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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Sunday, November 22, 2009
16:53 (GMT+8)
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Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2009 Oct 17, 15:16 Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically offer operating system choices between Linux or Microsoft Windows. Read more |
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Garmin-Asus to enter China market by end of 2009; aims to sell one million handsets globally in 2010 Aug 20, 14:14 Garmin-Asus dual-brand handsets will enter the China market by the end of 2009, targeting retail channel initially before tying up with telecom carriers, according to Benson Lin, vice president and general manager of personal mobile devices business unit at Asustek Computer. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Garmin-Asus to start marketing Nuvifone G60, says paper Newswatch - Jul 27, 16:39 The dual-branded Garmin-Asus Linux-based Nuvifone G60 handset will be available in the Taiwan market starting in the last week of July 2009, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Read more |
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Commentary: Nokia says no to Android, but may look to Linux Jul 7, 14:07 While acknowledging that Nokia has denied that it is working on Android-based smartphone, sources from Taiwan's handset industry still believe that the world's number one handset vendor will not sit idle and let Android-powered models further erode its market share. Read more |
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Intel and Nokia team up for new mobile platform Jun 24, 11:10 Intel and Nokia on June 23 announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and Internet connectivity. Read more |
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Intel working with Broadcom to enhance HD decoding in Pine Trail May 21, 14:40 Intel is working with chipmaker Broadcom to enhance the HD decoding capabilities in its next-generation netbook platform (Pine Trail), according to sources at notebook makers. Read more |
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The down economy could give alternative netbook OSes a hand up, says ABI Research Apr 14, 14:08 Cash-strapped consumers and an economy in recession are bad news for sales of most products, but that may not apply to netbooks, according to ABI Research. Several characteristics of the small Web-oriented computers may actually work to their advantage in a depressed market. Read more |
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Novell sets up Taiwan netbook Linux R&D team Mar 30, 13:52 US-based Novell has established an R&D team specifically for developing Linux operating systems for use in netbook PCs, according to Novell Taiwan. Read more |
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Linux netbook market share to drop to only 10% in 2009, says paper Newswatch - Mar 17, 14:45 The global market share of Linux-based netbook is expected to drop to only 10% in 2009 from 70% in 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report citing figures from a Taiwan-based research film. Read more |
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Smartphones will double their share of the handset market by 2013, says In-Stat Mar 4, 16:01 Smartphones will double their share of the handset market to about 20% by 2013, according to In-Stat. Global smartphone growth in 2009 will be strong globally, but even stronger in the US market. Read more |
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Freescale expands its netbook ecosystem Feb 17, 17:03 Freescale Semiconductor has collaborated with a lineup of companies to enable 3G connectivity and additional operating system options for netbooks based on its new i.MX515 processor. Read more |
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MIPS sees opportunities in China netbook market Jan 21, 17:12 MIPS Technologies has successfully entered the market for Linux-based netbook platforms in China, according to Mark Pittman, vice president of Asia Pacific sales at MIPS. Read more |
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Linux-based platforms likely to undergo fast consolidation, says Wind River executive Jan 16, 12:29 The varied commercial Mobile Linux platforms, now with active involvement from the OHA (Open Handset Alliance) and LiMo Foundation, are likely to undergo a consolidation process through which two or three standard mobile Linux platforms will dominate the market by 2012-2013, according to Richard Lee, country manager, Wind River Taiwan. Read more |
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PC makers conservative about Intel Moblin open source software for Atom Dec 24, 16:46 Although Intel signed an agreement with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to establish a Moblin (Mobile Linux) enabling center in October. The center was set up to provide assistance in developing open source software and applications optimized for Atom processor-based devices, but so far, not a single Taiwan-based PC maker has joined the project, according to sources at PC vendors. Read more |
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Linux market in China up 17% through three quarters this year, but growth will slow in 4Q, says CCID Consulting Dec 11, 13:38 The sales revenue of China's Linux market in the first three quarters of this year reached 126.6 million Yuan, up 17% year-on- year, though China's Linux market's growth rate slowed down in the third quarter, with sales reaching 45.5 million Yuan, up 29% year-on-year, according to CCID Consulting. Read more |
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Ubuntu Linux support coming to ARM processors Nov 13, 17:17 While Intel is looking to position its low-power x86-based Atom Z500 processor family to challenge ARM-based processors in the mobile device market, ARM is returning the favor by aggressively developing a complete platform to challenge Intel in the netbook segment, with ARM's current focus being on strengthening its mobile computing software ecosystem. Read more |
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Moblin to be major Linux player in MID market Sep 25, 11:55 The Mobile Internet Device (MID) market is shaping up as a very promising greenfield opportunity for mobile operating system vendors to find new outlets for their products. Linux will be an important part of this market from the start and will be championed by solutions such as Moblin and Maemo. ABI Research expects that by 2013, 86 million Linux-enabled MID products will ship per annum, with Moblin taking 42% of the market. Read more |
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Computex 2008: Shuttle on a comeback Jun 5, 11:39 With low-cost PCs based on Intel's Atom CPUs a main focus of Computex 2008, Shuttle's years of experience in pioneering the small form factor (SFF) PC market could mean the company is set for a comeback. Read more |
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