Taiwan market: Samsung launches Android Galaxy S i9000 through cooperation with TWM

Jun 15, 11:20

Samsung Electronics on June 14 announced the launch of its Android-platform flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S i9000, in Taiwan at a retail price of NT$22,900 (US$706) through local...

Global pay-TV subscribers to grow 7% as more set-top box solutions enter the market

Jun 8, 17:11

More than 719 million pay-TV subscribers are expected to sign up in 2010 as the economic recovery continues to gain momentum, according to latest forecasts from ABI Research. Digital...

Innocomm delivers first Android 3.5G smartphone with Telegent Mobile TV

Jun 4, 15:35

At Computex Taipei 2010, Telegent Systems, a mobile TV receiver maker, and Innocomm, a Taiwan-based provider of broadband wireless solutions, announced the introduction of the first...

Linaro formed to push Linux on ARM

Jun 4, 11:37

ARM and five system-on-chip (SoC) vendors - Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments (TI) - have jointly announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit...

First Chrome OS notebook to be available in fall of 2010, says Google VP

Jun 3, 16:01

The first notebook equipped with the Google-developed Chrome OS is expected to be launched in the fall of 2010, according to Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at...

Growth of Linux-based smartphone shipments will outstrip growth of smartphone market in 2010, says ABI

Jun 2, 15:32

The number of recent Linux-oriented initiatives in the mobile industry demonstrates that Linux will be a key technology in the next generation of mobile devices, according to ABI...

MediaTek to volume produce low-cost 3G chipsets for Android smartphones in 4Q10, says paper

Newswatch - May 25, 14:17

MediaTek has delivered samples of its Android-based 3G chipset solutions for design-in to its clients with plans to begin volume production of the chipsets in the fourth quarter of...

AboCom and China white-box makers jointly develop Android WCDMA smartphones, says CNA

Newswatch - May 17, 12:01

Taiwan-based AboCom Systems is working with white-box handset makers in China to manufacture four Android-based WCDMA smartphones in 2010 with shipments scheduled for June, according...

Mobihome launches mobile VoIP service over Android Market

May 13, 12:06

Taiwan-based mobile VoIP service provider Mobihome has released a set of Chinese-language software, dubbed CherryMe, enabling mobile VoIP services on Android devices.

HTC April revenues hit record high

May 7, 10:16

Smartphone maker HTC saw revenues increase 57.93% on year to a record high of NT$18.01 billion (US$571.9 million) for April 2010. Through the first four months of 2010, revenues reached...

CyberLink to launch mobile multimedia editing applications

May 5, 14:06

CyberLink will launch multimedia editing application programs for iPhone OS and Android devices as early as June 2010, according to company CEO Alice Chang.

Asustek prepares Wintel tablet PC; Acer Internet device expected to eye on iPad

May 3, 13:59

Asustek Computer is preparing a tablet PC adopting the Intel Atom and Windows 7 operating system in addition to its Google Android/Chrome tablet PC, while Acer's recently revealed...

Garmin-Asus launch Android smartphone made by Foxconn

Apr 30, 14:03

Garmin-Asus recently unveiled the A10 Android-based smartphone manufactured by Foxconn. The new device has already been picked by Holland carrier KPN with an official launch scheduled...

KatDC eyeing demand for Android/Linux-based software solutions embedded in consumer electronics

Apr 27, 14:09

KatDC, a Taiwan-based developer of embedded IP multimedia software solutions based on Android or Linux and user interfaces for use in home-use and portable consumer electronics, is...

Taiwan market: Android platform to account for 20% of smartphones by end of 2010

Mar 30, 14:05

Android-platform handsets available for sale in the Taiwan market are on the rise, with the proportion of Android phones to all smartphones expected to increase from 10% at the end...

China-based carriers to continue to support Android platform, say sources

Mar 26, 13:59

Telecom service providers in China are expected to continue to roll out Android-based handsets, despite Google's decision to move its search service out of China, according to sources...

OS battleground expands from handsets to mobile devices, says iSuppli

Mar 25, 10:31

The battle for mobile operating system (OS) dominance is spreading beyond the smartphone arena and into other mobile and consumer devices, forcing developers to create applications...

Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to set up 1,100 3.5G base stations in 2010

Feb 25, 12:14

Taiwan-based telecom service provider Taiwan Mobile plans to set up 1,100 3.5G base stations in 2010, according to the company. By the year-end, the total number of its 3.5G base...

Android phone prices dropping faster than expected, Taiwan makers say

Feb 24, 14:00

Prices for Android-powered smartphones are declining at a pace faster than expected due to competition for orders from handset makers in Taiwan and China, according to industry sou...

Shipments of new smartphones to drive HTC revenues higher in 2Q, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 22, 11:55

HTC is expected to see its revenues expand significantly in the second quarter of 2010 buoyed by shipments of its newly released smartphones, including the Android-powered HTC Legend...

iPhone to strain NAND flash supply for 2010, says iSuppli

Feb 22, 10:17

With the iPhone already the largest application for NAND-type flash memory, the device's sales growth and high memory usage may cause some periods of undersupply for 2010, according...

Taiwan market: Android accounts for 10% of smartphone segment

Feb 3, 15:08

The Android platform accounted for 10% of all smartphones sold in the Taiwan market in December 2009, higher than the global average of 4-5% in the same period, according to a survey...

Motorola may unseat HTC as top Android phone vendor in 2010, says Digitimes Research

Jan 29, 14:29

Motorola is likely to unseat HTC (High Tech Computer) as the world's top vendor of Android-powered handsets in 2010, with shipments of Android phones accounting for a 34.7% share...

Android to be number-2 mobile OS by 2013, says IDC

Jan 28, 12:16

By 2013, worldwide shipments of smartphones will surpass 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9% for the 2009-2013 forecast period, and Andriod...

Taiwan market: FET online application store to offer monthly charge for downloads

Jan 26, 12:18

Far EasTone Telecommunication (FET) will offer a fixed monthly fee for downloading applications from its online store for Andriod-based handsets at the end of January 2010.

Garmin-Asus to unveil first Android smartphone at MWC 2010, says Asustek

Jan 21, 10:36

The Garmin-Asustek team plans to unveil its first Android-powered smartphone at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade fair, according to Benson Lin, president of Asustek's...

Taiwan market: Vibo offers own-brand Android smartphones

Jan 13, 14:39

Taiwan-based 3G carrier Vibo Telecom has unveiled its first own-brand Android-powered smartphone, the A688, in the local market. Vibo outsources the production of the A668 to Foxconn...

Google Nexus One carries US$174.15 materials cost, says iSuppli

Jan 11, 14:37

The Nexus One, sold with the Google brand name but manufactured by High Tech Computer (HTC), carries a bill of materials (BOM) of US$174.15, based on a preliminary estimate from iSuppli...

Nexus One serves as key technology showcase/research tool for Google, says iSuppli

Jan 8, 16:38

Google's new Nexus One smartphone serves as a showcase for the latest version of the Android operating system and will allow the company to gather critical user data for developing...