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Friday 27 May 2011
Taiwan market: HTC to unveil dual-core HTC Sensation smartphone
HTC will unveil its HTC Sensation smartphone in the Taiwan market on May 27 in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The dual-core model is powered by a Qualcomm 1.2GHz Snapdragon...
Thursday 26 May 2011
HTC to begin volume production of Puccini tablet PCs in June
HTC has entered the final stages of testing for its 10.1-inch Puccini tablet PCs, with volume production slated for June 2011. The tablet will be powered by a Qualcomm MSM8660 1.5GHz...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
ODM makers not benefiting from growing demand for smartphones, say Taiwan makers
Global demand for smartphones is growing fast, with main international vendors Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Taiwan-based HTC have mostly relied on in-house production capacities,...
Monday 23 May 2011
PCB suppliers ramping up output to meet increasing demand from HTC
Taiwan-based PCB makers Unimicron Technology, Unitech Printed Circuit Board and Compeq Manufacturing all plan to ramp up their capacities for any layer HDI boards in 2011 to cope...
Friday 20 May 2011
AUO lands orders from HTC through cooperation with E Ink, says newspaper
Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO), through cooperation with Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings, has obtained orders for FFS (fringe field switching) TFT-LCD panels from Taiwan-based vendor...
Thursday 19 May 2011
HTC to reduce tablet PC models for 2H11, unlikely to launch HTC Puccini in June, says paper
HTC plans to reduce the number of tablet PC models to be launched in the second half of 2011 from two to one as sales of Android-based tablets have been squeezed by Apple's iPads...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Shortage of smartphone and tablet PC components emerging
Despite both upstream and downstream PC and smartphone players claiming to have not seen any component shortages and that they will see normal supplies until the end of May 2011,...
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Taiwan market: HTC to launch Flyer, Wildfire S through CHT, TWM, FET
HTC and Taiwan's three largest mobile telecom carriers, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), have jointly unveiled HTC Flyer, a tablet...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Apple defies decline in smartphone market, says IHS iSuppli
Bucking a rare downturn in the burgeoning smartphone business, Apple in the first quarter achieved double-digit-percentage growth in iPhone shipments and posted the best performance...
Monday 9 May 2011
HTC April revenues hit record
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC generated historically its highest monthly consolidated revenues at NT$38.729 billion (US$1.33 billion) in April 2011, growing 4.57% on month and...
Monday 9 May 2011
HTC to cooperate with Conexus Mobile Alliance
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on May 6 signed an MOU with the Conexus Mobile Alliance for strategic cooperation to develop smartphones, tablet PCs and other types of mobile terminal...
Monday 2 May 2011
Kingston embedded NAND shipments to boom, says co-founder
With demand for flash memory in mobile devices and embedded systems on the rise, Kingston Technology is eyeing the growth potential of eMMC-interface NAND memory devices, according...
Monday 2 May 2011
HTC 1Q11 revenues, net profit hit records
Taiwan smartphone vendor HTC posted historically highest quarterly revenues of NT$104.16 billion (US$3.50 billion) and net profit of NT$14.83 billion in the first quarter of 2011,...
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Smartphone vendors to use Touch on Lens solutions to reduce costs
Some brand handset vendors including HTC will start manufacturing their touch-enabled smartphones using the Touch on Lens technology aiming to lower production costs as well as weight,...
Monday 25 April 2011
HTC positioned ahead of rivals in LTE smartphone development, say sources
Sales of HTC's LTE-enabled smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt, have been strong since the device was launched by Verizon Wireless in the US in mid-March, positioning HTC ahead of its...