Handset solution vendors competing neck and neck in 3G smartphone market in China

Sep 13, 15:12

Demand for smartphone solutions in emerging markets, particularly in China, is gaining momentum, pushing chipset vendors to compete neck and neck to grab a large piece for the growing...

Arima Communications handset shipments increase in August, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 8, 14:57

Arima Communications shipped 2.33 million handsets in August compared to 2.26 million units shipped in July, according to a Chinese-language Liberty Times report.

Flagship smartphones tend to have bigger screens

Sep 6, 11:11

A number of handset vendors including HTC, Acer and Samsung Electronics have unveiled their respective flagship smartphones with screen sizes of over 4.5 inches compared to the prevailing...

Smartphones to account for majority of handset shipments by 2015, says IHS iSuppli

Aug 31, 11:38

Driven by booming sales of low-end models, shipments of smartphones will rise to account for more than half of the worldwide cellphone market in 2015, according to data released by...

Handset keypad maker Silitech reports decline in 1H11 profits

Newswatch - Aug 26, 12:02

Handset keypad maker Silitech Technology has announced net profits of NT$493 million (US$16.98 million) for the first half of 2011, decreasing 23% from a year earlier period. The...

TSMC seeing orders for networking, handset chips pick up, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 24, 13:50

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has seen its customers specializing in handset- and networking-related ICs step up their pace of orders, the Chinese-language Commercial...

Taiwan handset ODMs bracing for structural upheaval

Aug 23, 12:25

Taiwan-based handset ODMs are bracing for repercussions of structural upheaval to be brought by Google's intention to buy Motorola Mobility and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) plan to stop...

Handset vendors reportedly cutting back chipset orders for 4Q11

Aug 19, 01:15

Some handset solution suppliers have indicated that a number of handset vendors, including Apple and HTC, have scaled down their chipset orders for the fourth quarter as compared...

Taiwan handset PCB and chipset vendors hail Google acquisition of Motorola

Aug 17, 17:04

Taiwan-based handset PCB and chipsets makers have applauded Google's announcement of acquiring Motorola Mobility, expecting that a growing Android mobile device market will help boost...

Sales of mobile devices grow 16.5% on year in 2Q11; smartphone sales up 74%, says Gartner

Aug 12, 11:59

Worldwide sales of mobile devices to end users totaled 428.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 16.5% increase from the second quarter of 2010, according to Gartner.

Arima Communications handset shipments increase in July

Newswatch - Aug 9, 12:13

Arima Communications shipped 2.26 million handsets in July compared to 2.21 million units shipped in June, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Handset keypad maker Silitech to post 30% on-quarter growth in 3Q11 revenues

Aug 5, 13:59

Handset keypad maker Silitech Technology is expected to see its revenues expand by over 30% sequentially in the third quarter thanks to the launch of a series of new smartphones from...

Taiwan market: HTC ranks as top vendor in terms of sales value in June

Jul 28, 01:35

HTC continued to rank as the top handset vendor in the Taiwan market for the seventh consecutive month in terms of sales value in June 2011 with a 28% share. In terms of sales volume,...

LCD driver IC vendors count on small-size models to boost sales

Jul 21, 14:22

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC vendors including Novatek Microelectronics and Himax Technologies have strengthened their deployment in driver ICs for small-size panels recently as demand...

Primax sees monthly CCM capacity fully loaded in 3Q11

Jul 21, 01:35

Taiwan-based compact camera module (CCM) maker Primax Electronics, a supplier of iPhone CCMs, has landed orders from Apple for the upcoming iPhone model, and already has its 15 million...

ITC judgment of HTC infringement of Apple patents arouses concern in China handset industry

Jul 19, 01:00

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an initial ruling that Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC has infringed two of Apple's 10 patents related to iPhone, and this...

Samsung drops Qualcomm in favor of VIA for Droid Charge handset, says ABI Research

Jul 15, 01:00

In what ABI Research sees as a significant shift in component sourcing strategy, Samsung has chosen VIA Telecom to supply the CDMA chipset for its new Droid Charge handset that it...

Handset PCB makers bracing for slow 3Q11

Jul 11, 15:27

PCB manufacturers are likely to have only up to 5% sales growth sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, compared to 5-10% increases seen during the same quarter in previous years,...

Asia Optical to set up subsidiary for handset business

Jul 11, 14:59

Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses and digital cameras, will establish a wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Ether, specifically for integrating its operational resources...

Digitimes Insight: Taiwan handset shipments grow less than 10% in 2Q11; HTC has more than 50% share

Jul 5, 15:51

Despite that Taiwan-based handset makers High Tech Computer (HTC) and Arima Communication continued to enjoy strong shipment growth in the second quarter, Taiwan's overall handset...

Foxconn announces plans to expand investments in China subsidiaries

Jul 5, 01:40

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced it will increase its investments in its subsidiaries in...

Unitech HDI board capacity fully booked

Jun 29, 16:33

Unitech Printed Circuit Board has revealed that its capacity for HDI has been fully booked at present although overall demand for PCBs in the industry has weakened recently due to...

Compal Communications lowers 2011 handset shipments target; signs WP7 licensing agreement with Microsoft

Jun 24, 15:51

Compal Communications has lowered its handset shipments target for 2011 to 4.5 million units from six million projected earlier due to adjustments in product strategies by its clients,...

Quartz component makers to report slow sales for 2Q11

Jun 24, 14:01

Taiwan-based quartz component suppliers are likely to report weaker-than-expected revenue results for the second quarter due to an unexpected slowdown in orders from handset clients,...

Taiwan market: Samsung replaces Nokia as top handset vendor, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 22, 14:00

Samsung Electronics replaced, for the first time, Nokia as the top handset vendor in terms of unit sales in the Taiwan market in May with a market share of 20.8%, the Chinese-language...

Taiwan market: Smartphones account for 44% of 1Q11 handset sales

Jun 22, 01:00

There were 2.13 million handsets sold in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2011, 940,000 or 44.1% of which were smartphones, according to industry sources.

Asia Optical to ramp up handset optical lens capacity in 2H11

Jun 17, 12:40

Asia Optical plans to ramp up its monthly production capacity for handset-use optical lenses from 6-7 million units to more than 10 million units in the second half of 2011.

Handset vendors and ODMs switching focus back to 4- to 5-inch high-end smartphones

Jun 17, 01:25

Branded handset vendors as well as ODM/OEM handset makers, who have ventured into the tablet PC segment, have recently switched their focus back to the development of 4- to 5-inch...

Himax reiterates 2Q11 outlook

Jun 17, 01:15

Display driver IC supplier Himax Technologies has reiterated its previous guidance for the second quarter of 2011 despite recent speculation about a slowdown in China's handset market...

Orise 3Q11 revenues likely to rise over 20%

Jun 16, 01:55

LCD driver IC design house Orise Technology is expected to enjoy revenue growth of more than 20% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, buoyed by growing shipments to handset...

Taiwan handset ODMs facing brain drain

Jun 14, 13:34

Many Taiwan-based handset ODM are currently facing the problem of brain drain as a number of major players including HTC, MediaTek and first-tier PC ODMs have offered comparatively...

Arima Communications lands new 2.5G handset orders from Sony Ericsson

Jun 10, 11:48

Arima Communications has landed orders for two 2.5G feature phones, the Mix Walkman and txt pro, from Sony Ericsson with volume shipments to begin in the third quarter of 2011, according...

Apple introduces iCloud

Jun 7, 14:35

Apple has introduced iCloud, a breakthrough set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and...

MediaTek to embed Yahoo services in handset chips

Jun 2, 01:05

MediaTek has reached an agreement with Yahoo under which the IC designer will embed Yahoo's services into its chips targeting smartphones and 3G handsets, according to the companie...

China market: White-box handset makers takes 4-layer PCBs for 2G handset production

May 30, 17:07

White-box handset makers in China have recently consumed a large volume of 4-layer PCBs in through-hole structure instead of using HDI boards for their entry-level 2G handset production,...