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Monday 9 May 2016
Acer to launch gaming smartphone in 4Q16, says paper
Acer plans to launch a gaming smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2016 at the latest, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report, citing ST Liew, president of...
Thursday 5 May 2016
China market: Xiaomi delays Mi Band 2 launch
Xiaomi Technology will delay the launch of its second-generation Mi Band 2 to June, one month behind its original schedule, company CEO Lei Jun said in a statement posted on China-based...
Friday 18 March 2016
Worldwide shipments of wearables to reach 110 million in 2016, surpass 200 Million in 2019, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016, up 38.2% on year, according to IDC.
Wednesday 16 March 2016
TSMC, MediaTek to co-develop products for IoT and wearable applications
TSMC and MediaTek have announced their commitment to a long-term partnership to continue developing innovative products for Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable device applications...
Friday 4 March 2016
Taiwan market: Epson crosses into wearable market, targeting mainly mid-range and high-end
Optimistic about wearable device demand, Epson established a department specifically to handle healthcare and sport sensor product development in 2013 and later reorganized the department...
Thursday 25 February 2016
Worldwide wearable market sees rapid growth in 2015, says IDC
The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015, fueled by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. According to...
Tuesday 23 February 2016
MediaTek expands wearables portfolio with MT2511 for health and fitness devices
MediaTek has announced the MT2511, the company's first bio-sensing analog front-end (AFE) chip designed for health and fitness devices. The MT2511 enables bio signal acquisition through...
Friday 5 February 2016
Worldwide wearable devices sales to grow 18.4% in 2016, says Gartner
Gartner has forecast that 274.6 million wearable electronic devices will be sold worldwide in 2016, an increase of 18.4% from 232 million units in 2015. Sales of wearable electronic...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Digitimes Research: More fashion, sports gear, medical vendors step into smartwatch sector
New smartwatches displayed at CES 2016 indicate that more vendors of fashion products, sports gear, medicare devices and traditional watches have stepped into the smartwatch segment,...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Sensor hubs market growing fast, IHS says
The demand for sensor hubs, dedicated processing elements used for low-power sensor processing tasks, is booming. In fact due to "always on" sensor processing trends and...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Pixart Imaging to buy back shares
IC design house Pixart Imaging has unveiled plans to buy back up to two million of its own shares from January 12 to March 11 at prices between NT$50 (US$1.50) and NT$117. The repurchased...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Hardware vendors optimistic about VR potential to save PC industry
With Sony, Samsung Electronics, Oculus/Facebook, High-Tech Computer (HTC) and Google developing virtual reality (VR) wearable devices, related supply chain players are becoming optimistic...
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Toshiba expands ApP Lite processor family for wearable applications
Toshiba has announced the launch of TZ1201XBG, an application processor for wearable devices, as the latest addition to its ApP Lite family for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Thursday 7 January 2016
HTC teams up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox
HTC has teamed up with Under Armour to launch UA HealthBox, a connected fitness system kit comprising of three devices: a wearable wristband, a heart rate monitor and a Wi-Fi connected...
Tuesday 5 January 2016
MediaTek unveils new chips for wearables, smart homes and UHD Blu-ray
MediaTek has announced its new chip series for wearable and smart home applications, and Ultra HD Blu-ray players.