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Wednesday 31 July 2013
Taiwan market: InFocus launches 2 smartphones for mid-range segment
US-based InFocus has launched two smartphones, the IN610 and IN810, in the Taiwan market, with unlocked prices set at NT$11,900 (US$398) and NT$13,900, respectively.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Asustek, Acer aim to ship 1.0, 1.5 million smartphones in 2013
Asustek Computer aims to ship at least one million smartphones in 2013 and reach breakeven for smartphone operations in the second half of the year, while Acer aims to ship 1.5 million...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Many 2-in-1 models in development, but shipments likely to be small, say Taiwan makers
Under active promotion by Intel, vendors have been developing 2-in-1 notebook/tablet convertible models for launch in the second half of 2013 but are conservative about sales volumes...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
China market: Mobile phone users grow to 1.176 billion in June, says MIIT
There were 1.176 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of June 2013, growing by 0.91% on month and by 11.84% on year, and 318.87 million (27.12%)...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Taiwan market: TWM sees smartphones take up 86% of handset, tablet sales in 2Q13
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) saw smartphones account for 86% of contract-bundled sales of handsets and tablets in the second quarter of 2013, the telecom carrier has disclosed.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Advantech AIMB-224 Mini-ITX Board with AMD R-Series Processor Gives Excellent HD Graphics Performance
Advantech, the embedded platform and integration services provider, announces the introduction of a new industrial-grade, Mini-ITX motherboard supporting the latest AMD R-Series processors...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Small footprint excellency for embedded applications
In the 21st century, the ubiquitous Internet of Things (IoT) technology has already generated many new applications that improve human life, bringing us the comforts, convenience,...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
HTC pessimistic about 3Q13
HTC forecasts third-quarter consolidated revenues of NT$50-60 billion (US$1.7-2.0 billion) slipping 15.1-29.2% on quarter, and gross margin of 18-21% down 2-5pp, as well as zero net...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Tablet adoption rates cool in 2Q13, says CEA
As of the second quarter in 2013, four in ten (41%) online US consumers have indicated they own a tablet, roughly on par with ownership rates reported in March 2013 (40%), according...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
M2M cellular connections to exceed 450 million by 2018 as ARPUs are squeezed, says ABI Research
Cellular M2M (machine to machine) connections are set to reach over 450 million by 2018. Europe dragged down worldwide connection growth in 2011 and 2012 to the high teens but with...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Notebook shipments grow 0.4% in 2Q13, says WitsView
Notebook shipments attained 39.4 million in shipments during the second quarter of 2013, up 0.4% on quarter, while shipments of the top nine vendors in the market declined 0.7% on...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Shipments of tablet expected to more than double those of notebooks in 2014, says NPD DisplaySearch
Shipments of tablets are expected to reach nearly 364 million worldwide in 2014, more than doubling the projected 177 million shipments of standard and ultra-slim notebooks, according...
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Smartphone vendors conservative about adopting 8-core platforms, say Taiwan makers
While Samsung Electronics, MediaTek and HiSilicon Technologies have been developing 8-core platforms for smartphones, vendors are conservative about the adoption on concerns that...
Monday 29 July 2013
Taiwan market: Acer cooperates with CHT to launch 5.7-inch smartphone Liquid S1
Acer on July 29 announced it was cooperating with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to unveil the Acer Liquid S1, a 5.7-inch Android 4.2.2 smartphone, for contract-bundled sale by CHT beginning...
Monday 29 July 2013
Taiwan market: NCC may assign 2.6GHz bands for FDD LTE
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) is likely to assign 2.6GHz bands for operating FDD LTE communication services in the future, because the development of FDD LTE telecom...