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Monday 10 February 2014
Asustek to start marketing ZenFone smartphones in March
Asustek Computer has set a priority to ramp up its smartphone shipments in 2014 and will start marketing its Intel-based entry-level ZenFone series in China, Southeast Asia and other...
Monday 10 February 2014
Acer to release tablet OEM orders to China
Acer will have China-based OEMs undertake production of its tablets in 2014 to cut costs, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.
Friday 7 February 2014
China market: D-Link cooperates with Qihoo 360 to launch smart WLAN router
D-Link has cooperated with China-based information security software solution provider Qihoo 360 Technology to launch a smart WLAN router, the D-Link 360Mini, for co-branded sale...
Friday 7 February 2014
Digitimes Research: China smartphone shipments to decline slightly in 1Q14
China-based handset companies are expected to see their shipments of smartphones decline lightly in the first quarter of 2014, after combined shipments posted a 13% sequential growth...
Friday 7 February 2014
China to account for more than 70% of FPD equipment spending over next 2 years, says DisplaySearch
According to DisplaySearch, the vast majority of spending on flat panel display manufacturing equipment to expand production capacity is occurring in China, and the trend is likely...
Friday 7 February 2014
Catcher Technology to expand capacity in China
Taiwan-based metal-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology will invest CNY496.54 million (US$82.1 million) to expand the production capacity at its two factories in eastern China,...
Thursday 6 February 2014
China December mobile phone user base growing to nearly 1.23 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.229 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2013, growing by 0.48% on month and by 10.42% on year, and 401.61 million...
Thursday 6 February 2014
Commentary: Is COS a genuine home-grown platform or a copycat?
China has unveiled a home-grown operating system, the China Operating System (COS), for use in smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes (STBs) and other types of smart devices, claiming...
Wednesday 5 February 2014
CSOT acting CEO may leave company in February
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) acting CEO Chen Liyi , who has been largely responsible for bringing Taiwan engineering talent to China, may withdraw from the company...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Spreadtrum launches single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced its next-generation single-core smartphone platform for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and EDGE, which integrates a Cortex-A7 CPU running at speeds up to...
Wednesday 29 January 2014
Digitimes Research: China handset vendors to rely on local AMOLED panel production from 2016
On December 17, 2013, China-based touch panel maker Truly Optoelectronics announced that it had entered a joint venture with the Huizhou City Government to invest in a 4.5G AMOLED...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Altek to launch Cubic smartphone attachable lens-style camera in China
Digital camera ODM Altek launched the Altek Cubic, an attachable lens-style camera for smartphones or tablets, in the Taiwan market in late December 2013 and is poised to launch the...
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Supply chains see increased orders for 4G smartphones in China
Panel and touch panel makers are seeing increased orders from China-based handset vendors as the vendors plan to release new large-size high-resolution 4G smartphones in 2014.
Tuesday 28 January 2014
Tablet processor market to rise 23% in 2014, says IHS
Strong growth in the processor market for tablet devices this year and beyond will draw increasing competition from suppliers eager to throw their hat into the ring, including the...
Monday 27 January 2014
AUO to focus on product differentiation strategies amid competition from China, says company president
As rumors are spreading that China's government will increase LCD tariffs from 5% to 8% in 2014 coupled with expected pressure from production capacity expansion on China panel makers'...