Nokia a flop in Europe; turn back to forgotten Asian markets

Nokia is busy changing strategies and longing to get back its lost territory in the Asian mobile market. They have decided to focus on low-end handsets again. After experimenting a lot with their own mobile OS Symbian and MeeGo, Nokia realized it couldn’t catch up with the competitors in the high-end smartphone market and the only way to get back to profitability is to go with low-end handsets. Read more...

Three sent to prison in China for leaking iPad 2 specs

A Chinese court has sentenced three people, who leaked the design of the Apple iPad 2 from Foxconn to third-party manufacturers in order to make counterfeits before iPad 2 was officially launched. The guilty parties have to pay a USD 23000 fine and serve 18 months in prison. Read more...

Shanzhai … err Asian Microvendors account for 13% of Android smartphones sold in Q1, 2011

Android has become iconic mobile operating systems in less than three years and has moved into a fleet of brands such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, Micromax, Spice Mobile and Yulong Coolpad… oh wait! Haven’t heard about the last three before? They are the “Asian Microvendors” accounting for 13% of all Android smartphones shipped in Q1, 2011 and are as popular as Sony and Motorola, says Strategy Analytics. Read more...

Tencent teams up with Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom to launch six 3G smartphones

China’s Tencent is the world's third largest Internet Company in market capitalization after Google and Amazon. Lately Google and Amazon have tested the waters in other fields; Google has rolled out the blockbuster Android for smartphones and tablets while Amazon has forayed into hardware with Kindle and now has new tablets in the pipeline. Now the Chinese Internet giant is planning to enter the mobile hardware market with 3G smartphones. Read more...

Huawei Android phones to come with Kineto Smart Wi-Fi application preloaded

Kineto Wireless, the company that provides Smart Wi-Fi solutions to a number of operators all over the world, announced that select Huawei smartphones will now come with the Smart Wi-Fi app preloaded. The first of these phones will be coming out as early as July this year. Read more...

Start your engines and get ready, set, go -to Taipei Startup Weekend

Join in with enthusiastic entrepreneurs, devs and designers for a 54 hour weekend long crazy start up jam session aimed at turning the next big ideas into the next big businesses from Taiwan. Read more...

ZTE eye off mobile market in Europe and US

China’s ZTE are all set to take on the smartphone markets of Europe and the US. The company wants to cash in on the popularity of the Android OS, which is increasing day by day. Read more...

Google applies for map license in China

Google Inc. has applied for a regulatory license in China to operate its online mapping service in the country. The Chinese government set a deadline to apply for licenses to digitally map the country; and the deadline is 1st July. It will be illegal for map providers to work in China without a license from that date onwards. Read more...

Shanzhai phone kills 25 year old in India

In India this is a common joke, centered on China made products and translates that China made products will either work for ages or only until the evening. There are loads of jokes about funny incidents related to cell phones, but you might not find this incident that funny. A 25 year old died of electrocution in India while attempting to make a call from his “Made in China” phone when it was plugged in for charging. Read more...

Indian mobile market bowled over by Android

Indians are expected to buy around 100 million handsets in 2011, out of which 10% will opt for smartphones, a doubling from 2010 figures. Although Symbian is still ruling the roost for Nokia in India, Android is catching up fast. According to Cyber Media Research, Google's Android has emerged as a new hot favorite and will take over 12% of the Indian smartphone market. It will also grab a big slice of the tablet PC market in India, which is estimated to account for 100,000 tablet sales in 2011. Read more...

Samsung, Apple and HTC climbing over Nokia

The struggling Nokia will concede its position as the top smartphone makers to Samsung, while continuing to lose ground to its rivals. Nomura Investment bank says this will happen this quarter. Nokia has enjoyed the top spot for the past 14 years (or top handset maker at least when there weren’t any smartphones). The next quarter is also going to be tough for Nokia, with Apple predicted to bunk them down to third spot and then by the end of the year HTC’s sales figures are predicted to match Nokias. Read more...

SIS helps MIPS play the Android tablet game too

I can’t say that I’m overly familiar with the technical architecture and instruction set differences between ARM and MIPS based SOC solutions, and frankly I hadn’t seen many MIPS based tablets until I arrived at the SIS booth during Computex 2011. Read more...

Chip makers scramble to help China Mobile out with their 4G plans

Disappointed with the poor response that 3G technology generated from the consumers, China Mobile is now planning to quickly step into the 4G zone, and put the bitter memories of 3G behind. Read more...

Huawei to invest USD 2 billion in Indian tablet market

Huawei, the China-based telecom equipment manufacturer, plans to invest USD 2 billion in India, eying opportunities in the fast growing tablet market in the country. Huawei also wants to become one of the top five companies in the Indian tablet market within the next five years. Read more...

ZTE and Huawei at war again

The latest twist in the ongoing war between the Chinese mobile equipment giants, is that ZTE has filed a case against Huawei in a Shenzhen court demanding that Huawei stop using equipment related to 4G TD-LTE technology. They have accused Huawei of infringing on three of their TD-LTE patents. Read more...

Lenovo to get hold of German PC maker

Lenovo, China’s biggest PC maker is eager for growth in Europe and they’ve just acquired 37% stake of the German PC maker Median AG. The new acquisition will expand Lenovo’s share in the German PC market by up to 14%.Lenovo is the fourth largest vendor of PCs in the world. The deal with Median AG can make Lenovo’s market share increase by about 7.5%, bunking them up to the place of third largest player. Read more...

Japanese Shanzhai get a savior in Alibaba.com

Shanzhai manufacturers in Japan have found solace in the Chinese firm Alibaba.com as their quake hit economy struggles to recover. Alibaba.com, the popular Chinese eCommerce portal that deals in both white box and Shanzhai goods, is partnering with the Chinese retail website, Taobao.com, to help Japanese makers get their products directly to Chinese consumers. Read more...

ICube eyeing Shanzhai Android tablets

It‘s been a little over a year since Apple unveiled the first iPad and kick started the tablet revolution. The iPad has been unstoppable ever since, selling well over 25 million units, but inching closer are the Android tablets from China, resting comfortably in second spot. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants a share of the booming Chinese tablet market. Local chip manufacturer ICube, which has rolled out its own architecture of multi core processor to lure Chinese tablet makers, is no exception. Read more...

China targets 50m domestic 3G users in 2011

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has targeted 50 million users for its home-grown 3G technology TD-SCDMA by the end of 2011.The total number of 3G users in the country is already exceeded 67.7 million with TD-SCDMA users accounting for 26.99 million of the total. Read more..

Taiwan’s chip industry to overtake Japan’s in 2011

Taiwan is home to HTC, MediaTek and the world-renowned annual Computex trade show; now Taiwan’s tech industry is to be recognized as driving the largest chip industry in the world. According to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), Taiwan’s semiconductor materials market will overtake Japan’s fir the first time in 2011. The global semiconductor market is on a growth curve and the Taiwanese chip industry has stepped up to the demand. Read more>>

HP open to license WebOS to mobile makers

“It’s a great OS — why wouldn’t we want to offer it to other companies?” said Leo Apotheker, CEO of Hewlett Packard, of WebOS at the All Things D’s D9 conference. So who are potential WebOS customers? Appliance makers, small to medium businesses, enterprises even the Taiwanese giant HTC. Read more>>

Nokia to release WP 7 smartphone in Q4 2011

We all knew that Nokia was planning to produce smartphones packed with Microsoft Windows Phone 7 OS, and it seems that it’s going to happen before the end of the year. Nokia plan on starting fully-fledged shipments in Q4. Read more>>

Lenovo hints at new tablet models; wants to squash iPad’s market dominance in China

Lenovo, one of China’s most popular computing manufacturers, plans to release more tablets in a move aimed at grabbing some of Apple’s 80% market share. Lenovo’s first tablet PC, the Android based LePad that was specifically built for the home market, has sold so well since its launch in March that Lenovo had supply problems. Read more>>

A web of accusations

We’re often writing up stories on Shanzai.com about big tech and telecom companies suing each other. If you read tech news you’ll know that there seems to be a never ending stream of law suits and counter law suits. It’s quite alarming to see it in a graphic though. Read more>>

China’s mobile phone users go over 900 million!

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that the number of cell phone users in the country has reached 900 million (plus). There were 679 million users at the end of 2010. The number of subscribers grows daily, with 41.39 million signing up in Q1 2011 alone. Read more>>

VIDEO: Westin, a tablet manufacture insights on the 2011 market

We had a chance to speak with Virginia at Westin Technologies, Inc. Ltd. about her companies range of tablets. She also offered some insights into what customers are demanding in the 2011 tablet market. Read more>>

Yahoo collaborates with MediaTek to build smart feature phone

MediaTek emerged as the dark horse of chip industry by becoming the one stop shop for mobile handset manufacturers—especially the Shanzhai—supplying chips, hardware, reference designs, software and real time technical support. But MediaTek, which once had control over 90% of phone market in mainland China, is now losing its grip because of a lack of hi-tech smartphone features. The US search giant Yahoo has come to MediaTek’s rescue. Read more>>

VIDEO: What do dancing Pandas, USB memory and Facebook have in common?

Pandas dancing on an island when you play music, a toilet that flushes when you delete a file, and a new way to meet friends on Facebook… yep we’re not talking about your average memory stick. I’m talking about the Pandodo Mate Drive from Digilion. Read more>>

Video: Computex coverage of WPON products

Shanzai.com's Tai-Pan is live at Computex 2011 in Taipei this week bringing you all the latest coverage of all the tablets and gadgets at the show on video. Read more>>

Nokia back to ground zero after a deadly strike from Android

Canalys, NPD, Strategy Analytics … even my pet dog has claimed that Android will become the world’s top smartphone OS in 2011! But Gartner and IDC always have always shied away from bestowing the crown to Android; they have always said that won’t happen until 2012 …or even 2015. But the inevitable has happened and finally Gartner and IDC have acknowledged world dominance of Android. Meanwhile poor Nokia is back to a market share of 25%; the last time their market share was that it was1997. Read more>>

Apple in the iCloud

At last, some news about Apple that’s nothing to do with lawsuits. Apple has inked a deal with music labels and is all set to launch an online storage service called iCloud. Guess who’s going to make an appearance at Apple’s big event? The face of Apple, chief executive Steve Jobs, will return from his sick leave to unveil Apple's new OS, Mac and iCloud service at the annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference next week. Read more>>