Kyiv Post | July 7, 2011
TOKYO (AP) — Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000).
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Bloomberg Businessweek | July 11, 2011 | Saeromi Shin, Jun Yang
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, and units of shipping magnate Kang Duk Soo’s STX Group fell in Seoul trading after they disclosed plans to bid...
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70% on year.
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DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Monica Chen, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer generated non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.260 billion (US$978 million) for June, a 16-month high, while ODM Pegatron Technology's June consolidated revenues of NT$45.64 billion were a new monthly record,...
Cable.co.uk | July 11, 2011
The network operator will offer an Orange portal on Smart TVs sold across Europe.
Orange has signed a Europe-wide partnership agreement with Samsung that will see the network operator deliver content for the manufacturer's Smart TVs.
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Canon Global | July 11, 2011 | Press Release
TOKYO, July 11, 2011—Canon Inc. ("Canon"; President and COO: Tsuneji Uchida; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with MEDIAN Technologies S.A. ("MEDIAN Technologies"; Chairman and CEO:...
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Rebecca Kuo, Adam Hwang
Chimei Innolux (CMI) shipped 12.319 million large-size and 34.964 million small- to medium-size LCD panels in June, growing on month by 1.3% and by 14.2% respectively, according to the company.
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RIM | July 7, 2011 | Press Release
Jakarta, Indonesia - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet will be available in Indonesia from 16th July 2011. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three Wi-Fi® models, featuring...
Northwestern University selected Motorola Solutions (MSI) to deploy a 900 MHz ASTRO 25 Project 25 voice and integrated data communication solution. The new P25 system replaces a 14-year-old analog trunking system and will provide a standards-based IP system that enables interoperability and greater efficiency...
Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (FSL) announced a trio of new members to the company’s i.MX50 product family, placing a big bet on the thriving eReader device market while more powerful tablet computers threaten to unseat eReaders.
The family of i.MX50 chips launched in 2010 with...
Cinterion, a Gemalto (GTO) company in the cellular M2M space, was recently awarded two gold value chain awards by Connected World magazine, which honors successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and solution providers. The first award for the home health category is shared with...
Motorola Xoom owners may be in for an updated Android treat, with rumors version 3.2 may be on its way to them very shortly.
The Xoom, which was officially launched with version 3.0 back in March this year got its first 3.1 update just two...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in Apple’s iOS allows software viruses to infiltrate the mobile operating system when users open...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) didn't get Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone 4 until eight months after AT&T Mobility (T), but it now has 32% of all iPhone 4s in the United States running on its network, according to a new report.Based on traffic and iPhone 4...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in Apple’s iOS allows software viruses to infiltrate the mobile operating system when users open...
A teardown of HTC Corp.'s (HTCFX) ThunderBolt highlights the expense behind LTE phones, according to the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. IHS said the ThunderBolt carries the highest bill of materials of any phone it has ever torn apart.With a bill of materials...
Applications for smartphones that facilitate access to social networks is an important driver for increasing mobile devices sales, which has projected to grow more than 73% in Latin America in 2011. A recent study by Frost & Sullivan analyzed the use of social networks...
Texas Instruments (TXN) released a new technology that allows users to stream content from their devices to larger screens via the Netflix HD app for Android. TI is the first to achieve the Netflix Silicon Reference Implementation (SRI) certification ...
HTC Corp. is adding 235 patents to its war chest in a $300 million deal to acquire S3 Graphics Co. Ltd. from VIA Technologies Inc. S3's patents cover a range of graphics visualization technologies used in PCs, gaming consoles and mobile devices, the company...
As the mobile platform war turns, Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), Motorola Inc. (MOT) and Palm (HPQ) all lost smartphone market share in the United States over the last three months while Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (<a href=http://stocks.rcrnews.com/rcrwireless./quote?Symbol=AAPL) made gains.The BlackBerry maker...
Following rumors that implied HTC Corp.'s June sales would be down or flat, the Taiwanese smartphone maker has released record monthly sales a few days earlier than planned.Consolidated sales in June were up 87.8% from the same period a year ago. While the company's...
Hexus | July 1, 2011 | Press Release
AirLive, one of the most advanced worldwide brands for networking and communication equipment, has unveiled the most powerful Wireless-b/g/n routers which provide wireless coverage up to 2.6km. AirLive N. Power is the first Wireless-N...
T3 | June 20, 2011 | Luke Johnson
Orange has revealed its ‘Sound Charge’ t-shirts that will keep mobile handsets powered at this year’s Glastonbury Festival Ahead of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which kicks off later this week, Orange has unveiled the ‘Sound...
Cisco Systems Inc. may have set July 31 as the day it plans to launch its Android-based Cius tablet, but for customers in Brazil, that wait will be a bit longer. The delay is due to pending approval of the device by Brazil’s national agency...
