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Friday 13 January 2012
Smartphone vendors to limit new models
Smartphone vendors including HTC, Research in Motion (RIM), Sony and Motorola Mobility all are likely to adjust their strategies by reducing the number of new models launched each...
Thursday 8 December 2011
RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 OS
RIM (Research in Motion) has unveiled its new platform, the BlackBerry 10, at the 2011 BlackBerry Developer Conference Asia. The BlackBerry 10 OS will support smartphones, tablet...
Thursday 24 November 2011
Players drop tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire
Several tablet PC players including RIM, High Tech Computer (HTC), Lenovo, and ViewSonic, have dropped their 7-inch tablet PC prices to compete against Amazon's Kindle Fire, priced...
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Global mobile device sales grow 5.6% in 3Q11; smartphone sales increase 42%, says Gartner
Worldwide sales of mobile devices totaled 440.5 million units in the third quarter of 2011, up 5.6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Non-smartphone devices performed...
Monday 14 November 2011
Prospects of touch panels clouded by low order visibility
The touch panel industry may not be able to maintain sales momentum in 2012 due to low order visibility from tablet PC vendors, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
LTE to become mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012, says HTC
HTC will continue to strengthen its market leadership in the LTE-enabled smartphone segment and believes LTE phones will become the mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012,...
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Taiwan market: RIM launches 2 BlackBerry 7 smartphones in cooperation with TWM
Research in Motion (RIM) has launched two of its latest BlackBerry 7 phones, the Torch 9860 and Bold 9900, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Taiwan Mobile (TWM).
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Asustek will not compete with price in the tablet PC market, says CEO
Commenting on market watchers' expectation that Asustek Computer will soon drop its tablet PC price and delay the launch of the next generation Eee Pad Transformer, Asustek CEO Jerry...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS
Notebook players, seeing that first-tier brand vendors such as RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all backing away from the tablet PC bandwagon, are turning pessimistic about...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Digitimes Insight: RIM PlayBook a poor debut for QNX
While QNX is currently used in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and is scheduled to be used in the company's smartphones in the future, replacing the BlackBerry OS to become Research...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
HTC unveils HTC Rhyme in New York
HTC has unveiled its new Android-based smartphone, the HTC Rhyme, in New York. The new model will be available soon in the US exclusively from Verizon Wireless and across Europe,...
Wednesday 21 September 2011
Quanta cuts PlayBook production lines
Quanta Computer has reportedly cut back production lines for RIM's PlayBook at its factory in northern Taiwan due to a large decrease in orders and has offered preferential compensation...
Thursday 8 September 2011
RIM counts on QNX-based smartphones to regain competitiveness in 2012
RIM's planned launch of QNX-series smartphones in 2012 will be crucial as to whether it can regain its competitiveness, but there is no urgent need for a sell-out of the company as...
Friday 2 September 2011
Digitimes Insight: BBM Music will help RIM on smartphone front only
Research In Motion (RIM) recently provided an inside look at its BBM Music app on its corporate blog, and while impressive, Digitimes Research believes the app further highlights...