Blog » September 2011

Consumers may still have difficulty accepting ultrabook pricing

Ultrabooks, despite that Intel has been aggressively pushing the products, may not earn favor from consumers because average prices are still about 30% higher than those of mainstream notebooks, according to so    

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Nokia: first Windows Phones still shipping by end of year

Somewhere in the world, sometime between October 1st and December 31st, somebody will be able to purchase a Nokia-branded Windows Phone. Exactly where, when, or who is still in question. But Nokia at least took    

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MediaTek buoyed by rising demand for Lenovo smartphones

Brisk sales of Lenovo's A60-series smartphone in China has been boosting MediaTek's shipments of its 3.5G solution, the MT6573, according to market sources. Order momentum is expected to remain strong    

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IDF 2011: Intel to enter 14nm process in 2014

Intel CPUs will enter 14nm processing by 2014, according to Steven Smith, vice president and head of netbook, tablet PC business speaking at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco.    

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IDF 2011: Intel CEO outlines company plans to lead future of computing

Intel has announced a new effort with Google that aims to accelerate Intel's business in smartphones.    

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Smartphones out-ship feature phones in Europe, Samsung leads the way

It was probably gonna happen sooner or later, but a new report from IDC confirms it: smartphones are now out-shipping feature phones in western Europe. According to the company's statistics, only 20.4 mill    

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HTC files new patent complains against Apple, using patents transferred from Google

HTC will take further legal action against Apple, adding new patent complaints to its previous filing lodged with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on August 16, and will also file a new lawsuit again    

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Motion sensor market for smartphones and tablets set to double by 2015, says IHS

Sparked by Apple's adoption of accelerometer technology in its iPhone and iPad lines, the market for motion sensor devices in smartphones and tablets is set to nearly double during the next five years, acc    

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Digitimes Insight: Google support against Apple will be noted in China

When Apple sued HTC last year claiming the Taiwan smartphone vendor had violated twenty of its patents, Google noted that it would stand behind its Android OS and its hardware partners. With HTC now amending it    

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Digitimes Research: Apple to lead in 2011 smartphone shipments

Global smartphone shipments for 2011 will reach 462 million units, rising 60% from the 288 million shipped in 2010, according to Digitimes Research. Apple is expected to overtake Nokia as the top ranking vendor    

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