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Thursday 8 August 2013
Apple cedes share in smartphone OS market as Android and Windows gain, says IDC
Despite beating Wall Street expectations in terms of shipment volumes, Apple's share in the worldwide smartphone operating system market posted an on-year decline during the second...
Friday 2 August 2013
Small tablets drive big share gains for Android, says Canalys
Over 34 million tablets shipped in the second quarter of 2013, a 43% on-year increase. Tablets now account for 31% of worldwide PC shipments. But Apple's performance faltered. Its...
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Bluetooth Smart support in Android 4.3 expected to boost demand for Bluetooth devices, say Taiwan makers
Android 4.3's native support for Bluetooth Smart is expected to drive growth in demand for Bluetooth-enabled devices mainly for health care, sports and physical fitness, home entertainment...
Friday 21 June 2013
Firefox OS aimed to become alternative to Android, says Mozilla vice president
While Mozilla has offered Firefox OS for less than two years, the operating system based on HTML5 and Web technologies has been adopted by a number of smartphone vendors including...
Monday 17 June 2013
First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
Smartphone players such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer (HTC) have started showing interest in adopting ultra-thin heat pipes for their smartphones and are expected...
Thursday 6 June 2013
Over 1 billion Android phones to ship in 2017, says Canalys
Worldwide smartphone shipments are set to top 1.5 billion units in 2017, contributing 73% to overall mobile phone shipments, according to Canalys. Shipments of Android models will...
Monday 3 June 2013
Digitimes Research: 2Q13 brand tablet shipments to reach 34 million units
Following the low season in the first quarter of 2013, many vendors from the non-iPad tablet camp will introduce new affordable models running on the Google Android platform in the...
Wednesday 15 May 2013
BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
BlackBerry plans to offer its messenger app, BBM, to competing platforms such as Google's Android and Apple's iOS.
Monday 6 May 2013
Android LCD monitors are a new opportunity for vendors, says WitsView
Research firm WitsView expects the LCD monitor market to be on the decline in 2013, adding that several vendors have begun orienting their business strategy to reduce shipments of...
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Asustek to push Padfone Infinity in China
Asustek Computer has recently partnered with China Unicom to sell its new Padfone Infinity in China and the company will also host a launch conference later this month (April) to...
Friday 19 April 2013
Intel promotes Android convertible notebooks, say vendors
Viewing that Windows 8 has been unable to stimulate global demand for notebooks, and global sales of Android tablets have been increasing, Intel has begun to promote Android tablet-convertible...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
China-based vendors offer Android STBs
A number of China-based vendors, including Mele Digital Technology, Geniatech, Giec Electronics and Bluetimes Technology, exhibited Android TV set-top boxes (STBs) at the 2013 China...
Monday 15 April 2013
Tablet sales to reach US$64 billion in 2013, up 28% as tide turns to Android, says ABI Research
In 2013, approximately 150 million tablets are forecast to ship globally, which is estimated to be worth US$64 billion (up 28% from 2012) in potential end-user revenues, according...
Monday 8 April 2013
Microsoft reportedly developing Windows Blue for PC, mobile OS integration
Microsoft is reportedly developing Windows Blue as an independent project that will help merge Windows (PC) with Windows Phone. Rumors have also spread that Microsoft is developing...
Wednesday 3 April 2013
Compal Communications adopts Broadcom smartphone reference design
Compal Communications has for the first time adopted a reference design platform offered by Broadcom to develop entry-level Android smartphones with the first wave of such models...