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Thursday 25 February 2010
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to set up 1,100 3.5G base stations in 2010
Taiwan-based telecom service provider Taiwan Mobile plans to set up 1,100 3.5G base stations in 2010, according to the company. By the year-end, the total number of its 3.5G base...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Android phone prices dropping faster than expected, Taiwan makers say
Prices for Android-powered smartphones are declining at a pace faster than expected due to competition for orders from handset makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sou...
Monday 22 February 2010
Shipments of new smartphones to drive HTC revenues higher in 2Q, says paper
HTC is expected to see its revenues expand significantly in the second quarter of 2010 buoyed by shipments of its newly released smartphones, including the Android-powered HTC Legend...
Monday 22 February 2010
iPhone to strain NAND flash supply for 2010, says iSuppli
With the iPhone already the largest application for NAND-type flash memory, the device's sales growth and high memory usage may cause some periods of undersupply for 2010, according...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Taiwan market: Android accounts for 10% of smartphone segment
The Android platform accounted for 10% of all smartphones sold in the Taiwan market in December 2009, higher than the global average of 4-5% in the same period, according to a survey...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Taiwan market: Motorola launches Android 2.0 Milestone smartphone
Motorola has launched its Milestone smartphone (Droid in the US market) in the Taiwan market in cooperation with 3G service provider Taiwan Mobile. The model is the first Android...
Friday 29 January 2010
Motorola may unseat HTC as top Android phone vendor in 2010, says Digitimes Research
Motorola is likely to unseat HTC (High Tech Computer) as the world's top vendor of Android-powered handsets in 2010, with shipments of Android phones accounting for a 34.7% share...
Thursday 28 January 2010
Android to be number-2 mobile OS by 2013, says IDC
By 2013, worldwide shipments of smartphones will surpass 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9% for the 2009-2013 forecast period, and Andriod...
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Taiwan market: FET online application store to offer monthly charge for downloads
Far EasTone Telecommunication (FET) will offer a fixed monthly fee for downloading applications from its online store for Andriod-based handsets at the end of January 2010.
Thursday 21 January 2010
Garmin-Asus to unveil first Android smartphone at MWC 2010, says Asustek
The Garmin-Asustek team plans to unveil its first Android-powered smartphone at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade fair, according to Benson Lin, president of Asustek's...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Taiwan market: Vibo offers own-brand Android smartphones
Taiwan-based 3G carrier Vibo Telecom has unveiled its first own-brand Android-powered smartphone, the A688, in the local market. Vibo outsources the production of the A668 to Foxconn...
Monday 11 January 2010
Google Nexus One carries US$174.15 materials cost, says iSuppli
The Nexus One, sold with the Google brand name but manufactured by High Tech Computer (HTC), carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$174.15, based on a preliminary estimate from iSuppli...
Friday 8 January 2010
Nexus One serves as key technology showcase/research tool for Google, says iSuppli
Google's new Nexus One smartphone serves as a showcase for the latest version of the Android operating system and will allow the company to gather critical user data for developing...
Friday 8 January 2010
CES 2010: Lenovo launches Android-powered LePhone smartphone
Lenovo has launched its first Android-powered smartphone, the LePhone, at the ongoing CES 2010. The LePhone will target the China market initially before shipping to other markets,...
Friday 8 January 2010
More Taiwan, China companies join OHA
More companies in Taiwan and China, including Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), VIA Telecom and China Telecom, have recently joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), boosting OHA...