Foxconn makes designs on the Chinese retail market, gives laborers $25,000 to start stores
Three months ago, the compensation of Chinese laborers was low enough that those who built an iPhone couldn't dream of buying one, but the spending power of China in general has increased enough that electronics giant Foxconn (aka Hon Hai Precision Industries) is actually planning to sell such goods in its home country. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company will open ten large electronics stores in Shanghai by the end of 2011, and extend its existing chains of smaller retail stores and booths around the country by about 50 and 200 respectively
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: chinese, compensation, foxconn, gives-laborers, honhai, makes-designs, result, smaller-retail
Steve Jobs at D8: Foxconn, iPhone prototype, TVs, and more
In case you hadn't heard, Steve Jobs got downright conversational last night at D8, riffing on questions from Walt, Kara, and the attending audience of elites. You can hit up the entire liveblog for a timestamped play by play, or browse through some of the highlights below
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, all things d, all things digital 2010, all things digital 8, d8conference, engadget, fox conn, foxconn, highlights, iphone os, iphone os 4, live-as-steve, result, shield-the-eyes, stevejobs
Orange plans to bring ‘HD Voice’ calls to UK next year
We've had some indication that Orange planned to expand its "HD Voice" technology beyond the hot testbed of Moldova sometime in the coming year, and it looks like the carrier is now starting to get a bit more specific about when the UK will finally have an alternative to standard definition calls. Apparently, Orange will begin trials of the new and improved, 3G-facilitated service early in the new year, and fully roll it out along with a "range of handsets" before the end of the year. Just what can you expect from HD voice
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: alexander, Carrier, foxconn, mobile, moldova, orange, phone, release, rollout
Eldar Murtazin: "Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone"
You've heard of Twitter, right? What about Eldar Murtazin, heard of him
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, foxconn, iphone, neutral, replies, report, return-false, unverified
The Worldwide Mobile Phone Camera Module Market and Taiwan's …
Worldwide mobile phone camera module shipment maintained double-digit growth in 2008, with 2MP modules constituting the shipment mainstream and despite the global financial crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwanese mobile phone ...
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, camera-module, foxconn, industry, konica-minolta, Mobile Phone, nokia, phone, phone-camera, research, samsung-techwin, sony-ericsson, taiwan, taiwanese, worldwide