The R.O.C.

From cloner haven to global heavyweight, Taiwan continues to reinvent itself

by Jonathan Gardner, Taiwan

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Fizzle, not sizzle, for Wii launch

Jul 9, 2008 16:52

About 30 dog years after the rest of the world fell in love with Nintendo Wii, Taiwan is finally getting a legit Chinese-language model. That's right, while the rest of you were gettin' hammered and falling off your Wii Fit (the only way to play beer pong), Taiwanese were missing out. Err, well, not really. From the nanosecond that Wii launched in Japan, gray market consoles have been available to all and sundry in Taiwan.
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An unhappy Apple marriage

Jun 11, 2008 15:10

It seems Taiwan mobile phone maker HTC can't cut a break. The company made serious waves with its (sadly) Windows-centric smart phones over the last year. Its new, hot Touch Diamond model looks sure enough to rack up some sales. Sure, HTC has been hit with some complaints about flawed software, etc., but there have been few up-and-comers in Asia who are even close to getting the cred that HTC has (who's BenQ?).
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Why Motorola should just go away

May 26, 2008 21:21

Well, kids, guess what? Never made it to Moto's Taipei "party" for the MotoROKR E8. Please allow me to bitch and explain why. Motorola set up a Facebook event for the party. On the surface I applaud the company for being so "with it", especially in Taiwan where it is not known for having its act together when it comes to marketing. Well, the MotoGenius ends there.
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Moto wants to party

May 22, 2008 08:04

This Friday, Motorola will host a party at Taipei's trendy and perpetually overcrowded hotspot Room 18 (think a Shanghai subway car at rush hour). It seems an attempt to revitalize a once trendy line of phones while socially connecting with the hot, younger and beautiful crowd (one that is certainly usually "on the prowl" in a meat market setting). The focus of the event, the new Motorokr E8 handset, a phone aimed, 'natch, at the young, trendy set unaware that iPods exist and who want music on their phones.
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Recipe for telecom consolidation

Apr 16, 2008 11:06

Delta and Northwest Airlines may be getting together in the US, with rumors of other possible carrier consolidations. This is always a good idea in a bloated industry with more players than necessary, especially so in economic hard times. I said before and others echo for me: Taiwan's telecom sector desperately needs consolidation.
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About Jonathan Gardner

Jonathan Gardner is a highly seasoned tech marketing, media and communications professional and a mildly spicy journalist. He worked from the Alley to the Valley in the freewheeling, fast-spending dotcom days and has counseled tech companies large and small across the globe. Escaping New York just as the bubble burst, he has been based in Hong Kong, Thailand, and is currently ensconced in the techno-fortress that is Taiwan. When not writing this blog, Jonathan is an independent marketing and technology consultant/analyst.