Sentelic accuses Samsung, HTC, Apple, RIM of patent infringement

May 11, 15:47

Taiwan-based touch controller IC and touchpad maker Sentelic has filed a patent complaint against Samsung Electronics, HTC, Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) in the US, accusing...

RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 platform

May 3, 15:45

Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its BlackBerry 10 platform at BlackBerry World 2012, paving the way for the smartphone vendor to launch BlackBerry 10-based models before the...

Silitech sees weak performance in March

Apr 10, 01:35

Taiwan-based handset keypad and magnesium-aluminum alloy component maker Silitech Technology has announced consolidated revenues of NT$840 million, down 20.56% on year, while consolidated...

Notebook ODMs enjoy on-month growth in March revenues

Apr 10, 01:10

Notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron have announced their revenues for March, with each of the firms enjoying shipment growth on month.

Nokia, RIM, HTC, Huawei competing for third-rank smartphone vendor title

Apr 6, 11:36

Samsung Electronics and Apple have continued to widen their gaps against rival smartphone vendors in terms of shipments, leaving members in the second leading group in the segment...

Smartphone vendors to limit new models

Jan 13, 01:15

Smartphone vendors including HTC, Research in Motion (RIM), Sony and Motorola Mobility all are likely to adjust their strategies by reducing the number of new models launched each...

RIM unveils BlackBerry 10 OS

Dec 8, 01:25

RIM (Research in Motion) has unveiled its new platform, the BlackBerry 10, at the 2011 BlackBerry Developer Conference Asia. The BlackBerry 10 OS will support smartphones, tablet...

Players drop tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire

Nov 24, 15:57

Several tablet PC players including RIM, High Tech Computer (HTC), Lenovo, and ViewSonic, have dropped their 7-inch tablet PC prices to compete against Amazon's Kindle Fire, priced...

Global mobile device sales grow 5.6% in 3Q11; smartphone sales increase 42%, says Gartner

Nov 16, 12:06

Worldwide sales of mobile devices totaled 440.5 million units in the third quarter of 2011, up 5.6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Non-smartphone devices performed...

Prospects of touch panels clouded by low order visibility

Nov 14, 15:00

The touch panel industry may not be able to maintain sales momentum in 2012 due to low order visibility from tablet PC vendors, according to industry sources.

LTE to become mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012, says HTC

Nov 2, 16:21

HTC will continue to strengthen its market leadership in the LTE-enabled smartphone segment and believes LTE phones will become the mainstream in mature smartphone markets in 2012,...

Taiwan market: RIM launches 2 BlackBerry 7 smartphones in cooperation with TWM

Oct 12, 15:21

Research in Motion (RIM) has launched two of its latest BlackBerry 7 phones, the Torch 9860 and Bold 9900, in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Taiwan Mobile (TWM).

Asustek will not compete with price in the tablet PC market, says CEO

Oct 4, 01:25

Commenting on market watchers' expectation that Asustek Computer will soon drop its tablet PC price and delay the launch of the next generation Eee Pad Transformer, Asustek CEO Jerry...

Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs

Sep 29, 01:10

With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...

Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS

Sep 22, 01:30

Notebook players, seeing that first-tier brand vendors such as RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all backing away from the tablet PC bandwagon, are turning pessimistic about...

Quanta cuts PlayBook production lines

Sep 21, 01:10

Quanta Computer has reportedly cut back production lines for RIM's PlayBook at its factory in northern Taiwan due to a large decrease in orders and has offered preferential compensation...

RIM counts on QNX-based smartphones to regain competitiveness in 2012

Sep 8, 14:03

RIM's planned launch of QNX-series smartphones in 2012 will be crucial as to whether it can regain its competitiveness, but there is no urgent need for a sell-out of the company as...

Smartphones moving toward hardware competition

Aug 30, 15:17

The global market competition among iOS, Android, Windows Mango and BlackBerry platforms is expected to heat up in the fourth quarter as international vendors are going to launch...

Small-sized display shipments decline amid weak demand from all markets except tablets, says IHS iSuppli

Jul 29, 16:15

Shipments of small- and medium-sized display (SMD) panels fell for the second straight month in May as demand decreased from cellphones and all other major product categories-with...

Quanta, Wistron expected to strongly benefit from cloud computing in 2012

Jul 28, 01:10

Quanta Computer and Wistron are expected to see strong sales growth in their cloud computing-related businesses in 2012 with Quanta's revenues from server business to more than double,...

Upstream tablet PC component suppliers gearing up production

Jul 7, 12:08

Upstream component suppliers for non-iPad tablet PCs have been gearing up their preparation of needed parts and components for models to be launched by brand vendors in the third...

RIM lowers internal 2Q11 sales target for PlayBook

Jun 22, 16:28

RIM, viewing that only about 500,000 PlayBooks, its first tablet PC, were sold globally from its launch in mid-April to early June, has downward adjusted its internal sales target...

International smartphone vendors face competition from local brands in Southeast Asia

Jun 22, 14:42

With sales ratios of smartphones to total handset sales in some markets in the Southeast Asia region expecting to grow about from 10% currently to 40-50% in the next 3-5 years, the...

Component makers may suffer on poor Nokia, RIM outlook

Jun 21, 12:37

Some Taiwan-based handset component makers including Merry Electronics, Ichia Technologies and Silitech Technology may see weak sales in the second half of 2011 as Nokia and Research...

Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%

Jun 16, 01:10

Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...

Android phones set to grab more share in 3Q11 as no new models from Apple, Nokia and RIM

Jun 8, 16:10

Android-based smartphone vendors including HTC and Samsung Electronics apparently will draw a great opportunity to boost their market share globally in the third quarter in the absence...

Apple defies decline in smartphone market, says IHS iSuppli

May 10, 15:05

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...

Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources

May 3, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...

Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook

Apr 13, 15:53

RIM is internally optimistic about the marketability of its PlayBook tablet PC and therefore has placed large-volume orders for shipments in the second and third quarters of 2011...

Acer increases Iconia tablet PC orders for April

Apr 12, 01:10

Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Acer has increased its April tablet PC orders to 500,000-800,000 units, aiming to compete against Motorola, RIM and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) tablet PCs,...

Unstable Android 3.0 performance may benefit vendors with own OS

Apr 8, 15:43

Tablet PC players such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and RIM, that have their own operating system (OS), are expected to have chance of benefiting from the unstable performance of Android...

More dual-core smartphones on launch list

Apr 8, 12:38

Following players including Motorola, LG Electronics (LGE) and HTC, more and more brand handset vendors are going to launch dual-core smartphones in 2011, according to industry sou...

RIM PlayBook to benefit Quanta and Foxlink

Apr 7, 01:40

As Research In Motion (RIM) is set to launch its PlayBook tablet PC on April 19 in the US and Canada priced at US$499.99, its upstream assembly partner Quanta Computer and connector...