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Wednesday 11 September 2013
Apple announces iPhone 5s, 5c
Apple has announced the iPhone 5s featuring a new A7 chip, making the smartphone one of the early models to have 64-bit desktop-class architecture. Apple has also introduced the iPhone...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
HTC has no plans to replace incumbent CEO, says paper
HTC has no plans to replace its incumbent CEO Peter Chou despite the recent charges of espionage that might have resulted in a leak of its trade secrets, the Chinese-language Economic...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Big data spending to exceed US$31 billion in 2013, says ABI Research
Global spending on big data by organizations will exceed US$31 billion in 2013, according to ABI Research. The spending will grow at a CAGR of 29.6% over the next five years, reaching...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Digitimes Research: WiMAX 2.1 facilitates development of WiMAX toward TD-LTE
The WiMAX Forum at the end of 2012 approved WiMAX 2.1 which features harmonization with LTE-Advanced and thereby is compatible with TD-LTE. This will bring opportunities for existing...
Monday 9 September 2013
Taiwan 4G price bidding focuses on three 1800MHz band units
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on September 3 kicked off multiple-round price-bidding competition for 12 frequency band units available for operating next-generation...
Monday 9 September 2013
Worldwide external disk storage systems revenues decline for the second consecutive quarter, says IDC
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted an on-year decline of 0.8%, totaling just over US$5.9 billion, in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. For...
Friday 6 September 2013
Catcher, Simplo announce August results; Windows 8.1 to provide limited help attracting demand
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.23 billion (US$108.5 million) for August, down 5% on month, but up 19% on year, with combined consolidated...
Friday 6 September 2013
China market: Xiaomi unveils Xiaomi 3 smartphone and connected TV
China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology on September 5 unveiled Xiaomi 3 (third-generation) smartphone and 47-inch Xiaomi connected LCD TV in Beijing for launch in the China market in...
Friday 6 September 2013
Why Apple should make a 2-in-1 notebook
As competition in the tablet segment continues to increase and as notebook vendors are either seeing stagnant or in some cases declining sales of notebooks, vendors such as Apple...
Friday 6 September 2013
Initial sales of new Samsung 10.1-inch tablet likely to be small
Initial sales of Samsung's new Galaxy Note 10.1 are estimated at only 400,000-600,000 units a month, according to industry sources. In addition, sales of Samsung's existing 10.1-inch...
Friday 6 September 2013
Asustek pushing new tablets to get away from the aura of Google
As Google is said to be considering replacing Asustek Computer as the manufacturer for future Nexus products and shipments of the Nexus 7 currently account for a large proportion...
Friday 6 September 2013
Acer likely to reduce number of ODM partners
Judging from the fewer requests for quotation (RFQ) sent by Acer, the company is likely to reduce the number of its ODM partners for 2014, according to industry sources.
Friday 6 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Microsoft aims to become mobile platform provider via Nokia acquisition
While Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services business indicates the software vendor aims to develop its own-brand mobile end-market devices, the move also demonstrates...
Thursday 5 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Notebook brands and ODMs ramp up shipments in August
Notebook shipments of the world's top-five brands and top-three ODMs grew 22% and 11%, respectively, on month in August 2013, but performance of individual brands and ODMs varied...
Thursday 5 September 2013
Digitimes Research: China 3Q13 smartphone AP shipments to rise 4.7% sequentially
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to grow by a moderate 4.7% sequentially to 96.4 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to Digitimes...