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Tuesday 3 September 2013
China-based Xiaomi to unveil new 7-inch tablet with help from Taiwan players, says paper
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi is ready to unveil its new 7-inch tablet, the Mi-Pad on September 5 with a price of CNY999 (US$163), according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Adoption of new technologies continues in China as IT spending grows to US$323 billion in 2013, says Gartner
Mobile data services, external controller-based storage systems, business IT services and enterprise application software will all contribute to healthy growth in information technology...
Monday 2 September 2013
Micro-server vendors push into the Asia Pacific region
In addition to Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM, Dell recently launched its latest micro-server, the PowerEdge T20, targeting small enterprises and personal studios. Since these types...
Monday 2 September 2013
China market: TD-SCDMA smartphones outsell WCDMA, CDMA 2000 EV-DO models
In the China market, TD-SCDMA smartphones have surpassed WCDMA and CDMA 2000 EV-DO (evolution-data optimized) models in terms of sales volumes, mainly due to subsidized sales by China...
Monday 2 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Smartphone AP shipments to China soar in 2Q13
Total smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to the China market came to 92.1 million units in the second quarter of 2013, up 13.1% sequentially and 84.4% on year, buoyed...
Monday 2 September 2013
Ultra HD TV pricing in China expected to drop to that of Full HD units by October
Ultra HD TV pricing in China is likely to drop to that of Full HD units for the October 1 holiday period in China, according to market observers.
Monday 2 September 2013
Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments suffer over 25% drop in 2Q13
White-box tablet shipments reached only 15.9 million units in the second quarter of 2013, down 26.3% sequentially due to weakening tablet demand in May and June. Many smaller white-box...
Monday 2 September 2013
China software industry posts January-July revenues of over CNY1.66 trillion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY1.661 trillion (US$270.7 billion) in January-July 2013, growing 23.8% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of...
Friday 30 August 2013
China market: International brands enhance feature phone offerings
While China's local handset makers have put all their efforts into grabbing a bigger slice of the smartphone market, international brands including Nokia and Samsung Electronics have...
Friday 30 August 2013
China MIIT representatives pay official visit to Foxconn
Liu Lihua, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), led a group of China-based telecom companies including China Mobile on a trip to Taiwan,...
Friday 30 August 2013
Digitimes Research: China vendors ship 148 million smartphones in 1H13
China-based vendors shipped 148 million smartphones in the first half of 2013, of which 109 million units were delivered to the local market, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 29 August 2013
Decrease in manufacturing costs helps Xiaomi new Red Rice smartphone carry a US$85 BOM, says TrendForce
According to global market research firm TrendForce, smartphone manufacturing costs are decreasing, which is changing the shipment proportion of handsets. In 2014, entry-level devices...
Thursday 29 August 2013
China market: Huawei Device launches outdoor smartphone
China-based vendor Huawei Device has unveiled the Ron Yue 3, an Android 4.2.2 outdoor smartphone, for launch in the China market on August 29 at a recommended retail price of CNY1,888...
Thursday 29 August 2013
China to start connectivity testing for TD-LTE devices
The China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will begin testing connectivity performance of TD-LTE terminal devices...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Taiwan panel makers still hold advantages in product development over China makers, says AUO president
Despite the rise of China panel makers in recent years, panel makers in Taiwan have about a year over the China makers in terms of product development and time to market, according...