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Thursday 6 January 2011
HTC and MediaTek make equity investment in NetQin
HTC and MediaTek have both committed equity investment in Hong Kong-based mobile security service provider NetQin Mobile. With the new capital, NetQin will continue to strengthen...
Thursday 6 January 2011
HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011
HTC's shipments of 4G-enabled smartphones supporting either LTE or WiMAX are expected to top over 10 million units in 2011, accounting for 20% of its shipments, according to an estimate...
Thursday 6 January 2011
CES 2011: Nvidia to ship at least 15 million Tegra series processors in 2011
Nvidia, with orders from tablet PCs, smartphones and car electronics, is expected to have already landed orders for about 15 million Tegra-based processors in 2011. Tegra will become...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
HTC to showcase two Android smartphones through Verizon, Sprint at 2011 CES
HTC does not have exhibition space at the upcoming 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) but that will not stop the smartphone maker from debuting an Android LTE (Long Term Evolution)...
Thursday 30 December 2010
ITE shipping touch controller ICs to HTC, says paper
Taiwan-based IC design-house ITE Tech has begun shipping its capacitive touch controller ICs to the supply chain for of HTC through touch panel module maker TPK Touch Solutions, according...
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Handset vendors prefer notebook to handset makers for outsourcing tablet PCs, say Taiwan handset makers
With handset vendors stepping into tablet PCs, priority is being given to notebook ODMs rather than handset makers for outsourced production, according to Taiwan-based handset make...
Tuesday 28 December 2010
HTC appoints new COO
HTC has appointed former Sony Ericsson VP of Global Operations Matthew Costello as its new COO.
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Apple, RIM, HTC to account for 50% of global smartphone shipments in 1Q11, say Taiwan makers
Taiwan-based makers or handsets or components, based on orders received, have estimated that Apple, RIM and HTC will ship, respectively, 19-20 million, 14-15 million and 8-9 million...
Thursday 23 December 2010
HTC fifth most profitable handset vendor in 2010, says paper
In 2010, Nokia shipped the most handsets, Samsung Electronics posted the highest revenues and Apple was the most profitable, accounting for 40% of worldwide profit in the handset...
Friday 10 December 2010
Taiwan market: Motorola aims for one of top-5 vendor rankings in 2011
Motorola aims to rank one of the top-five handset vendors in the Taiwan market in 2011 with array of Android-based smartphones, according to Ritchie Ma, general manager of mobile...
Friday 10 December 2010
HTC aims to roll out 60 million handsets in 2011
HTC has reportedly informed its suppliers that it will eventually need parts and components for the production of up to 60 million handsets in 2011 compared to shipments of 20 million...
Tuesday 7 December 2010
HTC November revenues hit record for second time straight
HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$38.484 billion (US$1.258 billion) for November 2010, hitting a monthly record for the second consecutive time.
Monday 6 December 2010
HTC to add new PCB suppliers for shipment increases in 2011
Smartphone vendor High Tech Computer (HTC) is currently in talks with PCB makers about orders in 2011, and is looking to add new suppliers to satisfy a projected significant increase...
Thursday 2 December 2010
iPad impact less on smartphones than on PCs, says HTC exec
The negative impact of iPad on smartphones appears to be much less than on PCs, according to vice president Jack Tong for HTC Asia, noting that HTC has been evaluating market conditions...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
Taiwan market: FET offers WP7 smartphone+Kinect for bundled sale
Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 22 launched a combination of a Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone (either HTC 7 Mozart or HTC HD7) and a Microsoft...