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Tuesday 20 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Developments in the tablet market in May
Samsung Electronics and Lenovo, both of which have ambitious goals for tablet shipments for 2014, both released new tablets in May 2014. Pricing of the new tablet from Samsung is still...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Digitimes Research: LTE users to reach 335 million in 2014
Japan- and Korea-based operators have been aggressively promoting their LTE services. Their counterparts In Latin America and Europed have also been accelerating the process towards...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Qualcomm to begin volume production of 8-core Snapdragon 615 chips soon
Qualcomm will begin volume production of its first 8-core CPU, the Snapdragon 615, soon and plans to unveil its 64-bit 8-core 810-series and 6-core 808-series products before year-end...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
EverFocus debuts a new technology 'eZ Tracker'
EverFocus recently unveiled a cutting-edge technology, eZ Tracker, combining EverFocus network fisheye camera (EFN3320) and EverFocus network speed dome camera (EPN series) for wide-area...
Monday 19 May 2014
Sony to expand datacenters; outsource orders to Taiwan ODMs
Sony is reportedly considering to expand its data centers to strengthen its cloud computing services, as well as explore and develop applications for big data business opportunities,...
Monday 19 May 2014
Sony Mobile may release ODM orders for 20-25 million smartphones to Taiwan makers
Japan-based vendor Sony Mobile Communications has set target shipments of 50 million smartphones for fiscal year 2014 (April 2014-March 2015) and the vendor is likely to release orders...
Monday 19 May 2014
Xiaomi finding its groove in China smartphone market
With interesting designs, superior pricing and an innovative marketing strategy, China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi was able to become the top local brand in China in the first quarter...
Monday 19 May 2014
MediaTek facing challenges in maturing China AP market
With the China smartphone market maturing, application processor (AP) providers are facing new challenges to increase their market share. According to the latest Digitimes Research...
Monday 19 May 2014
Over 41 million branded tablets ship worldwide in 1Q14 as Samsung continues to close the gap behind Apple, says ABI Research
Apple and Samsung Electronics combined for 71% of the 41.3 million branded tablets in the first quarter of 2014, according to ABI Research. This is the closest the two leading vendors...
Monday 19 May 2014
China market: Handset brands and ODMs still reluctant to launch WP-based smartphones
China-based handset vendors and ODMs are still reluctant to launch Windows Phone (WP)-based smartphones in 2014 despite Microsoft's efforts to promote its WP platform without charging...
Friday 16 May 2014
Huawei and ZTE top fiber-optic CPE market, says ABI Research
Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments surpassed 146 million in 2013. Broadband subscriber net additions as well as existing customers upgrading to higher quality...
Friday 16 May 2014
Nokia tax dispute to affect FIH Mobile deployments in India, say sources
A dispute over taxes between Nokia and the India government is likely to bring some adverse impacts to the related supply chain, including a plant of FIH Mobile, in Chennai, India,...
Friday 16 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Intel to achieve 80% of 2014 tablet AP shipment goal
Intel is set to ship 40 million application processors (APs) for tablets in 2014, up 400% from the volume in 2013, though most market watchers believe the goal is rather difficult...
Friday 16 May 2014
HTC to start delivering HTC One mini 2 in June
HTC has unveiled a new member of its HTC One family, the HTC One mini 2, which sports a 4.5-inch HD display, 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera.
Friday 16 May 2014
Taiwan market: Samsung launches mid-range LTE smartphone
Samsung Electronics has launched a mid-range LTE smartphone, the Galaxy Core LTE, in the Taiwan market, competing directly with HTC, Sony Mobile Communications and LG Electronics in...