Blog » June 2010

AT&T sold out of iPhone 4 pre-orders for launch day

BGR's reporting that AT&T's launch day allocation of iPhone 4s is now sold out, and anyone who got in the door after 1:30PM Pacific Time will get their unit some time between June 25 and July    

Read more >>
Motorola, Verizon announcing 'next generation of Droid' on June 23

We don't know whether this is going to be the Droid 2, the Droid X, or both, but Motorola, Google, Verizon, and Adobe -- yes, Adobe -- are all getting on stage out in New York on the 23rd of the month to a    

Read more >>
Motorola taps former analyst to manage handset strategy

Motorola (NYSE:MOT) named a former industry analyst as its point man for strategy for its mobile devices and set-top box divisions. The company tapped John Bucher, a former equity research analyst focused on co    

Read more >>
Asia Pacific to become the largest smartphone market by 2012, Canalys says

The smartphone market continues to see impressive growth around the world, and in particular the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53% year-on-year in 2010 to reach 76.7 m    

Read more >>
Compal Communications lowers handset shipment targets
Jun 15, 2010 (Updated Jun 16, 2010) Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin

Handset maker Compal Communications has reduced its 2010 shipment target to 10 million units compared with shipments of 16 million units in 2009, according to company chairman Ray Chen.    

Read more >>
Silitech aims at 25% global market share in 1-2 years

Silitech Technology, the world's largest maker of handset keypads, has set a goal of increasing its global market share from 21% in 2009 to 25% in 1-2 years, according to company president CY Wu.    

Read more >>
Asia Optical expects monthly shipments of 10 million CCMs at end of 2010

Asia Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical devices and lens kits, shipped five million compact camera modules (CCMs) for use in handsets in May 2010 and expects monthly shipments to increase to eight million    

Read more >>
South Korea exported US$300 million worth of smartphones, says Ministry of Knowledge Economy

South Korea's smartphone exports topped US$300 million in May 2010, up 135% on year, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.Overall handset exports however, declined by 29.8% from a year earlier to    

Read more >>
Taiwan makers expect limited impact on orders from consolidation of Japanese handset vendors

Taiwan-based handset makers do not expect to receive more orders from Japanese brand vendors despite continous consolidation.    

Read more >>
iPhone 4's retina display claim put under the math microscope

Samsung might have entertained us with some trash talk about the iPhone 4's IPS LCD yesterday, but this stuff is of a rather more somber variety. Raymond Soneira, president of monitor diagnostics firm Disp    

Read more >>