Be Aware of QR !!!

This Blog Post is written amid concerns of QR scam. Also, we will be discussing about some simple safety precautions to be adopted for pre, during and post process of payments made via QR Codes.

What’s QR?

QR is a popular acronym for Quick Response, is usually a barcode for exchanging of currency digitally.

When do we come across QR code?

• Generally, while you use Whatsapp web on to your laptop to connect mobile Whatsapp to laptop.
• Making an online payment via PhonePe, Gpay, AmazonPay etc.

The above mentioned examples are some day to day example usage of QR codes.

Brief history of how QR code got incorporated in my life when we embraced for digital currency.

Until my Graduation, I have never used any online/digital payments since all we had was button phones and mobile data/internet was a bit costly. Next, came the multimedia phones, they were the beginners for a smartphone era. Then, it was Finally the Android who occupied the smartphone market, although not smart enough because news crops in every 3 to 6 months about the safety of apps, devices and user data.

Since, I was in now so called smartphone era, I was still hesitant to use the digital payments.

• Reason 1: I was not yet earning actively. Hence, no inflow / outflow of cash.
• Reason 2: All the cash we handled was banknotes in the form of Hard Cash.
• Reason 3: Businesses around me were little or lesser aware of setting up Digital Payments. Hardly 1 or 2 out of 10 used it just for show off purposes. But real transactions never took off at that time.
• Reason 4: People were so found of ATMs (debit card) at my time that a single person would maintain at least 1 or more than 1 from different bank accounts.

What drove the initial users towards Digital Payments?

INSTALL PROCESS: Incentives provided by Android apps welcomed users towards the Digital Payment. I am using the soft-word as “Incentives” , but more or less it was a just bribing a user to make use of digital payments. So, Initially, when you downloaded with your friend’s referral, you would gain some amount and so does your friend. It was a win-win situation for both the service provider and customer.

USAGE PROCESS: The service provider knew that once the app is installed, the user will get a finite amount as joining bonus. But, now it was the time to keep the flock using it and not to deviate from it. Hence, they came with another plan. This time, whenever the user made a payment / received an amount, there was a gift / voucher / cashback and other form of goodies to the user to encourage using these platforms.

UPDATE PROCESS: After a considerable amount of users onboarded onto the digital payments, the digital service provider came up with new User Interface, Customer Experience, Safety features etc.

And so does the pack of jacklegs !!! They were eagerly waiting to explore the chances of siphoning the hard earned money through various illegal methods.

Hence, it is recommended to be cautious while dealing with digital payments. Here, I have listed out some of the pre , during and post process of payment checks to make sure you are on the correct path of it and not being tricked into spammers.

PRE Process (Before Payment):

1. Make sure that you ask to the shop owner for QR Code sticker or QR Code stand.
2. Confirm the name of the owner or the business entity present on QR Code Sticker belongs to them.
3. Ask if they have a read out loud machine which confirms amount received once payment is done.

DURING Payment:

1. Ensure your internet / network is stable.
2. Scan for the QR code and reconfirm with the receiver the number & name that’s being displayed on your mobile screen.
3. Enter the amount correctly. Sometimes, an extra zero entered may go unnoticed.
4. Enter UPI Pin correctly and make payment.

POST Payment:

1. Verify with the shop owner or business entity if he/she has received the expected amount.
2. Also, show your current transaction details.
3. As a matter of fact, validate the day, date, time and status (successful / pending).

Since, digital payments allow the flexibility for the sender and receiver to be physically present in front of each other, both the parties can be in any part of the world. Now, here comes a great deal of suspicion.

But, we have to make sure and certain that:

• Before making payment call via normal or video call and confirms if he/she has requested for money.
• No matter how close is your friend or a family member or a business entity owner, do not respond to text message asking for money. Just call them and confirm whether any such request was raised by them. Only upon confirming make a payment initiation and follow the above pre, during and post payment processes.
• Do not scan for online QR Scans where they lure the users into sending amount to user account, instead we end up loosing our money.
• Do not click on suspicious links or spam messages which might lead to unnecessary circumstances.
• Make sure whether it is an inflow or outflow of money. Check once, Confirm Twice before making any payments.

Who are targets of fake QR code scams?

• QR Code scammers target event related such as pandemic in the name of relief work etc.
• They might choose certain age groups such as old people, since they will easily fall to prey because of the technology being new and in case of not knowing on how to handle the transactions safely.
• They might also pose as job providers, people from banks etc ,. and what all you can guess on it.

PS: Article is written and posted to make aware in rising of fraud cases in QR Code payments. One of the final reason I want to add due to significant increase in scams is that we have become so overconfident or say it ignorant and pay less attention / time that we forget to cross check or confirm the payments.

Supplement: In case if you being duped despite all necessary precaution, one kind request please don’t approach me. Proceed to your nearest cyber crime cell / police station and file a complaint.

Note: The name of the brands , apps used in the post are purely for illustration and non-commercial educational awareness purpose towards digital literacy.

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WhatsApp “Mess”-enger

Well, I am here unquestionably to not say to you that “Lord has sent me to write this blog and if you need some good news in next few days, then you have to share my blog to at-least 10 of your friends or family members.”

But, you can relate to ludicrous messages in such context on WhatsApp you might have received at your initial days.

People have become digitally more aware as compared to yesteryear, specially in terms of privacy and security. Gone are the days when people used to flaunt materialistic aspects such as new company joining offer letter, new car, bike etc to gain attention from around the circles. This era is gone now.

Upcoming era of flaunters can be divided into 2 groups.

*****GROUP 1*****

• Group 1: Consisting of new digital warriors who have not been a part of facebook / instagram / twitter/ snapchat (Let’s call them as non-FITS group) but proactively have been serving their designation as admin for a dozen of WhatsApp Group.
• This group of young people want to settle in a more user-friendly social media networks with less hurdles while operating the App.
• Believe me or not despite having chats over the social media, they do not hesitate to have hour long discussion on the chat of just 5 minutes duration.
• Your social power is determined on for how many groups you serve your capacity as an admin.
• The group admin would be definitely a bada*s guy would open a separate group for family members provided if he is not a group admin.
• They are only next to journalist posting the latest news/incidents in and around their city and it was first posted by them and sometimes without checking for its authenticity or genuineness.

*****GROUP 2*****

• Group 2: The people belonging to this group are careful and cautious about what they post about self or society.
• These people do not want to fall into unwanted controversaries and more necessarily do not respond to each and every message which is at times not relevant to them.
• Moreover, they are aligned much to the other social media to which I call as FITS (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat).
• Despite having differences on opinions in social media they tend to behave normal in a more matured away and cross over their opponents in real life with smile.
• They are less interested to be in many of the groups(be it of school, college, employees etc) and usually exit from the group or remain inactive.
• These people are smart and are aware of the authenticity of news on social media and have the ability to judge whether it’s true or fake.

Despite all the differences these two groups act as two faces of same coin. No one is looser and we all know who gets benefitted out of it.

Takeaways: Government has been drafting IT security policies from time to time in the interest of people and nation to fight against fake news, rumors. Please be aware of what content you are sharing which might lead to fights making a road for riots if the sensitive content pertaining to religion, violence, etc., is being shared. Also, please be aware of the critical facts since now prime owner of WhatsApp is none other than the same person who owns Facebook, Instagram and had been in news due to various data leaks and manipulation of personal data etc.

Watch out: What goes digital stays there forever. Be Kind and Do Good.

PS: All the names used here are real world entities owned by their respective owners. No intention is being framed to bring bad name to respective social media apps mentioned in this blog post. And also expect the same from the owners that our personal data is safe and next time if I browse for any shoes in my browser, then it should not appear in my Instagram Ads (if you really care for your customers).

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Don’t say “Hi” or “Hello” again !!!

Yes, you read it correct. It applies only if you are a part of corporate and in special circumstances working from Home or away from Offices.

Almost every employee has been using software based applications for communication. These applications are very useful and handy when we are working in office. Some popular apps are:

• Teams
• Zoom
• Skype

Few of the corporate companies allow the usage of such apps in personal mobile devices (guarded / monitored under IT security policies). Such apps can also be used beyond office hours in case of urgent communication regarding leave or running late to office etc.

These apps have become a part and parcel of life ever since the pandemic has begun and employees have started to adept to the Work-From-Home or Work-From-Anywhere culture.

You might be at the receiving end from several of your colleagues sending messages/mails relating to your work, project and product etc. Mails are considered as acceptable since it contains complete information on what you want to convey, and what you wish to get in return reply from the recipient.

Now, speaking about the office messaging platforms, it is my strong belief that do not let it to become another WhatsApp of Office. What I mean to presume here is that of the freely dangling messages that do not point anywhere. Messages such as “Hi”, “Hello”, “Wassup”, “Hey” …… and the list goes on for such phrases.

I had come across a wonderful website that most of working employees can put forth in their statuses of teams, skype or zoom if there’s such field and circumstances allow you to do so. The website name is nohello(dot)net . [Remove the alphabet dot and put a . ]

The website clearly picturizes on the importance of the time being wasted due to the Incomplete messages sent. It might again take some time from the host to understand, interpret and reply to your “hi” message.

In this process, there is a total waste of time since there is no actual message is passed to the recipient.

So, next time when you are sending a message, Send a complete message instead of a half baked “Hi” Messages.

At times, if you think if the message to be conveyed is too much straightforward and aggressive, then try to include the Greetings like “Hi“, “Hey“, “Hope you’re doing good“, as prefixes to your actual work related message.

Also, the original message can be suffixed with few pleasing words like “GoodDay“, “Catch you later“, “Thank you“, etc…

Having written much about the context, it’s definitely on my part to impart: “Thanks” to all the readers. Happy Reading !!!

EV: Future of renewable mobility

Across 2020 to 2030, EV sector might be seeing its more up and little less downs. Mark my words!

Alright, I am here back again with an another interesting topic. But, this time it is automobile sector. Tesla is the car that comes flashing to our brain when we start speaking about EV vehicles. We have fantasized about having one Electronic vehicle either a bike or a car at some point in time due to a lot of buzz like:

• Zero maintenance cost (Although not zero, but lesser as compared to diesel/petrol vehicles).
• Zero Carbon Emission (Although manufacture of Batteries and Electric power generation does carbon emission)
• Low expenditure on Fuel procurement (Profitable when banking on EV used as an alternate to gasoline)

Just listed out a few of them as I heard/read among society. And the list goes on…. (on both positive and negative notes

A Glance on what’s happening in the market.

Well, a lot of stock traders are already betting big on companies that are associated with production of Electronic Vehicles or parts. That’s surely a good prediction, but the results are to seen after a long run and we aren’t able to come to conclusion at early stage.

Let me just highlight quickly, “The Golden Rush in California”. You can relate the same situation here. To make a business out of this market, setting up of an EV charging station at a place might reward in terms of good opportunities. Till the vehicles charges, targeting the customers based on their age group with some sports a small bowling alley, even a cool drinks dispenser or similar such ideas can be put in place as a business strategy to generate revenues. Oh ok, that’s a leak of business idea here. So, my dear readers, just go quickly and grab the opportunity until someone builds an empire while you’re still thinking on it.

What’s beyond EV markets?

Quite unlike Electronic Vehicles in the market, there’s another source of energy taking into form slowly and steadily. If your guess is “Hydrogen” , then you are quite 100% correct. Although, I tried to do some research on how this “Hydrogen” entity is being used as fuel, there are little less known information to current date. But, I guess with time, as we move forward in coming day, months, years, it will no more be on papers, but it will be on roads.

Inspiration to own an EV.

Tired of Pollution: Let’s throw some focus on the current status of petrol and diesel vehicles. If you are living in New Delhi (Capital city of India), you might already be willing to take EV vehicles as an alternate provided the pollution and climate conditions prevailing over not just Delhi, but also to its neighbor states and areas. People of Delhi, No offense please! We all together are accountable for the current climate condition. And obviously, it’s our first and foremost responsibility to start working towards it, before its too late

Next Generation: Having said that, if you are a new buyer currently you have best options currently as compared to few years ago. So, you might have been tricked to buy it watching the things grow in favor of EV vehicles.

Government Laws: Also, the Government is coming up with laws that allows to scrap your old vehicles which release more pollution than expected.

Cost Reduction: Reduction in both fuel cost and maintenance cost is a motivating factor to buy an EV.

No Red Tape: Many state governments are providing subsidy and no incentives such as exemption from taxes etc. You can find benefits applicable to your state from your respective state government to where you reside/belong.

What’s the status of non-EV traditional petrol/diesel vehicles?

It is the rule of Nature that the “Old must Go and New must Come”. Let’s welcome the new and adept to it. If you are a new buyer , my recommendation is go for EV vehicles. If you are fixed to buying non EV vehicles , then atleast have a discussion among your Friends, Family and do some research and come up with points as judgement as to why you are being enforced to buy a non-EV vehicle. Also, since the EV market is upgrading itself, it is looking out for more feedback such that it can make a comeback with even more bigger and stronger in terms of its overall features(including joyful driving experience, safety, security, etc)

Problems with EV!!!

You got my attention, everyone – well most of us might be interested to know the disadvantages or problems that one might face in case I purchase an EV vehicle in future.

Agreed and Understood your point of thinking. Because, it’s after all your hard earned money and don’t want to face any hurdle while settling down with it.

So, since this is my first post about EV, I do not want to highlight or focus much on negative aspects but let me list them here and leave it as a decision maker for the audience.

1. The per charge kilometer (or miles) is less. Not recommended for longer journeys.
2. There are incidents of sudden fire in few EV vehicles (not naming the companies or I do not have any intention to shame them). They are doing their best. They might come up with better versions.
3. Charging time is considerably high based on your charger type and battery.

Here’s a stunning look of a new dashing look EV vehicle purchased by my friend. Cool looks already won my heart.

EV Scooty / Scooter / Bike (Side View)

EV Scooty / Scooter / Bike (Front View)

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Are you feeling guilty after purchasing low end phones at higher prices?

Here’s a solution for everything that comes and disappears in the mobile sector.

Idiom 1: Scientific spotlight

Before we could proceed, Well! here I want to introduce a tech genius guy Gordon Moore.

Gordon Moore

Well for those who don’t know this guy, He is co-founder of Intel Corporation. This genius has authored his observations known as Moore’s law.

 

 

 

So, what exactly is moore’s law and why are we actually discussing about him right now?

Graphical representation of moore’s law.

The  assessment of Gordon moore, according to his own  moore’s law states that “The number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their invention and this trend will continue into the foreseeable future.”

Conclusion 1: The more the days pass on, the cheaper the phone rates will become. (Cheaper integration of hardware results in inexpensive phones)

 

Idiom 2: An apple iPhone or a Xioami Redmi?

Considerably, the choice of phone, I mean smartphone also depends upon the economic conditions of a country.

If you/your country is economically sound , then your inclination is towards both lavish or cost effective smartphones.

But, what if you are wedged in a low remuneration, you have no option but to opt for a reasonably priced smartphone.

As per my knowledge in the current market trend, price tag really matters for the consumers. Why is it so?

What if I get all the features of a iPhone in Xioami flagships and that to at half the price of an iPhone? In such a state of affairs, people would typically go after Xiaomi kind of brands provided its reviews are good with no issues.

One more obsession with iPhone users is that in recent media, an article drew my attention. The article had described that few people in some parts of the world are ready to sell their kidney in order to buy an iPhone (and that too may be to their loved ones).  Fine, we don’t encourage such people and don’t consider them good consumers. My only advice is to earn hard and eat well. Leave the rest to……. (Wait for a second, we are here to live on this planet just for few years say 70 years max. Don’t squander your time, energy, money. And why am I telling this to you? In good health, I am sharing some wisdom with you. Sharing is caring! )

Summing up VIVO, OPPO and GIONEE siblings (competitors) from east don’t feel bad that I had not mentioned you anywhere.

There are already jokes on your brands. I want to share one such joke with you.

JOKE: “75% of earth is covered with water and 20% of earth is covered with vivo and oppo hoardings”.

Advertisement through aggressive hoardings

You are all at your peak levels and dominating for the most part of developing countries, making a good deal out of it.

Conclusion 2: I would opt for a cheaper smartphone which provides more or less the equivalent traits of high end smartphones.

 

Idiom 3: Let’s articulate about technology.

Technology is like a tributary of incessant flowing water. It may not impede at any particular place (as of now in the current market).

I may not hesitate in saying that , “What exists in the present day and is trending might be obsolete tomorrow. Is there any such proverb by ay distinguished persons? If not, then it would be my wit.

If you stress on our very own computer science stream, there are a series of programming languages which saw themselves among the tides of rise and fall and sometimes vanished too.

Paradigm shift from FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL, PASCAL, C to more object oriented languages like C++, Java has taken place.

Comparison of existing version v/s to be launched versions of smartphones.

As a consequence, you must be updated to new features/technology.

Conclusion 3: Hardware gets revolutionized, software gets revised/updated from time to time. So, decide on for a budget smartphone always and don’t repent later.

I just riveted you all to the above said few idioms. Feel free to comment and share my post and one more thing, Suggest me on what topics of mobile computing related theme should I post in my blog.

 

Source: Wikipedia

Disclaimer: All resource and content shared via this blog is truly non plagiarized as per my my knowledge except for the images taken from the internet

{CHOOSING A GOOD “HANDSET” IS == SELECTING A GOOD “LIFE PARTNER”}

Well! This may sound a bit weird but it’s a fact that you may or may not know. Coming to the fact that, most of the handsets sold today in the open market via online retails shops or through offline market channels such as the brick and mortars.

People have become more cautious while selecting their smart phones. A good smart phone does not mean only a good camera in terms of Mega Pixels but also other features such as good battery backup life, enhanced audio and video features.

TYPES OF USERS

There are many types of users. A selfie-holic  person might be interested in good camera.

A typical gamer might be interested in more RAM(Random Access Memory) to avoid frame falls/ lags while playing a high-end game.

A music lover or a movie watcher might be interested in prolonged battery life for streaming music and videos for long hours.

The above mentioned users are traditional. But, since we have went a drastic change in mobile computing platform, it has a diverse range of users.

I am just naming a few types of users. There are other types of users such as below mentioned.

 Few of them might be:

1. Checking emails, organizing meetings and other official work.
2. Promoting business through e-platforms
3. Staying updated with market and connected with users.
4. Being Social virtually. (Ex: Whatsapp, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter) etc

Even Mobile banking is spearheading to dominate customer financial services.

MANUFACTURERS

So, here comes the big responsibility for the handset manufacturers. The main goal of the manufacturer is to fit in all customer requirements in a single device. Sometimes they might be able to do so. But since they want to attract all customers, they are also interested in introducing budget smartphones.

Mobile manufacturing companies are increasingly getting competitive interms of their product launch, brand ambassadors for their product , providing quality of services etc. They are also facing stiff competition from local manufacturing companies.

The local manufacturing companies have a good deal when it comes to capital, labor but may lack in innovative ideas to take their product to the next level. They are late entrants into the market, but are holding a fair share of the customers in their pockets.  It would be always better for the people to opt for local mobile manufacturers since it will help to grow their economy and helps to provide jobs directly or indirectly.

 

ONLINE GIMMICKS

In a demographic region such as south Asia, the demand for mobile market is increasing form the past few years rapidly especially in country like India where millions of smartphones are purchased every hour(through online platforms).

NEW ENTRANTS

Customers are nowadays more confused since mobile companies keep on guessing on new models, price and features to their customers.

Once a new model is launched with a varying price and feature, few customers start thinking of their old mobile for exchange with new ones.

Once the new model Is launched , after few months/years the older models tend to become obsolete.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Back in the year of 2014 first quarter, I took a NOKIA LUMIA-525 Model phone. Android OS were dominating since from the beginning in market, but for a change I took a Windows OS phone. Windows OS was added to the NOKIA hardware smartphones after the merger of two corporate giants i.e, NOKIA and MICROSOFT.

It was a good time, I got updated to windows 8.1 few apps from android were also made available to windows game store. But, my happiness was short lived ever since NOKIA MICROSOFT split decision made headlines.

My mobile was not compatible to receive windows 10 OS update. I was addicted to a puzzle game Trivia Crack.  And to make the situation worse, an app known as trivia crack pulled its application from windows game store and ended support on NOKIA LUMIA 525 Device.

Although NOKIA X (Android variant) was hugely advertised but it proved not much successful.

Now and then I’m finding hard to digest my views on Windows OS because in the past I used to flaunt in front of my friends about the combination of windows OS & NOKIA LUMIA phone with pride.

I am even thinking of switching to Android versions lately.

I don’t know much about other users of windows phone category but certainly , I would like to advise that if you are using windows phone (with <10 windows OS) , then you are surely lagging 3 years behind that of Android users.

One more fact to be highlighted here is that “MORE POWER TO OPEN SOURCE (Android)”.

TIME TO MOVE FORWARD

CONCLUSION

I have made the honest use of all facts and orporates for their failures. Success and failure are a part and parcel of our life. The essence is to learn from our past mistakes/failures and proceed forward with right option/choice.figures to represent where everything stands in the market right now in the last quarter of 2016.

So, here comes a time to conclude my title: CHOOSING A GOOD HANDSET IS LIKE SELECTING A GOOD LIFE PARTNER. So, make a proper judgment while choosing a smart phone. (What do you think of my title. Please feel free to comment, share etc)

In my next blog I will be coming up with network carriers which also play an equal role in wireless communication.

#Source: http://blog.sarv.com/ , google images 

#NOTE: All the logos and names used here are registered trademarks of the respective companies.

QISDA-“Quality Innovation Speed Driving and Achievement”.

ABOUT

Qisda is an ODM/OEM service provider of electronic products for consumer, commercial, medical, and industrial applications. Its product offering ranges from LCD monitors, All-in-One PC, digital signage & professional displays, projectors, scanners, Industrial automation products multifunctional printers, 3G/4G smartphones, medical gateways, medical imaging & telecare, automobile infotainment devices, e-Reader, to tablet.

Qisda stands for “Quality Innovation Speed Driving and Achievement“.

VISION: Be an innovator in designing and manufacturing of electronic products, elevate the life quality of our fellow humans, and be friendly to Mother Earth.

MISSION:

• Integrity is the fundamental principle that governs relationship with Qisda’s stakeholders (customers, suppliers, creditors, shareholders, employees) and the public.
• Create innovate green products that can elevate the life quality of our human fellows.
• Collaborate with suppliers and customers to establish a “carbon-balanced” product lifecycle.
• Provide Qisda employees a healthy and delightful work environment.
• Generate a healthy corporate profit, as well as provide returns and benefits to our shareholders, employees, and the public.

HEADQUARTERS:

Headquartered in Taiwan, Qisda has R&D centers located in Taiwan and China, and global manufacturing sites in China, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Suzhou, China

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Production at Taoyuan, Taiwan: LCD monitors, car electronics: rear seat entertainment display, car infotainment systems, digital photo frames, digital signages, LED lighting fixtures

Production at Suzhou, China: LCD monitors, Medical Electronical Equipment (MEE), multifunction printers and scanners, digital projectors, car electronics: rear seat entertainment display, car infotainment systems, digital photo frames, GPS

In Brief:

1984-Company established

1997-Invested in Acer Display Technology (now AU Optronics).

1997-Commenced LCD monitor and GSM mobile phone production.

2001-BenQ brand introduced to market.

2007-Spun off BenQ Brand business.
Company re-named Qisda corporation and positioned as a pure
ODM/EMS provider.
Commenced production of digital frame, mobile digital TV, and personal navigation.

MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES:

For the rising demand of mobile devices with high speed transmission, multi touch UI, and ubiquitous internet access, Qisda‘s leading expertise in wireless communications can ensure the best value-adding solutions and products for customers.

Qisda is a recognized industry leader in developing wireless mobile products. The company offers a diverse product portfolio to address the needs of enterprise, consumer, original equipment manufacturer, machine-to-machine, and specialized vertical industry markets. Qisda also provides professional services to customers requiring expertise in wireless design, integration, and carrier certification.

Products:

• 4G/ LTE/ HSPA+ Smartphone.
• 4G/ LTE/ HSPA+ Tablet.
• TD-LTE Smartphone.
• EVDO Smartphone.
• Pro-camera Smartphone.
• IP 54, IP 67 mobile devices.
• Qiss Apps/ iOS/ WP software applications.

Let’s have a look at few mobile products of Qisda:

Awards:

2008-Received 5 red dot and 4 G-mark design awards as an ODM company.

2009-Received 5 iF awards,10 red dot awards, and 3 G-mark design awards.

2010-Received 10 iF, 4 iF China, and 8 red dot awards. QCM-330    Smartphone won both iF 2010 and iF gold award.

2011-Received  7 iF design awards, 2 of which are iF gold awards, which sets the best track record for winning iF design awards in the world of Chinese design.

2012-Received 7 iF awards, including QPT236 Mini Projector, QMP102 Media Phone, QPS-213 Photo Scanner, QEB-103 e-book and QEB-104 e-book, QTD-403 LED Monitor and BE LightReceived 14 reddot awards. Qisda and BenQ garnered total 16 reddot awards and once again topped all competitors from Taiwan.

2012- “Award for Best Company to Work For” , by Department of Labor, Taipei city government.

MANAGEMENT:

1. Chairman-KY Lee
2. President-Peter Chen   

Corporate Sustainability Development Committee (CSD Committee):

Qisda Corporate Sustainability Development Structure:

Working Environment:

 

Training and Development:

#SOURCE: Wikipedia, getty images, qisda.com

#NOTE: All the logos and names used here are registered trademarks of the respective companies.

BenQ-Better Enjoyment N Quality to Life

BenQ

BenQ Corporation is a Taiwanese multi-national company that sells and markets technology products, consumer electronics, computing and communications devices.

Since its inception, BenQ has embraced “Bring Enjoyment ‘N Quality to Life” as its corporate vision, aspiring to realize the ideal of helping people to enjoy the pleasure brought by science and technology via the provision of the branded quality products and services of BenQ.

BenQ‘s head office is located in Taipei, and the company operates five branch offices in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, China, Latin America and North America, and employs over 1,300 individuals. The “BenQ” brand is present in more than 100 countries worldwide.

In Brief:

Industry-Electronics

Predecessor-Acer Communication & Multimedia

Founded-December 2001

Parent–Qisda Corp.

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BenQ Group:

BenQ’s expertise comes not only from our own research and development and people-driven approach to design and technology. It also comes from companies within the greater BenQ Group. Consisting of over 15 companies in 7 different business segments, the BenQ Group had a combined revenue of over US20 billion in 2012.

BenQ group

BenQ was originally spun off from Acer in 2001 to provide a separate branded channel. In 2006 Acer disposed of its remaining shares in BenQ.

BenQ‘s first mobile phone was the M775C, from 2003. During Q1 2004, eight new phones were announced, ranging from bar and clamshell phones to Windows Mobile smartphones. A further seven phones, mainly clamshells, came in 2005.

BenQ Mission and Vision:

Let’s have a look at few BenQ mobiles:

BenQ-Siemens Relations:

On October 1, 2005, BenQ Corp. acquired the mobile devices division of Germany’s Siemens AG, becoming the sixth largest company in the mobile phone industry by accumulated market share. The acquisition results in a new business group, BenQ Mobile, of BenQ Corporation entirely dedicated to wireless communications. Mobile phones of the new group are marketed under a new brand, BenQ-Siemens

ISO certification:

BenQ have passed ISO 9001 for the certification of quality management, ISO 14001 pertaining to environmental management, and SA8000 regarding social responsibility, which testifies their dedication to the corporate social responsibility.

Life at BenQ: BenQ focuses on the following aspects of the employees;

Lifestyle

Business

Healthcare

Education

BenQ Design – Awards.

• A well-established influencer in the international design community, the Lifestyle Design Center counts multiple coveted iF “Gold Selection” wins and IDEA accolades among its many global awards and major recognitions, gracing also various covers of BusinessWeek magazine, including the publication’s “Hot Design” issue.
• Won international design award, including iF, red dot, GD (Korea) and G-Mark awards.
• Recognized by Economist’s “The World in 2004” for the strategic branding efforts.

The UPS-DOWNS at BenQ:

In late September 2006, the mobile devices division of BenQ, BenQ Mobile (Germany), announced bankruptcy when BenQ Corp. discontinued its funding. As a result, BenQ Mobile was effectively placed under the supervision of a state-appointed bankruptcy administrator.

In February 2007, BenQ Mobile was finally disbanded as a suitable buyer could not be found. An estimated 2000 BenQ Mobile employees lost their jobs. On August 24, 2006 BenQ announced plans to spin off its manufacturing operations in early 2007, separating contract manufacturing and own-brand divisions.

Finally, we came across few interesting facts that:

BenQ has a parent company called QISDA.

BenQ is actually a spin off company from ACER.

I have already published about ACER in my previous blog posts,you can get more information from there.

Coming back soon with more information about QISDA company in my upcoming blog post.

Till then,

Happy Reading!!!

#SOURCE: Wikipedia, mob.org, http://www.benq.co.in, Google images

#NOTE: All the logos and names used here are registered trademarks of the respective companies.

SIEMENS-Global Network of Innovation

SIEMENS MOBILES

Siemens Mobiles was a mobile phone manufacturer and a division of Siemens AG.

Slogan/Tag lines:

Global Network of Innovation

Making Things Right

In Brief,

Industry-Telecommunications equipment

Founded-1985

Founder-Werner von Siemens

(Parent Company SIEMENS AG)

Headquarters-Munich, Germany

Products-Mobile phones

Parent-Siemens AG

Defunct-2005

Fate Acquired by BenQ

Joe Kaeser
(President & CEO of SIEMENS AG)

Werner von Siemens
(Founder)

Launch Year – Siemens Version – Features:

1985-Siemens Mobiltelefon C1

1994–Siemens S1– GSM

1997–Siemens S10– color screen

1997–Outdoor phone– enhanced shock, dust and splash protection

1999–Siemens SL10– slider phone

2000–Siemens SL45–MP3 player and external memory card support

2003–Siemens SX1–Symbian OS

2005–Siemens SXG75–GPS support

Let’s have a look at few models of Siemens mobiles:

Sponsorships:

2000-2003:Lazio

2001-2004: McLaren Mercedes Formula-1 team

2002-2006:Real Madrid

Non-shirt partnerships with Liverpool and Chelsea

2005-2006:Olympiacos

Siemens and India:

The history of Siemens in India dates back to 1867, when Werner von Siemens personally supervised the laying of the first telegraph line between London and Calcutta. The first company office was founded in 1922. In 1957, Siemens was incorporated as a company under the Indian Companies Act.

Siemens has 22 factories located across India, 8 Centers of Competence and 11 R&D Centers and a nation-wide sales and service network.

Siemens Global presence:

Acquisitions & Merges:

Siemens acquired the mobile phone division of Bosch in 2000.

In 2005, the Taiwanese company BenQ acquired the loss-making Siemens Mobile from Siemens, together with exclusive right to use the Siemens trademark on its mobile phones for 5 years. Before transferring the mobile phone subsidiary to BenQ, Siemens invested 250 million euros and wrote down assets amounting to 100 million euros.

Siemens also acquired a 2.5% stake in BenQ for 50 million euros. BenQ subsequently released mobile phones under the BenQ–Siemens brand, from its German unit.

Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005, which subsequently became BenQ–Siemens. The last Siemens mobile phones, the AL21, A31 and AF51 were released in November 2005.

Here, BenQ comes into the picture.So, in the next blog we’ll see about BenQ in the next Blog Post.

Until then, HAPPY READING!!!

#SOURCE: Wikipedia, http://www.siemens.com, Google images, answers.com

#NOTE: All the logos and names used here are registered trademarks of the respective companies.