Blog » January 2011

Both Huawei and ZTE reported solid revenue growth for 2010 in their preliminary year-end financial results, an indication that the Chinese companies are not slowing down in their quests to compete with Western    

Paolo Gorgo submits: As some of Immersion (IMMR) Corporation's partners already reported their financials, it may be interesting to look at what they said about year-end sales of the products that incorpor    

Chinese vendor ZTE claimed the world's No. 4 handset spot in the fourth quarter, according to research firm IDC, nudging Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) down to No. 5 and pushing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (N    

Samsung reported a 13 percent rise in net profit for the fourth quarter, helped by robust smartphone shipments.On a company-wide basis, Samsung posted a net profit of3.06 billion in the quarter, up from2.73 bil    

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will focus its 2011 business operation on increasing revenues from value-added services through strengthening contract-bundled sa    

Canalys has announced strong PC industry growth of 19% in the fourth quarter of 2010, with Apple climbing to third place in the market, thanks to impressive iPad and Mac sales, as well as fast growth in Asia Pa    

Shipments of entry-level Android handsets with a price tag of below US$150 are likely to reach 20-25 million units in 2011 which could affect Nokia's performance, according to an estimate by Digitimes Rese    

IC design house Novatek Microelectronics expects touch panel ICs to be the main revenue growth driver in 2011. Touch IC demand will be buoyed by booming smartphone and tablet PC sales, company president Steve W    

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) reported weak fourth-quarter earnings, and said it faces "significant challenges" ahead as it tries to navigate a changing mobile landscape. The net profit of the world's largest    

Ah, the Facebook phone. Despite statements by the company that it is flat out not making a phone, the rumors persist, and not one but two separate stories have now cropped up on the same day that a mysterious &