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Thursday 15 September 2011
Taiwan market: Smartphones account for 50% of handset shipments in 2Q11, says IDC
Smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market were up 145% on year to 990,000 units in the second quarter of 2011, accounting for over 50% of all handset shipments in the quarter, according...
Thursday 15 September 2011
HTC intros new smartphone with integrated Beats audio
HTC has unveiled a new smartphone that features Beats Audio technology, the HTC Sensation XE. The device also boosts performance and battery life with the addition of 1.5GHz dual-core...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Taiwan market: HTC launches CDMA smartphones
HTC has launched the HTC Wildfire S CDMA-enabled smartphone in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Asia Pacific Telecom (APT). HTC said it will also strengthen its cooperation with...
Friday 9 September 2011
HTC files new patent complains against Apple, using patents transferred from Google
HTC will take further legal action against Apple, adding new patent complaints to its previous filing lodged with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on August 16, and will...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Digitimes Insight: Google support against Apple will be noted in China
When Apple sued HTC last year claiming the Taiwan smartphone vendor had violated twenty of its patents, Google noted that it would stand behind its Android OS and its hardware partners...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Synnex achieves strong revenue performance in August
Channel retailer Synnex Technology International announced consolidated revenues of NT$28.76 billion (US$987.98 million) for August, a new monthly high and up close to 20% on year...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
HTC August revenues hit record
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$45.32 billion (US$1.56 billion) for August, a monthly record representing an increase of 0.47% on month and 87.44% on year. Combined revenues...
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Flagship smartphones tend to have bigger screens
A number of handset vendors including HTC, Acer and Samsung Electronics have unveiled their respective flagship smartphones with screen sizes of over 4.5 inches compared to the prevailing...
Friday 2 September 2011
HTC unveils 2 new Windows Phone smartphones
HTC has unveiled two Windows Phone (Mango)-based smartphones, the HTC Titan and HTC Radar.
Friday 2 September 2011
AT&T launches 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet PC from HTC
AT&T and HTC have jointly announced that AT&T will begin selling HTC's first 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet PC, the HTC Jetstream, in the US market on September 4.
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Smartphones moving toward hardware competition
The global market competition among iOS, Android, Windows Mango and BlackBerry platforms is expected to heat up in the fourth quarter as international vendors are going to launch...
Monday 29 August 2011
Touch component makers expect strong sales in September
Sales of small- to medium-size touchscreen component makers expect sales to pick up significantly starting September 2011 with touch panel orders from tablet PC, smartphone and e-book...
Thursday 25 August 2011
HTC to unveil 2 Mango phones in September
HTC is expected to unveil its first batch of Mango phones on September 1, including the 3.7-inch HTC Eternity and 4.5-inch HTC Omega. The two models will both run on Windows Phone...
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Taiwan should not overlook Korea moving to develop open-source smartphones
The Taiwan government and handset makers should not overlook the intention's of the government in Korea to develop new open-source operating systems (OS) for mobile phones, although...
Friday 19 August 2011
Handset vendors reportedly cutting back chipset orders for 4Q11
Some handset solution suppliers have indicated that a number of handset vendors, including Apple and HTC, have scaled down their chipset orders for the fourth quarter as compared...