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Wed, 8 May 2013

7:34 AM - Apple iPad Mini2 is certain to inspire a raft of imitations

Although Apple announced at the WWDC Conference is not currently released product, but widely anticipated iPad mini may update 2 generations get Retina screen. But according to foreign news media noted that the iPad mini2 may not be the most short-lived iPad mini, Apple may update the iPad mini product line early next year.

Reports that iPad mini2 is more likely to be issued in early June this year, but Apple may also be delayed until September this year introduces new iPad mini2. New iPad Retina screen mini2 is expected to be used, but according to historical iPad3, Apple's iPad may then update the mini3, LTPS integration by new touch screen to save power and reduce costs.

Report predicted that Apple will at the beginning of next year, publish using LTPS screen iPad mini3. The processor of iPad mini3 was upgraded to provide adapted Retina screen performance.

Analysis indicates that iPhone and iPad Tablet PC product line product line, faced pressure from competitors quickly update products, Apple or update the product faster to respond to competition.

In 2010, the iPad's stunning debut shocked the whole world, has achieved great success in attracting numerous competitors scramble to imitate. People mimic iPad, launch their tablets at the same time, Apple launched the iPad mini, again stole the limelight in the Tablet market, and these cheap iPad mini cases are hot seller in the iPad accessories.

At first it was iPad mini doesn't think much of, which is an Apple under the forced launch of the product. But huge market demand and high sales proves that Apple iPad mini was again put on a chip. Taiwan the electronic times, latest reports said, like the iPad, iPad mini mimics the frenzy will be raised again.

Anonymous industry sources, the next time there will be so many new small form factor Tablet PC into the markets. According to the previous blast, we know Apple's second-generation iPad mini will be equipped with screens at the Retina level. Apple competitors certainly have an understanding about this information, it is learnt that they had started to develop a higher pixel density of the screen, to mini2 than Apple's iPad.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced five of Apple's latest obtained design patents. Two of iPad-related, two associated with Apple's latest iPad mini. There is also a description of the iOS system "settings" user interface.

We learn that according to patent documents, which a design patent shall come from the hands of Apple's industrial design team, including Senior Vice President of Apple, as well as design boss Jonathan Ive (Jonathan), as well as Bartley Andre, Jody Akana, Daniel Coster, Daniele de Iuliis, and Evans Hankey, and Richard Howarth, and Duncan Kerr and other members. In addition, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs also took part in "iPad+iOS" and "iPad+ virtual keyboard" that two patented design.

According to foreign media reports, NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim recently noted that the fastest Apple LG Display Panel suppliers in the coming months begin mass production of the next-generation mini Retina Panel work.

Shim said, now we have Apple eager to distance relationship with Samsung, iPad mini Panel coupled with LGD has recently took over production work, so not hard to speculate that LGD will also be the main supplier of Retina iPad mini Panel.

In addition, Shim said the 7.9-inch Retina iPad mini screen resolutions up to 2048x1536. If converted to pixels, so it you see on the screen with the iPhone5 close 326 PPI pixel rendering effects. Shim believes that LGD Retina Panel mass production will be officially launched in June.

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8:53 AM - Who is the King in the smart-phone market

Shipments fell, the drop in market share, shares, net profit fell ... ... Once scenery infinite apples, recently was the trade that "weakness". Many reasons relate to a blowout in the Smartphone market. AI vector Consulting's latest data show that 2013 scale of smartphone users in China reached 420 million in the first quarter, the chain grew over 10%. With the smart phone market growth, pattern has been changing. "Apple era" pattern, where to go?

"Apple has begun to decline, ' Apple era ' has arrived. "Recently, the research center of Chinese Academy of social sciences, information technology Secretary-General Jiang Qiping said.

In September last year after its highest price us $ 702 per share, Apple shares lower, falling to around $ 400 in recent reductions had been more than 40%. 2013 second-quarter results showed Apple recently, its net profit to 9.547 billion dollars, fell for the first time in ten years occurred, declined to reach 18%, "Apple's decline, the core reason is that its innovation capacity and competitiveness of the market have been far worse than before. "Analysys analyst Jun Wang yesterday said to newspaper reporters. We can also see from the Apple iPhone accessories, for example, cute iPhone 4 cases.

Basically it takes two with Apple and HTC. Its earnings in the first quarter, when Ji Ying received 1.44 billion dollars, fell 36.9%; $ 2.83 million in net profit, down 91.5%. Is even more depressing is that it is an HTC 6 consecutive quarterly profit declines.

Drop, rise, in the pattern of the Smartphone market, there is growing domestic manufacturers everywhere. First, Huawei and ZTE, IDC released data show that both of these vendors have jumped respectively 2012 global cell phone market share for third and fifth place. In China, according to the most recent report of market research firm Sai Noi, cool home-made Smartphone second place.

In addition, AI Media Advisory released yesterday by the China smartphone market quarterly monitoring report showed that the first quarter of 2013, domestic mobile phone brand market share with varying degrees of increase. Lenovo, ZTE, Huawei, cool market share respectively, 9.1%,8.2%, China-made mobile phones branded sales accounted for more than half.

This large rivers and lakes in the Smartphone market, Nokia, Motorola and other "Furtwangler" babies were also newcomers.

Ali phone will debut the global mobile Internet Conference in Beijing. Alibaba will work with ZOPO, Amoi, Kivu, KONKA, pepper 5 launch 6 aliyun mobile terminal manufacturers. Industry observers Liang Zhenpeng to newspaper reporters, Ali launched the mobile phones, to target millions of sellers on Taobao, which is a large potential user groups.

Amazon also began to increase the pace of entering the Smartphone. Prior to its recent hiring of Microsoft Windows Phone7 voice search company EVI team General Manager, acquisitions and a series of actions, speculation of a launch of its own-brand mobile phone products more and more.

"Internet companies now competing to enter the smart phone market, the biggest advantage is a software and systems, disadvantage is very weak in the r. "For smart mobile Internet business in the field of new faces, Liang Zhen-Peng said that" the Internet company it's hard to make the mainstream mobile phones, manufacture and design of foundations are too weak. ”

And once caused controversy and ridicule, "Rookie" millet, also increasingly eye-catching, AI Media Advisory of the China smartphone market quarterly monitoring report notes that millet booty 3.9% market share in the first quarter, and gives "stamina powerful" projections.

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