China Knowledge | January 6, 2011
Jan. 6, 2011 (China Knowledge) - ZTE Corp<000063><0763>, the second-largest telecom equipment provider in China, has announced that its sales volume of terminal products surged 50% year on year to a record 90 million units in 2010, boosted by...
China Knowledge | January 6, 2011
Jan. 6, 2011 (China Knowledge) - ZTE Corp<000063><0763>, the second-largest telecom equipment provider in China, has announced that its sales volume of terminal products surged 50% year on year to a record 90 million units in 2010, boosted by...
LAS VEGAS--Wednesday was a big day for Motorola Inc. at CES 2011, with the firm announcing a plethora of new devices, including new smart phones, and a Tegra 2 powered tablet made in partnership with Google Inc. and Verizon Wireless.
First up to be unveiled was...
In a move to perhaps brace itself from the rumored impending availability of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone at rival carriers, AT&T Mobility (T) said it would begin selling the previous generation iPhone 3GS model for $50 beginning Jan. 7. That price will be for...
TechFaith | January 6, 2011 | Press Release
BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (Nasdaq: CNTF) ("TechFaith" or the "Company") today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Mr. Defu Dong, purchased approximately 143,000 ADSs on the open market...
TechFaith | January 6, 2011 | Press Release
BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (Nasdaq: CNTF) ("TechFaith" or the "Company") today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Mr. Defu Dong, purchased approximately 143,000 ADSs on the open market...
SanDisk | January 5, 2011 | Business Wire
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that its 32 gigabyte (GB)1 and 64GB SanDisk® P4...
TechTree| January 5, 2010 | Samir Makwana
Censorware to protect minors from accessing objectionable content
The relationship between Apple and the Japanese government hasn't been great last year. After cases of exploding Apple iPod batteries were reported, Japan is once again complaining about Apple. If Google's...
Piper Alderman, an Australian law firm, is asking customers of giant telco Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Ltd. to register their interest in a lawsuit against the company based on Vodafone’s silence after reports its network was crumbling under the weight of its users.
A post...
The wireless industry has turned its hype amplifier to 11 for the Consumer Electronics Show with carriers announcing a bevy of new tablet devices they expect will change the world and, at least in the case of Verizon Wireless (VZ), a network that can...
Recognizing the pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology, Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said it plans to buy Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros Communications Inc. (ATHR) for $3.1 billion. Qualcomm said the acquisition will help it expand to new businesses beyond cellular. Both stocks were slightly up in trading...
DigiTimes | January 4, 2011 | Chloe Yu and Adam Hwang
Global Mobile has obtained 100,000 WiMAX phone numbers from the National Communications Commission (NCC), the first among the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, and will launch such numbers for sale to subscribers for voice...
At CES 2011 Toshiba gave PCMag.com a preview of its upcomign Android Tablet. This one is running Android 2.2, but the final model will feature Android 3.0 (or Honeycomb). More CES 2011 coverage at http://ces.pcmag,com
Video via PCMag
As expected, tablets are already making news at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show with Lenovo showing off its LePad Tuesday night.
Video via Network World
Reuters | January 3, 2011 | Baker Li
(Reuters) - U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing demand for new portable devices including electronics reading devices.
Taiwan's economics ministry said in a statement...
LAS VEGAS — To hear Omar Khan say it, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is going to take mobile to the "next level in 2011."The de facto head of mobile, which carries the title of chief strategy officer and SVP of products and services at...
LAS VEGAS – You can't accuse companies of not taking innovative leaps at tghe Consumer Electroncis Show and Peep Wireless wins our award for sheer originality, with its claims it can create ad hoc P2P (peer to peer) networks between mobile devices with its...
LAS VEGAS – "CES Unveiled" was a bit of a dismal affair Tuesday evening in the Las Vegas Venetian hotel, but RCR Wireless News was impressed by Lenovo Group Ltd.'s innovative take on tablet/netbook hybrids.Showing off both the LePad slate and the IdeaPad U1,...
LAS VEGAS – Kicking off the International Consumer Electronics Show in style on Tuesday, Asian tiger AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled a host of tablets and slates under its now famous Eee brand.Asus Chairman Jonney Shih showed his firm's tablet offerings, seen recently in...
Taiwan Economic Times | January 3, 2011 | Ken Liu
Taipei, Jan. 3, 2011 (CENS)--Compal Electronics Inc. will debut its first tablet PC in February 2011, marking the firm`s another impressive effort in tapping the tablet PC market after a slew of investments in the...
Taipei Times | January 4, 2010 | Jason Tan
EVER EVOLVING:An analyst said that Taiwanese firms have carved out a firm niche in the sector, but they must continually offer new innovations to keep customers
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday said it is forming...
With Verizon Wireless (VZ) on deck to unveil a handful of LTE-equipped mobile devices at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) attempted to redirect some of that acclaim by announcing a third smart phone compatible with the carrier's WiMAX-powered “4G” service.The...
Motorola Inc. has officially split into two separate companies, Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MOT) and Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI). The two-year long plan has also stripped the co-CEO title from the company's two top executives, leaving each to run a standalone company on his...
Reuters | January 1, 2010 | James Topham
Jan 1 (Reuters) - Japan's top mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is looking to launch a tablet computer that will be produced by LG Electronics and run on software developed by Google, the Nikkei business daily reported on...
