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Global Android phone sales to top 180 million units in 2011, says Sony Ericsson CTO

Global sales of Android-based smartphones are expected to grow from 60 million units in 2010 to 180 million units in 2011 and over 400 million units in 2014, according to Sony Ericsson vice president and CTO Ja    

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Supply chain may not be able to satisfy demand from Apple

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is reportedly facing a shortage of both labor and materials at its plants in Chengdu, China, which    

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Ichia sees single-digit growth in 2Q11 sales

Handset component maker Ichia Technology has announced that consolidated revenues for April 2011 declined almost 19% sequentially to NT$532 million (US$15.6 million), citing a slowdown in orders. The company ex    

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MediaTek to post better-than-expected 2Q11 results

Rising demand for MediaTek's MT6252 solution, positioned as an ultra low cost single chip solution for multimedia-rich mobile phones, is expected to buoy the IC designer's sales performance in the sec    

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Production of medium- and large-size touch panels increasing

The prevailing trend for the production of touch panels has migrated from small-sizes, to medium- and large-size models, as evidenced by the launch of 4-inch mainstream smartphones, Dell's 5- and 7-inch St    

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China market: NFC handsets to be available in 2H11

Nokia, Taiwan-based HTC as well as China-based vendors Lenovo and TCL Communication Technology have been developing handsets with NFC (near field communication) functionality through cooperation with China UniP    

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Apple second largest buyer of consumer, mobile MEMS sensors in 2010, says IHS iSuppli

Apple in 2010 rose one rank to become the world's second largest buyer of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors for consumer electronics products and mobile handsets, as it snapped up parts for prod    

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HTC 1Q11 revenues, net profit hit records

Taiwan smartphone vendor HTC posted historically highest quarterly revenues of NT$104.16 billion (US$3.50 billion) and net profit of NT$14.83 billion in the first quarter of 2011, according to the company at an    

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White iPhone arrives April 28

Apple has announced that the white iPhone 4 will be available beginning April 28 from Apple's online store, at Apple's retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized R    

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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet leaks out with Honeycomb, IPS screen, optional stylus and keyboard folio?

Remember the ultra-thin Lenovo ThinkPad X1 we detailed just a few hours ago? The document that dished those secrets also mentioned an "X Slate," which made us wonder if Lenovo's LePad was finally    

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