Blog » June 2011

PC industry should be re-evaluated, says Wistron chairman

Wistron chairman Simon Lin, on June 22, commenting on the impact of tablet PCs, described Apple's launch of iPad as a never-seen move, and it will take some time to figure out how to counter the move. He a    

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Apple iPhone 5 said to come with dual LED flash

Recent market rumors have indicated that Apple's iPhone 5 is likely to come with a dual-LED flash with Taiwan-based LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics, Edison Opto and Lite-On Technology being pinpo    

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Nokia debuts C2-03 at CommunicAsia (video)

Nokia's Mary McDowell announced the company's third dual-SIM device, the C2-03, at CommunicAsia. It's a portrait slider with a 320 x 240 touchscreen display paired with the company's Touch a    

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Nokia's N9 official: a luscious slab of MeeGo coming later this year

Stephen Elop said that Nokia would unveil its first MeeGo device this year, and he just made good on his word with the N9 (also known as Lankku). Just as we spotted earlier, the N9 is a solid slab of 3.9-inch A    

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Component makers may suffer on poor Nokia, RIM outlook

Some Taiwan-based handset component makers including Merry Electronics, Ichia Technologies and Silitech Technology may see weak sales in the second half of 2011 as Nokia and Research in Motion (RIM), two of the    

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Taiwan market: HP to push WebOS-based tablet PC and smartphone in 2H11

First-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to add its TouchPad tablet PC and smartphone as new products line in the IT market, to help fill in the gap of its cloud computing business.    

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Entner: International handset sales trends, and how the market is shifting

Reports about miniscule Android versus iPhone market share difference are captivating the attention of newspaper editors and the public at large, but what do they really tell us? More time is spent on that then    

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Elop to explain Nokia's strategy for China

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) CEO Stephen Elop will head to Singapore to deliver his first major speech in Asia since taking the reigns of Nokia last fall, and will try and articulate the company's strategy for the reg    

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Smartphones to boom in Southeast Asia, says Canalys

About 106 million mobile phones are expected to ship in Southeast Asia in 2011, up 19% from the 90 million units shipped last year, according to Canalys. Driveny primarily by smartphone growth, the number will    

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Dutch coins feature QR codes, promise 'surprises'

Governments cram all manner of bizarre imagery onto the back of currency, so really, what's a few little QR codes between treasury departments? And heck, who are we to suggest that these new coins from the    

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