Revenue from virtual-reality-related products and services is expected to more than triple in China this year compared with last year, but experts insist the burgeoning sector is still in need of significant improvement in terms of user ...
Tags: VR products, VR market
Logitech announced the launch of Logi ZeroTouch Air Vent and Logi ZeroTouch Dashboard smart car mounts for Android smartphones that can trigger a voice-controlled app when you dock your phone in the car. With this combo you can hear and ...
China's smartphone shipments declined 5% on year in the first quarter of 2016, according to Strategy Analytics. About 104.9 million smartphones were shipped to the China market in the first quarter of 2016, down from 109.8 million units ...
Tags: Smartphone, China market, smartphone market
The shipments of smartphones worldwide in the first quarter marked the smallest year-on-year growth on record, and Chinese smartphone makers Oppo Electronics Corp and Vivo Mobile Communication Technology Co Ltd pushed out previous fourth ...
Tags: Smartphones, Oppo, Vivo
Makers in the PC and handset supply chains in Taiwan are conservative about a business rebound in the second half of 2016 as well as the overall performance for the entire year amid unfavorable business news from the sectors, including ...
Worldwide shipments of virtual reality (VR) hardware will skyrocket in 2016, with total volumes reaching 9.6 million units. Led by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, and Oculus, the category should generate hardware revenues of ...
Makers in the handset supply chains in Taiwan and China are becoming more conservative about building up inventories for parts and components due to intensifying competition in the China market as a result of the release of the iPhone SE, ...
Tags: handset, iPhone, camera modules
Taiwan-based PCB players are pushing into car-use products as demand for PCs, smartphones and tablets has been weakening. Chin Poon and Tripod Technology, which have been operating in the car-use PCB market for a long time, are looking to ...
Tags: PCB Players, PCB Market
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has launched a wholly owned technology startup named as InMotion, to build apps and develop on-demand services to overcome travel and transport issues. The startup will begin real-time testing of services such as ...
Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturer Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has unveiled SkyLiTE 2.0, its next-generation front-end solution powering LTE devices. The highly integrated platform provides smartphone makers ...
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China-based makers will ship an estimated 167.294 million touch panels in the first quarter of 2016, decreasing 22.0% on quarter but increasing 17.2% on year, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments will consist of 142.794 million ...
Tags: touch panels, smartphones
Samsung Pay has joined the ultra-competitive mobile payment market in China. Towards the end of 2015, Samsung revealed that it was bringing Samsung Pay to China in early 2016. This followed closely on the heels of a similar announcement ...
Tags: Samsung Pay, Apple pay
There's no shortage of solar-powered chargers and rugged cases for your mobile. But the RokPak combines the two. It lets you charge your phone using the power of the sun, while keeping your handset safe and sound in a rugged, ...
Tags: RokPak, Solar-powered chargers, Rugged cases, Drybox
Observing the launches of consumer digital still cameras (DSC) scheduled in spring 2016, the number of models is 30% less than the same period a year ago. The top-two vendors, Nikon and Canon, each have three models fewer, while Sony and ...
Tags: Digital Cameras, Cameras
China-based smartphone vendors have been mostly inclined to adopt fingerprint recognition for their mid-range and high-end models and consequently they will ship an estimated 200-300 smartphones featuring fingerprint-recognizing functions ...