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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Taiwan market: Microsoft ties up with Senao to promote Windows 7 and Windows Mobile OS Nov 20, 17:06 Microsoft will team up with Taiwan-based Senao International, an IT and telecom retain chain, to promote its newly released Windows 7 and Windows Mobile operating systems, according to the companies. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Toshiba launches Snapdragon-based TG01 smartphone Nov 13, 12:19 Toshiba has launched its Qualcomm Snapdragon-based smartphone, the TG01, in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$20,900 (US$647). Read more |
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Samsung handset focus to be on Windows Mobile, Android and Bada in 2010, says senior VP Nov 11, 11:57 Samsung Electronics will continue to adopt Windows Mobile- and Android-based platforms for new smartphones launched in 2010, with another focus on in-house developed open operating system Samsung Bada, according to senior vice president Don Joo Lee. The executive added that Samsung may not roll out new Symbian-based models globally in 2010. Read more |
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LGE expects 20% growth in handset shipments in 2010, says executive Nov 5, 12:12 LG Electronics (LGE) expects its handset shipments to increase 20% in 2010, a growth as strong as that in 2009, according to Skott Ahn, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications. Read more |
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HTC handset shipments and revenues to post sequential growth in 4Q09, says CEO Nov 5, 11:14 HTC's handset shipments and revenues will both grow sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to strong demand for its recently released Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 smartphones, according to company CEO Peter Chou. Read more |
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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, FIH, Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) and Mobinnova, according to industry sources. Read more |
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HTC unveils windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 Oct 7, 15:13 HTC has officially unveiled the Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2, which will be available soon from selected operators across Europe, before rolling out to other regions. The company announced in August that its HTC Touch2 would support Windows Mobile 6.5 when the platform launched (on October 6). Read more |
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Acer to shift focus to Android smartphones Oct 2, 11:19 Acer, while still developing Windows Mobile-based smartphones, has shifted its development policy to focus more on the Android platform, with at least half of new models launched in 2010 to be Android-based, according to industry sources. Read more |
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SPB Software to develop application software for Symbian- and Android-based platforms Oct 1, 15:21 SPB Software, an application software developer for the Windows Mobile platform, has decided to venture into development for Symbian and Android, according to company CEO Sebastian-Justus Schmidt. Read more |
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HTC to launch two Windows Mobile 6.5-based smartphones in October Oct 1, 10:59 HTC (High Tech Computer) will launch two Windows Mobile 6.5-based smartphones, the HTC HD2 (Leo) and HTC Whitestone, in October marking the introduction of the new mobile platform on October 6, according to market sources. Read more |
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Inventec to begin shipping smartphones to Europe in 4Q09 Sep 25, 10:25 Inventec will begin shipping Windows Mobile-based smartphones to markets in Europe in the fourth quarter, marking a major milestone in the development of the notebook maker's OEM handset business, according to market sources. Read more |
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Over 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones to be launched before year-end, says Microsoft executive Sep 23, 13:55 More than 30 smartphones running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 from a total of over 15 handset vendors are to be launched before the end of 2009, according to Benjamin Tan, senior director, GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft China. Read more |
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HTC unveils Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC Touch2 smartphone Sep 3, 12:30 HTC (High Tech Computer) has unveiled its new HTC Touch2 smartphone, utilizing Windows Mobile 6.5 and new services like Microsoft My Phone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile, according to a company press release. 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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Microsoft to adopt dual-platform strategy to compete with Android and iPhone, say handset makers Aug 19, 11:14 Microsoft plans to adopt a dual platform strategy to promote its Windows Mobile OS (operating system) so as to take aims at both Android- and iPhone-based platforms, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers. Read more |
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China market: China Mobile to open online app store in mid-August, say sources Aug 12, 15:07 China Mobile will have a subsidiary begin operation of Mobile Market, an online software store supporting its customized handsets based on Ophone, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms in mid-August, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Gigabyte Communications launches S1200 smartphone Jul 17, 15:05 Gigabyte Communications has launched its new Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the S1200, in the Taiwan market. The company also plans to launch the smartphone in other markets in Asia and Europe, according to company president Cheng Yao-jen. Read more |
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Acer to launch four smartphones in 2H09, say sources Jul 15, 11:09 Acer plans to launch four smartphones, the A1, C1/E1, F1 and L1, at the end of September and in the fourth quarter of this year, outsourcing the production to Taiwan-based Compal Communications and Inventec Appliances, according to sources at Taiwan handset component suppliers. Read more |
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MediaTek deal with Qualcomm reportedly to be finalized shortly Jul 7, 14:55 Recent reports in Taiwan's Chinese-language press have recently claimed that MediaTek is close to signing a WCDMA licensing deal with Qualcomm, but the Taiwan-based IC designer described the reports as "speculation." Read more |
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Carriers in Europe to focus on Android-powered handsets at the expense of Windows Mobile Newswatch - Jun 25, 12:14 The four major telecom service providers in Europe - Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and Telefonica/O2 - all plan to launch Android-powered handsets in the second half of 2009 instead of their previous focus on Windows Mobile-based models, according to sources from Taiwan's handset industry. Read more |
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Sony Ericsson prepping Android 2.0 smartphones May 22, 11:35 Sony Ericsson is preparing to launch Google phones running on Android 2.0 operating system (OS), according to Peter Ang, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific at Sony Ericsson. 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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HTC unveils QWERTY smartphone Apr 2, 10:58 High Tech Computer (HTC) has debuted its newest QWERTY smartphone, the HTC Snap, at the ongoing CTIA Wireless 2009 trade fair held in Las Vegas. Built using a Qualcomm MSM 7225 528MHz processor, the HTC Snap has memory of 256MB ROM and 192MB RAM, and supports the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 and high-speed 3G HSPA connectivity. Read more |
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Dell says smartphone to be released on schedule Mar 24, 14:33 Dell will not delay the launch of its new smartphone lineup and is on schedule to release devices in line with its internal roadmap, company CEO Michael Dell said recently in Taipei. However Dell did not publicly divulge any details indicating when products are scheduled for release. Read more |
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MediaTek enters development of Windows Mobile-enabled chipset solutions for smartphones, say sources Mar 13, 13:50 Microsoft has teamed up with Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek to develop Windows Mobile-enabled chipset solutions for smartphones, aiming to push 3G handsets built with MediaTek's solutions to the market in the third quarter at the earliest, according to market sources. 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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MediaTek to ship its first Windows Mobile smartphone solutions in 2H09, says paper Newswatch - Feb 25, 15:24 MediaTek will begin shipments of its first smartphone platform solutions supporting Windows Mobile in the second half of 2009, and is expected to help increase Microsoft's share in China handset market, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. Read more |
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ZTE and Huawei Technologies strengthening presence in global smartphone market Feb 23, 11:40 Taiwan-based smartphones makers are facing increasing competition from China-based ZTE and Huawei Technologies as the two leading China telecom equipment and handset makers have gradually strengthened their presence in the global smartphone market, according to market sources. Read more |
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Acer launches Tempo-series smartphones at MWC Feb 17, 17:14 Acer has introduced a new line of smartphones at the Mobile World Congress. The first devices include Acer M900, F900, X960 and DX900, according to the company. Read more |
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Windows Mobile phones to become just Windows phones, say sources Feb 6, 15:51 Microsoft, which is planning to unveil its Windows Mobile 6.5 platform at the Mobile World Congress soon, has decided that, going forward, Windows Mobile-based handsets will be promoted simply as Windows phones without specifying an OS version number, according to market sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Microsoft expected to deliver Windows Mobile 6.5 OS to handset makers in mid-2009, say sources Jan 21, 11:11 Microsoft is expected to start delivering its Windows Mobile 6.5 OS (operating system) to handset makers in mid-2009 following the expected debut of the new mobile OS in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers. Read more |
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HTC records NT$38 EPS in 2008 Jan 7, 01:10 High Tech Computer (HTC) has announced revenues for the fiscal year 2008 (ended December 31, 2008) reached NT$152.56 billion (US$4.61 billion), with 28.65% on-year growth. Net income after tax was NT$28.68 billion, with a net EPS of NT$38.03 for the full year, according to the company. Read more |
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FIH and Pegatron eyeing Sony Ericsson new smartphone orders Dec 26, 10:46 While an earlier Digitimes report indicated that Sony Ericsson planned to outsource its second Windows Mobile-based smartphone to another Taiwan-based handset maker Mobinnova instead of its current partner High Tech Computer (HTC), industry sources have disclosed that two other makers, one of them being Pegatron Technology, are also trying to grab the smartphone order from Sony Ericsson. Read more |
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Microsoft eyes 50% Taiwan smartphone OS market share; no plans to develop own-brand mobile phones Dec 19, 16:29 Microsoft aims to boost sales of its Windows Mobile OS for handsets to account for 50% of Taiwan's smartphone market in 2009, compared to 40% recorded in 2008, according to Eddie Wu, managing director of Microsoft ODM embedded devices, Asia. Read more |
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Compal Communications lands Windows Mobile-based PDA phone orders from Motorola, says paper Newswatch - Nov 28, 14:58 Compal Communications has received orders for two Windows Mobile-based PDA phones, codenamed the Alexander and Attila, from Motorola, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Read more |
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MediaTek to introduce Windows Mobile smartphone chips next year, says paper Newswatch - Nov 25, 11:02 MediaTek, having completed its deployment in 3G handset chips, is speeding entry into the smartphone market. The company is in talks with Microsoft about the launch of Windows Mobile smartphone chips next year, and it is also developing application processor (AP) chips based on ARM's solutions, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Read more |
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LGE to cooperate with Taiwan companies for Windows Mobile smartphones Nov 5, 16:39 LG Electronics (LGE) has announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft and is expected to introduce Windows Mobile handsets in the future. Read more |
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Android and Windows Mobile smartphones are complementary, says HTC Sep 26, 01:05 Android and Windows Mobile handsets can complement each other in the market, offering consumers and telecom service providers more choice, according to John Wang, CMO, High Tech Computer (HTC), who added in saying the company will continue to simultaneously develop smartphones based on the two platforms. Read more |
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Windows Mobile as well as Taiwan smartphone makers sluggish in 2Q Sep 19, 01:00 The market share of Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform for smarphones was only 12% in the second quarter of this year, flat from the previous quarter and surpassed by Research In Motion (RIM) by a wide margin, implying that most Taiwan smartphone makers were not able to make progress in the market, according to data cited by Taiwan handset makers. Read more |
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Computex 2008: A guided tour of the handset booths Jun 6, 02:10 Computex 2008 opened bigger this year with the inclusion of the Nangang Exhibition Hall to the venue. Fortunately, those interested in the latest and greatest handsets from many Taiwan-based handset vendors don't have to trudge all the way out to the new exhibition hall to catch a glimpse of the latest handsets that will be coming to the market in the next few months. Read more |
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E-Ten expected to launch dual-SIM Windows Mobile smartphone at Computex 2008 May 27, 12:27 E-Ten Information Systems is expected to unveil a dual-SIM smartphone, the DX900, at the upcoming Computex 2008 IT trade show, which will make the firm the first handset vendor in Taiwan to market a dual-SIM Windows Mobile-based handset, according to market sources. Read more |
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