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Monday 22 November 2010
Acer likely to debut Android 2.2 tablet PC along with Wintel model in New York, say Taiwan makers
Acer will unveil a 10-inch Intel-Windows 7 tablet PC at a press conference scheduled for November 23 in New York and may debut a 7-inch Android 2.2 (Froyo) model as well, according...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Nvidia Tegra 2 processor expected to be a focus at CES 2011
Nvidia's ARM-based Tegra 2 processor is expected to be a focus at CES 2011, as several PC and handset vendors are set to showcase tablet PCs using the processor, according to sources...
Wednesday 10 November 2010
Commentary: End of Symbian Foundation is a blessing in disguise
With the Symbian operating system (OS) transforming from a closed platform to an open platform developed by a dozen players, and now once again back under the control of Nokia, it...
Friday 5 November 2010
Worldwide smartphone market grows 89.5% on year in 3Q10, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2010, with the leading vendors posting double- or even triple-digit on-year growth, according to...
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Taiwan market: LG debuts first Android 2.2 smartphone through cooperation with CHT
LG Electronics on November 2 unveiled the Optium One P500, its first Android 2.2 smartphone, for bundled sale in the Taiwan market through cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT)...
Thursday 28 October 2010
China market: China Unicom to offer Android-based Uphone smartphones
China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) will offer Uphone, an Android-based open platform for application development, customized smartphones in December 2010, with ZTE, Huawei...
Wednesday 27 October 2010
Asustek obtains exclusive licensing from Garmin for Android handsets
Asustek Computer, following the breakup of the Garmin-Asus dual-brand partnership, has obtained exclusive licensing from Garmin to include Garmin navigation software on Android handsets,...
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Microsoft to charge royalty fees to prevent Acer, Asustek from using Android in netbooks, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft plans to impose royalty fees on Taiwan-based vendors of Android handsets for using its patents in e-mail, multimedia and other functions, with Acer and Asustek Computer...
Friday 22 October 2010
Taiwan market: Trend Micro offers Android handset information protection software for trial use by CHT subscribers
Trend Micro, a Taiwan-based provider of Internet-based information security software solutions and services, on October 21 announced the launch of a free trial Android handset-based...
Thursday 21 October 2010
MSI postpones Wintel tablet PC; to launch Android model by the end of 1Q11
Micro-Star International (MSI) recently decided to postpone its Wintel-based tablet PC, which was originally scheduled to launch in the third quarter, and will launch its Android...
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Engineer samples of Android 3.0-loaded tablet PCs to be ready in December
Google has recently notified its partners that the Android 3.0 operating system (OS) will soon be completed with the related tablet PC engineer samples set to show up in December,...
Friday 15 October 2010
Taiwan vendors to offer dual-platform tablet PCs due to Wintel market status
While Taiwan-based notebook vendors prefer the combination of ARM processors and Android to that of Intel processors and Windows for tablet PCs, they have announced plans to launched...
Friday 15 October 2010
Taiwan smatphone ODMs to focus on Android to minimize costs
Taiwan-based smartphone ODMs, in order to minimize total production cost to cope with decreasing ODM prices, have stressed the need of focusing on Android because Android is free...
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Android becomes smartphone market's secret sauce for success in 2Q10, says iSuppli
In a sign of the growing momentum behind Google's Android, makers of handsets utilizing the operating system represented the majority of the fastest-growing firms among the top 10...
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Taiwan-based handset makers unwilling to invest in WP7
Taiwan-based handset makers have shifted R&D investment to Android for 2-3 years and now most of them are unwilling to invest in Windows Phone 7 (WP7) because Android has a large...