Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) has been on a roll over the last several years, bringing out new manufacturing technologies and subsequent enhancements thereof like clockwork. That pace of innovation has been one ... ( read original story ...)
HTC Teaser Hints At New Smartphone Launch In March
HTC has launched two smartphones at the CES 2017, but a post on the company's Taiwanese Facebook Page is giving a serious hint that HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play aren't the only two handsets that it intends to introduce this year. The teaser posted by the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Huawei launches black Mate 9, Porsche Design Mate 9
Huawei also plans to strengthen its presence in the NT$5,000-10,000 segment to ramp up the popularity of Huawei' smartphones in Taiwan, while aiming a 2-fold increase of its smartphone shipments in the local market in 2017, Tsao said. Buoyed by improved ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile unveils flagship Xperia XZ family products
Sony Mobile Communications has unveiled four new smartphones in the Taiwan market, including the flagship Xperia XZs and XZ Premium, and mid-range Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra. Among them, the Xperia XZs and Xperia XA1 will be available in the local market in ... ( read original story ...)
ADATA Technology : Launches ISDD361 Industrial-Grade SD Cards
Taipei, Taiwan - Mar. 14, 2017 - ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash products, today launched industrial-grade ISDD361 SD cards. The cards employ meticulously-sorted and tested SLC NAND flash ... ( read original story ...)
Apple leads in U.S. smartphone market: comScore report
Citing data from comScore MobiLens on the U.S. smartphone market share trends, the report said that Samsung of South Korea followed, with a 28 percent market share. Taiwan's HTC ranked fifth at 2.3 percent, lagging behind LG of South Korea at 10.3 percent ... ( read original story ...)
HTC Launches USB Type-C Power Bank with 2-way QuickCharge 3.0 Support
The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, HTC launched the U Ultra and U Play smartphones in January. Both these smartphones come with USB Type-C port and skip the 3.5mm Audio port. However, the HTC 10 Evo (a.k.a HTC Bolt) is the first smartphone from this ... ( read original story ...)
China urges Taiwan to open itself to more mainland investment
BEIJING -- China's minister of industry and information technology on Saturday urged Taiwan to be more open to mainland investment. He said this would strengthen ties and put the two sides on a path toward unification. "We are very open to investment from ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Indonesia join hands to bust a telecom fraud ring in Jakarta
Taipei, March 10 (CNA) Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau and Indonesian police busted a telecom fraud ring, headed by Taiwanese men in Jakarta, in a joint operation on Thursday. Two suspects, believed to be ringleaders and identified only by their ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn approached SK Hynix for joint Toshiba bid, sources say
TAIPEI/SEOUL -- Key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn Technology Group, has approached South Korea's second largest memory chip maker SK Hynix to explore the possibility of collaborating on a bid for the memory business of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
NuVinci® Cycling, Gates Carbon Drive™ and Mobia Bikes Present “Ultimate” Bike Share & Commercial Duty Bicycle at Taipei Cycle
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Three cycling ... increases the number of days and miles that our bikes can run before servicing. This technology will be a game-changer," says Todd Hoffman, Executive Director of Mobia Bikes. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: HMD launches Nokia 6
HMD Global has launched the Android-based Nokia 6 smartphone in the Taiwan market targeting the mid-tier market. The phone will be available from Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) or yahoo.com starting March 8, priced at NT$7,790 (US$253) unlocked. The Nokia 6 ... ( read original story ...)
Snapdeal Partners With Taiwanese Smartphone-Maker ASUS
New Delhi: Online marketplace Snapdeal on Thursday announced its partnership with Taiwanese smartphone-maker ASUS with the launch of ASUS Zenfone 3s Max smartphones on its platform. The ASUS ZenFone 3S Max is powered by 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 ... ( read original story ...)
HTC decides not to issue cash dividends for 2nd straight year
Taipei, March 7 (CNA) Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC Corp. (宏達電) has decided not to distribute cash dividends for 2016 because of ongoing losses, the second consecutive year in which it will not issue a dividend. HTC, which has faced escalating ... ( read original story ...)
Smartphone exploded in backpack
A man's smartphone suddenly "exploded" in his backpack several hours after he got off a plane in Nanjing, Yangtse.com reported on Monday. The man, surnamed Song and from Taiwan, said that while he was having dinner with his friends in a restaurant at about ... ( read original story ...)
Number of Taiwanese held on telecom fraud charges in South Korea falls
Taipei, March 9 (CNA) The number of Taiwanese involved in telecom fraud in South Korea has fallen sharply after reaching a peak of more than 400 in December 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. According to the ministry's statistics, the number of ... ( read original story ...)