Taipei, Taiwan, October 13, 2011 - With China expecting slower growth in regional solar markets such as Europe over the next few years, the government has set out to increase domestic demand during its 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), and installed solar PV system capacity is targeted to hit 10GWp by 2015, according to a recent Digitimes Research Special Report titled "The role of PV in...
Greater China is expected to account for 65.3% of the world's small- to medium-size TFT LCD panel and cell shipments in 2011, gaining 4.1 percentage points on-year, according to the latest data collected by Digitimes Research. China's enlarging handheld device market and international buyers' increased orders for Taiwan makers have driven up shipments to the region.
While QNX is currently used in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and is scheduled to be used in the company's smartphones in the future, replacing the BlackBerry OS to become Research in Motion's (RIM) mainstream platform, the company's current dismal performance is casting a cloud over the fate of the OS.
When Apple sued HTC last year claiming the Taiwan smartphone vendor had violated twenty of its patents, Google noted that it would stand behind its Android OS and its hardware partners...
Hewlett Packard's (HP) plan to launch "one last run" of TouchPad tablets comes only about a week after the vendor stated it would no longer be producing webOS devices...
Research In Motion (RIM) recently provided an inside look at its BBM Music app on its corporate blog, and while impressive, Digitimes Research believes the app further highlights the issues RIM has balancing its smartphone business with its interest in becoming a player in the tablet market, as highlighted in the recent Digitimes Research Special Report "Expectations for the 2H 2011 tablet...
It is learned from China Mobile that TD mobile devices are growing more competitive and are more accepted by consumers. In future, the TD market will be further expanded. As of July 2011, there were 630 TD devices, 317 of which were mobile phones.
A recent article from the state-run China Daily shows how the China government is touting the benefits of investing in the Chongqing economic zones, with the article basically providing a laundry list of the tax incentives and subsidies for companies investing in the region...
Although Samsung Electronics has faced severe setbacks in its attempts to market its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe and Australia, Digitimes Research still expects the company to ship more than five million tablets in 2011.
During China's 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), the State Council has set out six policies to further the development of the software and semiconductor industries: strengthening investment and financing, expanding support for research and development, implementing tax incentives, improving measures to train and attract talent, strict enforcement of protections for IP rights, and market regulation to...
