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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...
Tuesday 23 November 2010
HTC acquires office space in Taipei from VIA Technologies
HTC on November 22 announced the acquisition of office space located in the Taipei metropolitan area from VIA Technologies at a total price of NT$404 million (US$13.16 million), with...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Mobile Asia Congress 2010 to take place in Hong Kong
The Mobile Asia Congress 2010 hosted by the GSM Association will take place in Hong Kong from November 17-18, with China-based enterprises including China Mobile, China Unicom, Huawei...
Friday 12 November 2010
Taiwan market: HTC launches 2 WP7 smartphones through cooperation with CHT, TWM
HTC on November 11 unveiled two Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones, the HTC 7 Mozart and HTC HD7, for contract-bundled sale through cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan...
Thursday 11 November 2010
Handset testing becomes increasingly more complicated, says CGC executive
With smartphones becoming functionally more powerful and supporting a growing list of communications standards, testing certification is increasingly more complicated, said Chen Hengzhong,...
Friday 5 November 2010
HTC reports NT$32 billion consolidated revenues for October 2010
Smartphone vendor HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$32.434 billion (US$1.077 billion) for October 2010, up 157.14% on year. Consolidated revenues from January to October...
Friday 5 November 2010
eMemory cuts into supply chain of brand-name handset vendors
Taiwan's eMemory Technology has broadened its embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) IP portfolio for market segments like touch screen controllers and power management chips, and has...
Friday 5 November 2010
Worldwide smartphone market grows 89.5% on year in 3Q10, says IDC
The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone during the third quarter of 2010, with the leading vendors posting double- or even triple-digit on-year growth, according to...
Wednesday 3 November 2010
HTC WP7 smartphones selling well in Europe, Australia, say Taiwan makers
HTC is seeing better than expected sales for its Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphones in Europe and Australia, with the HD7 introduced by O2 in Germany and 7 Mozart by Telestra...
Monday 1 November 2010
HTC expects 4Q10 revenues to hit record for third time straight
Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC projects that its consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2010 will reach NT$100 billion, hitting the highest quarterly figure on record...