Foxconn's TVs + ZTE's Smartphones + Robotic Race Car

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Lorraine Luk, Hon Hai  Expands into High-Resolution TV Assembly. Digits (a brand of WSJ.com), Oct 30, 2012.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012 ... lution-tv-assembly/

two consecutive paragraphs:

"Earlier this month, Vizio began selling 60-inch LED (light emitting diode) Web-connected TVs for $999.99 in the US which Hon Hai assembles. On Amazon.com, Vizio’s new 60-inch LED TV is one of Amazon’s best sellers.

"Hon Hai, known widely to assemble Apple products, started its TV assembly  business in 2008. The company manufactures TV sets for Sharp, Sony, Vizio and some Chinese TV brands such as TCL.

(2) Juro Osawa, ZTE Quietly Grabs Larger Chunk of Smartphone Market. Digits, Oct 29, 2012.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012 ... -smartphone-market/
(While ZTE’s main business is network infrastructure and equipment for telecom carriers, the Shenzhen-based company is also a major global supplier of inexpensive smartphones * * * [In 3Q12, ZTE became] the fourth-largest global smartphone vendor after Samsung, Apple and Research In Motion Ltd


Note: The report is based on

Press release: Smartphones Drive Third Quarter Growth in the Worldwide Mobile Phone Market, According to IDC. Oct 25, 2012.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23753512
((HTC clung to the number 5 smartphone spot last quarter; year-over-year change for 3Q12 ZTE 82.9%, HTC -42.5%)

(3) Human Edges Out Robot Car on Race Track. BBC, Nov 1, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20165345

first two paragraphs:

"The race was run on Thunderhill Raceway in California between an Audi TTS that can drive itself [developed by Stanford University] and a racing car driver familiar with the circuit.

"The human driver completed a lap around the circuit a few seconds faster than the robotic car.