max, which comes with a number of features including a fingerprint scanner as well as HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Zoe and HTC...

Traditionally employed to make LEDs, sapphire substrates now are being used by Apple and other smartphone vendors as covers for camera lenses and home buttons, contributing to a rapid...

With China Mobile now officially upgrading its network to TD-LTE and issuing a tender for 207,000 base stations, 2013 is set to become a peak year for LTE macro base station deployments,...

The growing presence of IDMs in the ARM Cortex-M-based MCU segment has mounted more pressure on Taiwan-based 32-bit MCU providers, including Nuvoton Technology, Holtek Semiconductor...

Sales of smartphones, tablets and LCD TVs in China during the October 1 holidays were flat, dashing hopes of Taiwan-based IC suppliers of ramping shipments in the fourth quarter of...

Intel is planning to release entry-level Bay Trail-based processors for the Android platform in the second quarter of 2014, according to sources from tablet players.

Alcatel One Touch, an international handset brand owned by China-based vendor TCL Communication Technology, on October 14 unveiled a mid-range smartphone, Idol X, for launch in the...

Microsoft's second-generation Surface and new Android-based tablets are expected to be impacted by Apple's launch of the next-generation iPad and iPad mini as the company is likely...

Samsung Electronics has just announced that its estimated profits for the third quarter of 2013 will reach KRW10.1 trillion (US$9.38 billion). Would that ensure smooth sailing for...

Taiwan-based gambling machine player Ibase Gaming Technology, a subsidiary of industrial PC player Ibase, is set to apply for listing on the local over the counter (OTC) stock market...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is likely to assign two 1800MHz band units, 1755-1785MHz and 1850-1880MHz, to China Telecom and two 2100MHz band units,...