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Arima Communications to start shipping S312 to Sony Ericsson in 2Q09

Arima Communications is expected to start shipping the S312 EDGE-enabled handset to Sony Ericsson later this quarter, according to market sources.    

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Compal Communications and Arima Communications vying for Android handset orders from Acer

Taiwan's top-two OEM handset makers Compal Communications and Arima Communications are both vying for Android-powered handset orders set to be released by Acer, according to market sources.    

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Ericsson: We will fund Sony Ericsson if necessary

Ericsson reiterated its commitment to Sony Ericsson, and said it would be willing to pump more cash into the troubled joint venture if it was needed."In the situation they are in today, it is a natural mea    

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Taiwan LED makers enjoy booming sales to China, but are uncertain about 2H09

Taiwan LED players have seen booming demand from white-box handset vendors in China amid the China government's promotion program, according to industry sources.    

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Taiwan market: Samsung and LGE see handset market shares increase in March

Both Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics saw their shares in the Taiwan market strengthen further in March 2009 although total handsets sold dropped 17% sequentially to about 540,000 units, according to the    

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Handset makers under pressure to improve the user interface

As more and more smartphones crowd the market, handset makers are facing increasing pressure to develop differentiated user interfaces (UIs). Handset makers are taking two paths to tackle the problem: They are    

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LG posts $148.5M loss, predicts rise in handset sales

LG Electronics posted a148.5 million net loss, way down from its312.6 million profit in the year-ago period. However, the South Korean electronics giant pointed to increased optimism in the handset market for t    

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MediaTek may see revenues decline in May and June

MediaTek is seeing a decline in handset chip orders as inventory levels in the end market have reached a high level, according to market sources.    

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China market: China Mobile to launch Android-based Ophone handset in May, says paper

China Mobile plans to launch an iPhone-like smartphone, the Ophone, in the China market in May, in order to compete with the iPhone which is reportedly slated for launch by China Unicom in June, according to a    

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Sony Ericsson: Android phones may take longer than expected

Sony Ericsson's CEO hinted that the company's plans to develop a handset based on Google's Android platform may be slowed, though he said this was due more to questions surrounding Android than t    

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