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Lenovo K800 Mobile Handset Teardown

The Lenovo LePhone K800 is one of the 2 Lenovo's top of the line K series phones (sold in China only) and is one of the 3 OEMs' smartphones models that bears the "Intel Inside logo having the x86 platform based Atom processor.

Panasonic Eluga Power P-07D Mobile Handset Teardown

ELUGA is series of phone created by Panasonic for brand awareness.

Sharp Aquos si SH-01E Mobile Handset Teardown

Aquos is branded series name created by Sharp for brand awareness, and it's shared by variant products that Sharp is offering including televisions, and mobile phones.

Outsourced Manufacturing Industry Update: Jabil to acquire Nypro to further diversify revenues

On February 4, 2013 Jabil announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Clinton, MA-based Nypro for $665 million in cash. Nypro is a $1.2 billion maker of precision plastics for the...

Mobile G1 Carries $143.89 BOM Cost, According to iSuppli Estimate

The T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google Inc.’s Android mobile operating system, carries a Bill-of-Materials (BOM) cost of $143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli Corp.

Roundtable: Low-Power Market Challenges

View the video of a panel discussion with key industry players addressing the trends, opportunities and difficulties facing the low-power wireless industry, hosted by the Incisor.TV and IHS.

4G LTE Users to Exceed A Hundred Million This Year

Subscribers to the 4G wireless standard known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) are projected to surpass the hundred-million mark this year ...

Amazon Joins Market for Original Internet Programming with Six New Shows

Amazon—far from being content with its role in serving streaming video and music—is now moving into original Internet programming ...

AMOLED Televisions Presented at CES, but Volume Remains Limited

A focus at this year’s CES was the announcement of active-matrix organic light-emitting-diode (AMOLED) televisions by leading TV makers ...

DRAM Revenue to Climb in 2013, but Risk Factors Persist

Revenue this year for the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) industry will rise in the double digits despite being clobbered by weak PC sales ...

Magnetometers Resonate with Strong Double-Digit Growth in 2013

The growing use of magnetometers or electronic compasses in smartphones and tablets for navigation and other advanced-motion uses ...

NAND Flash Revenue Contracted in 2012 after Disappointing Results

Apple Inc.’s iPhone was the single largest driver of NAND flash consumption in 2012, amid negative revenue growth in that memory market ...

OLED and UHD Televisions to Keep US TV Market Buzzing

Technologically advanced televisions like organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and ultra-high-definition (UHD) sets will drive the U.S. TV ...

Smartphones with Larger and Higher-Resolution Displays, Tablets and OLED TVs Shine at CES

A focus on high-resolution, larger displays for smartphones, lower-priced tablets and advanced organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) televisions ...

Third-Party DRAM Module Makers Suffer Lowest Revenue Levels in Two Years

Revenue for third-party dynamic random access memory (DRAM) module makers fell to a two-year low toward the end of last year as the PC market ...

Chip Inventory at Semiconductor Suppliers Reaches Worrisome High

Semiconductor revenue is projected to decline in the first quarter this year after chip inventory held by semiconductor suppliers reached record high levels ...

In Repeat of 2012, Solid State Drives Can Expect Strong Prospects

Solid state drives (SSD) will remain a bright spot in the storage industry for 2013, with robust growth predicted this year as markets continue warming ...

Automotive Display Shipments to Soar 89 Percent in Four Years

Driven by increasing use in both midrange and economy-class vehicles, shipments of in-car automotive displays will nearly double during the four-year period from 2012 to 2016 ...