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Tuesday 3 February 2009
2009 the year of smartphones, says ABI Research
Mobile handset shipments in the first half of 2008 had a 14% increase on year while slowed to 8% in the third quarter before crashing into a 10% decline in the fourth quarter. As...
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Nokia to increase handset chip orders in March
Nokia has notified chip suppliers that it will increase orders in March, a sign showing that handset demand may be recovering, according to market sources.
Monday 2 February 2009
Silitech to benefit from Nokia shift to more component supplies from non-Japanese firms, says paper
Taiwan-based handset keypad maker Silitech Technology is expected to benefit from Nokia's plan to increase the supply of components from non-Japanese companies due to the fast appreciation...
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Taiwan market: Apple takes up handset sixth ranking with 2.2% share in December
Sales of Apple's iPhone 3G handsets totaled 12,000 units in the Taiwan market in December, taking up the sixth ranked position with a 2.2% share in terms of sales for the month, according...
Tuesday 20 January 2009
LGE ships 100 million handsets in 2008, ranking third worldwide, says South Korea paper
LG Electronics (LGE) shipped over 100 million handsets in 2008, surpassing the amounts shipped by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, respectively, to capture, for the first time, third place...
Wednesday 14 January 2009
FIH expected to post first ever revenue drop in 2008
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), the Hong Kong-listed handset manufacturing subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), will likely see its consolidated revenues...
Friday 9 January 2009
Small- to medium-size market warming up in January
Small- to medium-size panels have seen rush orders in January because customers are placing orders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.
Wednesday 31 December 2008
Global demand for handset solutions to decline over 30% in 1Q09
Demand for handset solutions from global handset vendors is likely to decline at least 30% in the first quarter of 2009 as gauged by current order visibility, according to sources...
Wednesday 24 December 2008
Taiwan market: Handset sales reach 560,000 units in November with Nokia top vendor
Sales of handsets in the Taiwan market totaled 560,000 units in November, with Nokia topping among all vendors with a 29.4% share, compared to 29.3% in October, according to the latest...
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Shift looming for handset vendor rankings in China
Declining handset sales, increasing control over white-box models and the kick-off of 3G services may result in a shift of vendor rankings in China's handset market in 2009, according...
Thursday 18 December 2008
Nokia tops smartphone sales in China in 3Q08, says CCID
Nokia ranked as the largest vendor of PDA handsets and smartphones in China in the third quarter of 2008, accounting for 69.3% share of the segment, according to data released by...
Tuesday 16 December 2008
Nokia and Motorola account for 90% of China's smartphone market in 3Q08, says CCID
CCID Consulting has recently released its data showing that the sales volume of China's smartphone market in the thrid quarter of 2008 reached 7.47 million units, up 0.6% from the...
Thursday 4 December 2008
Panel makers' development projects for international handset vendors unaffected by economic downturn
Although international handset vendors such as Nokia, LG Electronics (LGE) and Samsung Electronics have trimmed their handset shipment forecasts for the fourth quarter, small- to...
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Small- to mid-size LCD panel maker Wintek reports 38% drop in November revenues
TFT LCD and touch panel supplier Wintek has announced November consolidated revenues of NT$2.2 billion (US$65.7 million), down 38% from record high of NT$3.6 billion in October and...
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Taiwan market: Nokia launches 5800 XpressMusic handset
Nokia on November 25 launched its first touch panel 5800 XpressMusic handsets in the Taiwan market with a suggested retail price of NT$14,900 (US$446).