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Friday 13 August 2010
Arima Communications to benefit from LGE focus on smartphones
Handset manufacturer Arima Communications is expected to benefit from LG Electronics' (LGE's) plans to commit more resources on smartphones, according to industry sources.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Android 3.0 and Windows Phone 7 smartphones to compete head-to-head in 4Q10
Smartphones based on Google's Android 3.0 and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 are expected to enter into a neck-and-neck battle in the fourth quarter of 2010 with both types of smartphones...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
MediaTek backs Android with lineup of handset solutions
Fabless chip designer MediaTek has joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) to support the Android mobile device platform developed by Google, according to a company announcement.
Thursday 8 July 2010
OLED shortages cause concerns in Android smartphone market, says iSuppli
Short supplies of small-sized active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays, used most notably in Android smartphones, are slowing the display technology's bid to challenge...
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Lenovo and Toshiba ready to launch smartbooks
Japan-based Toshiba and China-based Lenovo are set to launch new smartbooks by the end of August and the end-of-year holidays, respectively.
Friday 25 June 2010
Taiwan market: HTC launches Android-based HTC Wildfire
High Tech Computer (HTC) has launched its new Android-based smartphone, the HTC Wildfire, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with 3G carrier Taiwan Mobile. The NT$11,900 (US$372)...
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Taiwan market: Carriers focus on Android smartphones while waiting for iPhone 4
While Taiwan's telecom carriers await the iPhone 4, they are aggressively promoting Android-based smartphones, especially in the entry-level segment, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Taiwan market: Samsung launches Android Galaxy S i9000 through cooperation with TWM
Samsung Electronics on June 14 announced the launch of its Android-platform flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S i9000, in Taiwan at a retail price of NT$22,900 (US$706) through local...
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Global pay-TV subscribers to grow 7% as more set-top box solutions enter the market
More than 719 million pay-TV subscribers are expected to sign up in 2010 as the economic recovery continues to gain momentum, according to latest forecasts from ABI Research. Digital...
Friday 4 June 2010
Innocomm delivers first Android 3.5G smartphone with Telegent Mobile TV
At Computex Taipei 2010, Telegent Systems, a mobile TV receiver maker, and Innocomm, a Taiwan-based provider of broadband wireless solutions, announced the introduction of the first...
Friday 4 June 2010
MIPS-based Android phone expected in 2011
At a hotel suite during Computex 2010, MIPS Technologies updated several developments about its Android-supporting processor architecture.
Friday 4 June 2010
Linaro formed to push Linux on ARM
ARM and five system-on-chip (SoC) vendors - Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments (TI) - have jointly announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit...
Thursday 3 June 2010
First Chrome OS notebook to be available in fall of 2010, says Google VP
The first notebook equipped with the Google-developed Chrome OS is expected to be launched in the fall of 2010, according to Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Growth of Linux-based smartphone shipments will outstrip growth of smartphone market in 2010, says ABI
The number of recent Linux-oriented initiatives in the mobile industry demonstrates that Linux will be a key technology in the next generation of mobile devices, according to ABI...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
MSI chairman expects tablet PC market to take off in 2011
Taiwan-based Micro-Star International (MSI) unveiled two tablet PCs at Computex Taipei 2010, one based on Intel architecture and the other on the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra processor.