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Thursday 26 September 2013
Tablets with telephone functions expected to gain demand in emerging markets
Tablets with 7-inch displays and telephone functions are expected to enjoy strong demand in emerging markets due to their friendlier prices and characteristics that suit the demand...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Apple iPhone 5s carries US$199 BOM and manufacturing cost, IHS says
Apple's new flagship product- the iPhone 5s- features some cutting-edge components that represent pioneering achievements for the smartphone market while maintaining a nearly identical...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Embedded players see great potential in ARM systems
Taiwan-based embedded product makers such as Advantech, Adlink Technology, IEI Integration, Avalue Technology and Ibase Technology have started placing more resources on developing...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China market: Smartphone shipments to exceed 450 million units in 2014, says IDC
Total mobile phone shipments in China reached 110 million units in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Shipments of smartphones, a subset of mobile phone shipments, totaled...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China August mobile phone users grow to 1.196 billion, says MIIT
China had 1.196 billion subscribers to mobile communication services as of the end of August 2013, growing 0.88% on month and 11.51% on year. Of the subscribers, 351.29 million (29.38%)...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China government increases support for local cloud computing players
The China government started changing procurement policies in the second half to help nurture local cloud computing players. The change is expected to impact first-tier brand vendors...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Taiwan ODMs expected to benefit from new data centers in Northern Europe
Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, a subsidiary of Wistron, are expected to benefit from Microsoft and Facebook's new data center establishments in Northern Europe in 2014, according to...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Nokia ruling to not have significant impact on HTC, say sources
The recent preliminary ruling of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Nokia's May 2012 complaint against HTC for radio transmission patent infringements will not have significant...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Reduction in cost and easier endpoint management to spur thin client growth, says IDC
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker, worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totaled 1.3 million units in the second quarter...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Taiwan market: HTC may lose top-rank title due for lack of new flagship models
HTC may lose its top-rank title in Taiwan's smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2013 as it has failed to deliver a new flagship model for the second half of the year in the...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Mobile devices markets in Australia, New Zealand fall for two consecutive quarters in 1H13, says IDC
For the first time in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), all three mobile devices markets – notebooks, tablets and mobile phones – declined for two consecutive quarters...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
BlackBerry agrees to acquisition deal with consortium
BlackBerry has announced it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) under which a consortium to be led by Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to acquire the company for US$4.7 billion...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Avalue Technology to set up subsidiary for marketing healthcare solutions
Industrial computing device maker Avalue Technology has focused on medical and healthcare applications and will set up a subsidiary, Remedi, specifically to globally market related...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Ichia keypad shipments to BlackBerry unaffected by acquisition agreement
Flexible PCB and keypad maker Ichia Technologies has said that its production of keypads for BlackBerry for the rest of 2013 will remain unchanged for the time being. The smartphone...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Wiwynn, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to launch cloud solution
Wiwynn, a cloud computing hardware system provider wholly-owned by Wistron, and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on September 24 jointly announced the launch of AP500, a server/storage appliance...