Worldwide smartphone market continues to grow despite economic malaise, says IDC

Nov 9, 15:04

The worldwide smartphone market continued to weather the economic recession and reached a new record for shipments during a single quarter. According to IDC, vendors shipped a total...

Handset market turns corner in 3Q09; more gains expected in 4Q09, says IDC

Nov 3, 10:22

The worldwide handset market saw mild sequential growth in third-quarter 2009, according to IDC. On-year growth remained negative, but improved from the first half of 2009. Handset...

FIH to consolidate handset R&D units within Foxconn Group

Oct 29, 14:38

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) plans to consolidate a total of eight handset R&D units belonging to member companies within the Foxconn Group, including Foxconn Electronics,...

China market: Nokia set to launch first TD-SCDMA handset by year-end

Oct 28, 11:10

Nokia has announced its first TD-SCDMA handset, the 6788, which it expects to launch in the China market by the end of December 2009 in partnership with China Mobile.

Compal factory busy producing Nokia netbooks, new Booklet 3G may be launched in 2010, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 26, 17:09

Nokia is reportedly seeing strong market demand for its Booklet 3G mini-notebook, with Compal Electronics, the manufacturing partner, working overtime to satisfy demand, according...

Taiwan market: Nokia launches touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone

Oct 23, 14:01

Nokia has launched its touch-enabled N97 mini smartphone in the Taiwan market and will release two additional touch-enabled models - the 5230 in fourth-quarter 2009 and the X6 in...

Innolux, TPO announce merger

Oct 6, 16:33

Innolux Display and TPO Displays have announced a merger deal through a share swap to strengthen competitiveness in the small- to medium-size LCD panel market.

Nokia soliciting RFI for ODM production of Maemo-based smartphones, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 5, 11:45

Aiming to fend off increasing competition from rival vendors in the smartphone segment, Nokia has reportedly released RFI (request for information) requirements on ODM production...

CPT lands Nokia handset panel orders, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 29, 16:47

Taiwan-based LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) has landed orders from Nokia for 2-inch entry-level to mid-range handset panels, according to a Chinese-language Commercial...

LCD, touch panel orders rising for Samsung, LG handsets

Sep 21, 15:39

Handset panel shipments are expected to increase significantly in the third quarter and early fourth quarter, as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are gearing up their handset...

Nokia to develop Maemo platform-based handheld devices for high-end segment

Sep 4, 14:57

Nokia will focus on the development of Maemo platform-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs) for the high-end mobile computing segment in addition to Symbian-based devices for the mass...

Nokia unveils new handsets at Nokia World 2009

Sep 3, 15:42

Nokia has announced three new multimedia handsets, the N97 mini, X6 and X3, at Nokia World 2009 being held in Stuttgart, Germany.

Compal lands 100,000 Nokia Booklet 3G orders for 2009

Sep 3, 12:28

Taiwan-based notebook maker Compal Electronics has landed orders for 100,000 Booklet 3G mini notebooks (netbooks) from Nokia with shipments to be fulfilled before the end of 2009,...

Smartphones to account for 17% of handset market in 2009, says TSR

Sep 2, 10:49

Global smartphone shipments in 2009 will reach 183.6 million units, accounting for 17% of the total mobile handset markets, according to Techno Systems Research (TSR). While overall...

China Telecom to cooperate with HTC and VIA Telecom to develop CDMA 2000-enable devices, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 28, 16:11

China Telecom will team up with Taiwan-based chipset solution provider VIA Telecom, terminal-end device vendor HTC (High Tech Computer) and other Taiwan-based companies to establish...

Nokia to offer ARM-based smartbook in addition to Booklet 3G, say Taiwan makers

Aug 26, 11:14

Nokia, in addition to its recently unveiled netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will offer an ARM-based smartbook and soon settle ODM orders, according to Taiwan-based handset makers.

Nokia announces Booklet 3G mini-notebook

Aug 25, 16:21

Nokia has announced the Booklet 3G mini-notebook (netbook) powered by Intel's Atom processor.

Smartphones defy slowdown, says Canalys

Aug 20, 14:03

Smartphones continue to shine as one of the brightest spots of the technology industry, with shipments growing despite the global recession. Innovation in interfaces, design, applications...

NAND flash sales for smartphones to boom, says iSuppli

Aug 6, 09:48

Global sales of NAND flash memory for use in smartphones are expected to rise by nearly six-fold from 2008 to 2013, as shipments of the high-end phones boom in the coming years, according...

Handset shipments return to growth in 2Q09, says iSuppli

Aug 5, 16:59

Global shipments of handsets in the second quarter climbed 4.7% compared to the first, marking the first sequential increase for the market since the third quarter of 2008, according...

Taiwan market: Handset sales down over 4% sequentially in June

Jul 22, 13:46

Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 536,700 units in June, declining 4.1% from the previous month, according to data compiled by retail channels in Taiwan.

Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF San Francisco

Jul 17, 12:28

Intel is expected to unveil its new product roadmap as well as new technology innovations at the upcoming IDF to be held in San Francisco from September 22-24, according to market...

GaAs wafer supplier VPEC reports record revenues in June

Jul 10, 16:30

Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) has reported record revenues of NT$177 million (US$5.35 million) for June 2009, up 25% on month mainly due to strong orders from TriQuint Semiconductor,...

Samsung to ramp up 8-inch wafers for CMOS image sensor production, say distributors

Jul 9, 15:45

Samsung Electronics has revealed plans to ramp up the output of 8-inch wafers by 3,000-5,000 a month from August through December in order to meet increasing demand for high-end CMOS...

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...

Nokia Siemens Networks in a bid to promote LTE in Taiwan

Jul 1, 11:48

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), although providing WiMAX solutions for Taiwan operators, plans to launch commercialized LTE (Long Term Evolution) solutions in 2010, Mike Wang, NSN's...

Handset panel orders from first-tier vendors growing fast

Jun 29, 15:54

Small- to medium-size LCD panel makers are seeing strong orders from handset vendors, including Nokia, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics (LGE), who are gearing up for the third-quarter...

Nokia to launch Chinese-version Ovi Store in China in year-end 2009

Jun 26, 16:47

Nokia plans to launch a Chinese version of its Internet Ovi Store in the China market by the end of 2009 as China's mobile Internet service market is set for robust growth in the...

China market: Nokia unveils 11 new handsets for emerging 3G segment

Jun 26, 14:18

Nokia unveiled a total of 11 new handsets in the China market recently. The new lineup includes nine WCDMA-enabled models and one CDMA EVDO-enabled handset, cashing in on the increasing...

Acer not concerned about Nokia entering netbook market, says chairman

Jun 25, 13:34

Acer chairman JT Wang has commented that the company is not concerned about the possible entrance of Nokia in the netbook market, noting that PC vendors will have the advantage when...

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...