McKinsey: Japan ‘Downright Slow’ Adopting New Technologies
Research firm McKinsey published an interesting report recently summarizing a survey that showed the digital habits of 5000 people across eight countries. The findings suggest that the perception of...
View ArticleFly Mobile Launches $145 Android Tablet, the Fly Vision
While the international market is getting flooded with high-end, high-price tablets, the Indian tech arena is seeing a surge in low-end devices. And of course, the smaller price tag comes at the cost...
View ArticleSCOOP Now Powers Samsung Indonesia eReader App, Claims To Be Profitable
SCOOP, the magazine/news rack that focuses only on delivering digitized content, is now pre-loaded onto all new and future Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets in Indonesia, we are hearing. Developed...
View ArticleDatawind: The Company Behind India’s $35 Tablet
As I mentioned yesterday, our readers have shown great interest in India’s much-anticipated $35 tablet, the Aakash. But thus far there have been few details to pass on about the development of the...
View ArticleRedPad is the Tablet Custom-Made for China’s Cadres, Costs Twice as Much as...
A largely unknown Chinese manufacturer has launched a ‘Red Group Number One’ Android tablet that’s aimed at, and highly customized for, China’s ruling cadres. Following the URL of the very flakey...
View ArticleThe Makers of China’s Super-Expensive Communist ‘RedPad’ Tablet Respond!
Yesterday, we told you about the RedPad, an Android tablet aimed at China’s government officials and priced at an incredible 9,999 RMB ($1,580). Yesterday, the Southern Metropolis Daily spoke to an...
View ArticleConcept Lifebook Laptop Unifies All Your Gadgets
When Asus announced its Padphone last year, it turned more than a few heads with its phone-inside-a-tablet design. Say what you will about the appearance, but the idea of shared hardware is a clever...
View ArticleLG to Launch LTE Optimus Pad, Will Go on Sale Next Week
Electronics maker LG (066570:KS) announced today that it will be releasing an LTE-capable tablet for its domestic market in Korea, the Optimus Pad LTE [1]. This follows the company’s Optimus LTE...
View ArticleDr. Pad Will Help Doctors Save Your Life
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, for our RSS feed, click here. Dr. Pad is a...
View ArticleHuawei Chairman Boasts MediaPad 10 Will Be ‘Most Powerful Tablet Ever’
According to Huawei chariman ‘Richard’ Yu Cheng-dong, posting to his Weibo account, the company is ready to impress with its upcoming MediaPad 10 tablet. He claims that it is the “most powerful tablet...
View ArticleJapanese Startup Phroni Gets Phunded, Raises 70 Million Yen
Anyone who attended our recent Startup Asia conference in Singapore earlier this month will recall Ikuya Yamada, who pitched his solution for a ‘smarter’ smartphone/tablet browsing experience called...
View ArticleLenovo To Roll Out 9.7-inch Android 4.0 Tablet
Lenovo (HKG:0992) has unveiled a promo video for its new IdeaTab S2109 tablet over on its YouTube Channel. While there’s still no reference to the device on its website (as far as I can see) it...
View ArticleToshiba’s Quad-core Excite Tablets Coming in Three Sizes
Yesterday we told you about Lenovo’s new IdeaTab S2109 Android 4.0 tablet, which looks like it will be a good step forward for the Beijing-based manufacturer. Not to be outdone, Japan’s Toshiba...
View ArticleSee $55 Chinese Android Tablet Assembled on Factory Line [Video]
Amid all the controversy that has surrounded Chinese electronics manufacturing in recent years, it’s always insightful when we get an inside look at how such factories. Readers may recall when...
View ArticleIs China Excited for Microsoft’s Surface Tablets?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that Microsoft recently announced two tablets it’s calling Surface. A cheaper model will run Windows RT [1], a “pro” version will run...
View ArticleApple’s iPad Holds Nearly Three Quarters of China’s Tablet Market [Report]
According to new figures from Chinese research firm Analysys International, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is doing very, very well in China’s tablet space. For the second quarter of 2012, iPads accounted...
View ArticleDocomo Unveils Pair of 7-Inch Tablets for Japan, One With Haptic Screen Feedback
Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) held a small press event today to show off a few new mobile devices. Perhaps the most notable among them, I thought, was the NEC Medias Tab UL N-08D. This...
View ArticleGoogle Nexus 7 Now Available in Japan
It appears that sometime between yesterday and today, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has quietly made its Nexus 7 tablet available for Japan-based consumers. The 16 gigabyte version of the tablet is now selling...
View ArticleKDDI Unveils New Winter Mobile Lineup for Japanese Market
KDDI (TYO:9433) unveiled its winter mobile line up this afternoon in Tokyo, with a number of new Android devices stepping into the spotlight. All 10 devices (nine smartphones and a tablet) on display...
View ArticleLenovo Releases Q2 Financials, Mobile Sales Growing at Breakneck Pace
Yesterday Lenovo released its Q2 financials, which are available in shiny powerpoint form here for anyone interested. Among the rest of the generally favorable news, Lenovo notes that it is doing...
View ArticleThe ‘Made in India’ Budget Tablet That Was (Sort of) Made in China
In a blow to India’s supposedly homegrown budget tablet, the Aakash, it has been revealed that the gadget is partially made in China. This applies only to the newer Aakash 2 (pictured above), which...
View ArticleTablets Could be Philippines’ New Tool Against Natural Disasters
Find out how the Philippines will use tablets to save lives.
View ArticleXiaomi 7-Inch Tablet Could Debut with New Mi-3 Smartphone in August
Last year, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun told us in no uncertain terms that the company would not be making a tablet. But a year later, has the man behind China’s hippest cheap smartphones changed his tune?...
View ArticleLeaked Photos Supposedly Show Xiaomi Mi3 and iPad Mini-Sized Xiaomi Tablet
Having sold over seven million Android-based smartphones in 2012, and planning to push that to 15 million this year, many people are watching China’s Xiaomi very closely for their next move. While a...
View ArticlePhilippine Landline Telco Is Trying to Keep Customers By Offering Them This...
Can landline businesses keep up with the changing times? Philippines' PLDT shows it can.
View ArticleNorth Korean Android Tablet is Apparently Pretty Good
We don’t get to write about tech in North Korea too much, in part because the country is quite secretive and in part because it doesn’t produce a whole lot of technology products in the first place....
View ArticleSmartphone usage among urban Thais doubles in past year, now at 36%
Ericsson (Thailand) has just released some interesting data from Ericsson ConsumerLab regarding smartphone and tablet usage in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Here’s the lowdown on Thailand: Consumer...
View ArticleKiddieTAB, the 8-inch tablet tailor-made for children’s education
The Philippines is a strong market for tablets. In the educational sector, tablets have also been a player as schools and universities use them in integrating e-books into academic learning. That’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 get launch dates in Australia, Hong...
While most of Asia was sleeping, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveiled its next generation of Windows 8 tablets, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. Featuring the same formula that people largely rejected...
View ArticleIn Taiwan you can buy an Android tablet from 7-11 for $200
As mobile technology becomes cheaper to manufacture, an increasing number of low-end brands have emerged, selling simple devices at affordable prices. In Taiwan, one of these brands happens to be 7-11,...
View ArticleThailand’s one tablet per child program rocked by claims of 30% broken tablets
One Tablet Per Child is a policy launched last year by the Thai government in an attempt to improve education and address issues of inequality. Basically, the government gives away tablets to first...
View ArticleThailand’s One Tablet Per Child faces another dead end as a Chinese...
It seems the Thai government can’t catch a break. With the political crisis ongoing, one of the government’s most popular policies, One Tablet Per Child has hit another dead end. A famous policy that...
View ArticleLike Fifa and Asphalt? In India there's a gaming tournament for that. On...
Yes, you read right. While Hearthstone is all the rage for most of you, things here in India are a little different.
View ArticleTrends in mobile gaming in Asia, according to industry expert Dr. Serkan Toto
Dr. Serkan Toto gave a presentation on trends in mobile gaming in Asia at the Astro #GOInnovate conference in Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur, last weekend.
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As tablet sales drop worldwide, here’s how Huawei is bucking the trend
Photo by Kārlis Dambrāns The global tablet market has had a rough year. According to a recent report from IDC, worldwide tablet sales shrunk nearly 15 percent year-on-year in Q3. Even giants like Apple...
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They learn from Youtube and pay via Paytm. Meet the Google girls of rural India
Women in Sirasapalli show off their smartphones. Photo credit: Tech in Asia. I have been flaunting a pair of handmade red earrings all day long. I bought it from a young girl in a tiny village in...
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