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Tag Archives: Foxconn
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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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 Cloud Computing strategy, consumer computing, consumer devices, Geopolitics, notebooks, smartphones, tablets
Tagged 2013 ICT market, 2013 market, Acer, Alibaba, Aliyun, Allwinner, Amazon, Android, Android devices, Android smartphones, Android tablets, Apple, Asustek, branded Android tablets, China market, commodity, commodity markets, Compal, Coolpad, Dell, Digitimes, Digitimes Research, ecosystems, FIH, Flextronics, Foxconn, Gartner, global tablet shipments, Google, Haier, Hewlett-Packard, HTC, Huawei, IDC, iPad, iPhone, Lenovo, LG, major brands, market forecasts, market shares, Microsoft PixelSense, Microsoft Surface, Motorola, Nexus 10, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, notebooks, ODMs, OEMs, Oppo, PC brands, PC replacement, Pegatron Technology, premium brand markets, premium brands, price points, profits, Quanta, Rockchip, Samsung, smartphones, Tablets, Taiwan makers, Toshiba, trends, white-box tablets, Window Phone, Windows 8, Windows notebooks, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.8, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, Wistron, Xiaomi, ZTE
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Sharp-er Hon Hai / Foxconn
Update: IGZO: Vision for the Future [a special advertising section by sharpusa.com in The Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2013] which was timed for the CES 2013 opening and was used as a detailed landing site for banners put everywhere … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, Uncategorized
Tagged 10G LCD plant, 10G plant, 60-inch TV, AMOLED, Apple, Apple TV, Foxconn, Hon Hai, Hon Hai Precision Industry, IGZO, large-sized LCD panels, LCD manufacturing, Sakai, SDP, Sharp, Sharp Display Products Corporation, smart television, Smart TV, Sony, Terry Gou, Terry Tai-Ming Gou, the future of television, transparent semiconductor device
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VIZIO’s two pronged strategy: Android based V.I.A. Plus device ecosystem + Windows based premium PC entertainment
The VIZIO Internet Apps® Plus (“V.I.A. Plus”) ecosystem of devices was launched on June 28, 2011 with the introduction of VIZIO’s first tablet. Each VIZIO V.I.A. Plus product features a VIZIO-designed user interface that is not only intuitive but also … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy, Cloud SW engineering, consumer devices, tablets
Tagged all-in-one computers, Amtran Technology, Android, Apple, Atom, Atom Z2460, Blu-ray player, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Foxconn, Google, HDTV, iHeart Radio, Intel, LCD HDTV, M-GO, Marvell, Medfield, Microsoft, notebooks, PC, Penwell, Smart TV, Stream Player, Tablets, Taiwan, Technicolor, The Wall Street Journal, Ultrabook, UX, V.I.A. Plus, VIZIO, Windows 7, Windows 8
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Shrinking capital investment in the worldwide LCD industry
Updates: Samsung board approves LCD business spin-off [Feb 21, 2012] Samsung Electronics has announced that plans to spin off the company’s LCD display business have been approved by its board of directors. The new body will be 100%-held by Samsung, … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Apple, Sony, China, Taiwan, E-Ink-Holdings, Tablets, iPad, Samsung, Pixel Qi, Quanta, AUO, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Foxconn, Hisense, CPT, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, TCL, Konka, smartphones, IPS, In-Plane Switching, Sony Ericsson, iPad 3, Chimei Innolux, Hannstar Display, Hannstar, LCD, Kindle Fire, brightness, iPad 2, AMOLED, iPhone 4, LCD TV, Sharp, AU Optronics, CMI, Mary Lou Jepsen, OLED, LG Display, BOE, low temperature polysilicon, LTPS, indium gallium zinc oxide, IGZO, Retina display, Hon Hai, Haier
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Marvell to capitalize on BRIC market with the Moby tablet
Follow-up: First real chances for Marvell on the tablet and smartphone fronts [Aug 21 - Sept 25, 2011] Brazil, Russia (sort of), India, and China (BRIC) are the current leading lights for most of the businesses looking for high growth markets … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Geopolitics, SoC, tablets
Tagged Aluratek, Android, ARMADA, Brazil, BRIC, China, cloud client, Computers and Internet, education, Foxconn, India, Latin America, learning, Marvell, Moby Tablet, Mobylize campaign, Russia, SoC, Tablets
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Cloud Computing Strategy for Digital China: Taiwan is leading the way except IOT
In my post Be aware of mainland China and Taiwan stronger manufacturing links in ICT [Sept 2] it has already been proven that mainland China and Taiwan are fast becoming essentially one in the important ICT sector. Moreover, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing strategy, Geopolitics, glocalisation, Mobile Internet
Tagged AUO, BenQ, brain-drain, CENS, China, China Mobile, Chunghwa Telecom, Cloud Computing Alliance (Taiwan), Computers and Internet, e-reading, Far EasTone Telecom, Foxconn, Fujitsu, Gartner, Hon Hai Precision Industry, HTC, III (Taiwan), IMT-Advanced, Intel, Inventec, IOT, ITRI (Taiwan), Microsoft, Mobile Search, Newland Group (Greater China), Quanta, RFID (global), SaaS, SAP, Taiwan, Taiwan Mobile, Trend Micro, Wuxi China`s first IOT city
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