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Friday 25 October 2013
China market: Demand for Android STBs weakening
Android-based set-top box (STB) sales in China have started to grow weak recently due to rising penetration rates in the local market and the growing popularity of large-size smartphones...
Monday 14 October 2013
Intel plans cheap Bay Trail CPUs for 2Q14
Intel is planning to release entry-level Bay Trail-based processors for the Android platform in the second quarter of 2014, according to sources from tablet players.
Monday 14 October 2013
ChipSiP unveils SiP Smart Glass solution
ChipSiP Technology, which provides turnkey system-in-package (SiP) solutions, has launched what the company claims is the world's first HD resolution near-eye display on the Android...
Monday 30 September 2013
Android ecosystem takes the baton from Apple iPad in the tablet race, says ABI Research
A shift in leadership is now upon the tablet mobile computing market. At the year's mid-point, ABI Research identified a trio of events signaling Apple's iPad family of products has...
Friday 27 September 2013
App developers to not give up BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8, say sources
Most of mobile application developers participating in BlackBerry Jam Asia 2013 have indicated that they will not quit BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8 developments mainly because...
Tuesday 17 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Sony/Google relationship to affect SmartWatch 2 sales
Sony Mobile Communications launched the successor of its LiveView watch, the SmartWatch 2 in June 2013 featuring a larger display, higher resolution, NFC support and water- and dust-proof...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
iPhone 5c will not significantly affect sales of Android phones
Apple's iPhone 5c is unlikely to significantly affect sales of Android-based entry-level to mid-range smartphones due to its pricing, according to sources in the handset industry...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Windows phones challenging Android for Vietnam smartphone market, says IDC
A total of 5.8 million mobile phones were shipped to Vietnam in the second quarter of 2013, in which shipments of feature phones contracted 25.8% sequentially due to aggressive shipments...
Friday 30 August 2013
Android mobile app revenues to reach US$6.8 billion in 2013, says ABI Research
Android's smartphone mobile app revenues are projected to reach almost US$6.8 billion by the end of 2013, nearly doubling from the previous year. The Android platform has some way...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Dell optimistic about Windows 8.1 for enterprise PCs
As Microsoft is ready to release Windows 8.1 on October 18, Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president of Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions, has expressed his...
Monday 26 August 2013
Digitimes Research: Android may lose its competitiveness in the entry-level segment
The Android platform's gradually increasing demand over hardware specifications is expected to endanger the platform's share in the entry-level segment as hardware prices are gradually...
Thursday 15 August 2013
Half of top iPad apps either unavailable or not optimized on Android, says Canalys
New Canalys' App Interrogator research highlights one of the deficiencies of the Android ecosystem: limited availability of high-quality, tablet-optimized apps in the Google Play...
Wednesday 14 August 2013
BlackBerry likely to be sold in parts as it looks for strategic alternatives, say sources
The chance is low for BlackBerry to be acquired by any rival companies after the Canada-based smartphone vendor announced recently that it has formed a special committee to explore...
Tuesday 13 August 2013
HTC seems to be drifting away from WP8, say Taiwan makers
HTC is likely to drift away from Windows Phone 8 (WP8) platform as it has seen its share in the global WP8 market drop to below 5%, while rivals Nokia has taken an 80% share in the...
Monday 12 August 2013
Samsung reportedly delays Tizen development
Samsung Electronics reportedly has slowed down the development of its Tizen operating system, which it co-developed with Intel – a move which could dash hopes of other Android...