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Labor shortages in China as young people are much less willing to work under harsh working conditions–all this “compensated” for the time being with compulsory student labor required to get the graduation certificates
After a similar situation three years ago Help wanted: China’s labor shortage [CNNMoney, March 8, 2010], just in eastern China: As China’s economy improves, Chinese workers have better options and employers are struggling to find cheap labor. now ODMs, component … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics
Tagged Acer, Apple, Apple shareholders, automation, Brazil, Chengdu, China, Chongqing, Compal Electronics, component makers, compulsory student labor, Fair Labor Association, FLA, Foxconn, Hewlett-Packard, Hon Hai, HP, Indonesia, Intel, Inventec, investments in China, Labor shortages, laptops, manufacturing sector, military-style management, notebook component firms, notebook components, notebooks, ODMs, profits, Quanta Computer, SACOM, Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, super cities, Trans-Eurasia railway, western China, Wistron, young people, young workers
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Linux client market share gains outside the Android? Instead of gains will it shrink to 5% in the next 3 years?
The Linux Foudation quite proundly referred to ReadWriteMobile: The ‘Year of the Linux Desktop’? That’s So 2012 [Feb 3, 2013] For those Linux enthusiasts still pining for the mythical “Year of the Linux Desktop,” the wait is over. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, consumer computing, consumer devices, notebooks, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Allwinner, Android, Apple, China, client market share, clients, emerging markets, entry-level tablets, Goldman Sachs, Google, Google Glass, Greater China, HTC, iPad, iPhone, Linux, mainland China, mainstream standard, mainstream tablets, Marvell, Microsoft, non-iPad vendors, Onda, OS, quad core, Rockchip, Samsung, SoC market, SoC vendors, Taiwan, Tim Cook, touch panel market, touch panels, Ubuntu, white-box vendors
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Boosting both the commodity and premium brand markets in 2013 with much more smartphones and tablets while the Windows notebook shipments will shrink by 2%
This is my conclusion after reviewing The ongoing trends in the commodity and premium brand ecosystems of Android devices: – Smartphones- Tablets and The emerging new trends in the premium ecosystem of the Windows devices:- Notebooks – Smartphones as reported … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones, Cloud Computing strategy, tablets, consumer devices, consumer computing, notebooks
Tagged Windows Phone 7, Apple, Google, Amazon, Android, Toshiba, Tablets, iPad, Samsung, HTC, Huawei, ZTE, Dell, Acer, Asustek, Gartner, Quanta, Foxconn, Lenovo, Windows 8, Motorola, notebooks, IDC, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, LG, iPhone, Rockchip, smartphones, Compal, Wistron, Hewlett-Packard, Windows Phone 8, Coolpad, Haier, trends, OEMs, Windows RT, Microsoft PixelSense, Windows Phone 7.8, Oppo, Nexus 7, Android tablets, Xiaomi, Microsoft Surface, Allwinner, commodity markets, commodity, premium brand markets, premium brands, Windows notebooks, market forecasts, 2013 market, 2013 ICT market, ecosystems, Android devices, Window Phone, Nexus 4, PC brands, Android smartphones, market shares, white-box tablets, branded Android tablets, global tablet shipments, major brands, Taiwan makers, China market, Aliyun, Alibaba, Nexus 10, ODMs, Pegatron Technology, PC replacement, price points, FIH, Flextronics, profits
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Entrepreneurial global brand building by the founder of the Chinese aigo [爱国者] company: a desparate attempt to avoid the death march of ruthless competition at home
What happens when you were immensely successful in the pre-iPhone/Android and pre-iPad era of digital products and you were not able to recognize the fundamental change which was coming? What happens when in addition to that your playing ground for … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, tablets
Tagged 1+1=11, AEA, aigo, Aigo Digital Technology, aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance, Aigopad, alliances, Android, Apple, business alliances, Chinese chess, 爱国者, Entrepreneurship, Feng Jun, global brands, global competition, global market, innovation, iPad, iPhone, local Chinese brands, Mahjong, mainland China, mainland China competition, Zhongguancun
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The low priced, Android based smartphones of China will change the global market
During the 12 months or so China took over the overall leading market role for smartphones from the key markets considered to be in the lead: US, Australia, Brazil, Great Britain (GB), Germany, France, Italy and Spain. An even more … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged Alibaba Group, Analysys International, Android, Apple, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Baidu, Brazil, Canalys, China, commoditization, commoditization of smartphones, Coolpad, devices and services, France, GB, Germany, Gionee, global market, Google, Gordon Frazer, Great Britain, HTC, Huawei, IDC, IHS iSuppli, India, iOS, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, Italy, K-Touch, Kantar, Latin America, lead market, Lenovo, low-end, Meizu Technology, Mexico, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Oppo, price, price tier, Ralph Haupter, RIM, Russia, Samsung, Shanda Interactive, smartphones, Spain, Symbian, United States, US, Windows Phone 8, Xiaomi, ZTE
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Qualcomm’s critical reliance on supply constrained 28nm foundry capacity
KEY UPDATES: TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions [TSMC press release, Nov 13, 2012] Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. – November 13, 2012 – TSMC (NYSE: TSM) today held a meeting of the Board of Directors, which passed the following resolutions: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in SoC
Tagged 28 nanometer, 28nm, 3-D Tri-Gate, Apple, APQ8064, Atrenta, CMOS, FD-SOI, finFET, foundry, foundry capacity, GlobalFoundries, HKMG, IDM foundry, IP portfolio, IP quality, iPhone 5, Krait, LTE, MDM9x15, Mobile Devices, MSM8960, MSM8x25, MSM8x30, quaility, Qualcomm, Samsung Foundry, semiconductor industry, semiconductor manufacturing, Snapdragon, Snapdragon S4, SoC, SoC quality, ST-Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, supply constraints, Tri-Gate, tri-gate transistors, TSMC, TSMC 9000 IP library, TSMC IP Alliance, TSMC IP portfolio, TSMC Soft-IP Alliance, TSMC9000 IP library, UMC, United Microelectronics Corporation
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Apple’s Consumer Computing System: 5 years of “revolutionary” iPhone and “magical” iPad
Updates: The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple [ASYMCO, Dec 7, 2012] - iPhone 3GS Prices Lowered Down To Rs 9,999 [US$ 179] in India [iPhone Help, July 20, 2012] - Fighting Android, The Apple iPhone Strategy [Only Gizmos, July 21, 2012] There … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 3d gen iPad, 3d generation iPad, App Store, Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple TV, consumer computing, consumers, education, iBooks, iBookstore, iCloud, iOS, iOS 5, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 3G S, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch, iTunes, iTunes Everywhere, iTunes in the Cloud, iTunes Match, iTunes Player, iTunes Store, iTunes U, new iPad, Retina, Retina display, Safari, Volume Purchase Program, volume purchasing, web apps
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Boosting the MediaTek MT6575 success story with the MT6577 announcement — UPDATED with MT6588/83 coming in Q4 2012 and 8-core MT6599 in 2013
Follow-up: MediaTek MT6589 quad-core Cortex-A7 SoC with HSPA+ and TD-SCDMA is available for Android smartphones and tablets of Q1 delivery [Dec 12, 2012] The MT6588 was recently renamed MT6589. Update: Sold 70 million in the first three quarters, MediaTek smart chip dominates China … Continue reading
Posted in consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, smartphones, SoC
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 40nm, Android 4.0, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Coolpad, Cortex A9, Cortex-A7, dual SIM, HSPA+, HTC, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, ICS, iHTC, Lenovo, MediaTek, Motorola, MStar, MT6575, MT6577, MT6583, MT6588, MT6589, MT6599, MTK6589, Nokia, Oppo, PowerVR, PowerVR Series5, Qualcomm, retail channels, Samsung, SGX544, Shanda, smartphones, ST-Ericsson, TD-SCDMA. WCDMA, white-box vendors, ZOPO, ZTE
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