Asustek expected to ship 1.8 million tablet PCs in 2011, says CEO

Nov 1, 01:20

Asustek Computer expects its tablet PC shipments will reach its goal of 1.8 million units in 2011 as the company launches its second-generation quad-core Transformer Prime on November...

Players cut 7-inch tablet PC prices to compete for market share

Oct 20, 01:20

Tablet PC players have recently started to drop their tablet PC prices to attract consumers, especially 7-inch models as the machines can easily attract first-time buyers with their...

White-box tablet PC players cut prices to digest inventory

Oct 4, 13:56

White-box tablet PC players have cut their pricing for 7-inch models hoping to clear up their inventory before Amazon's new 7-inch Kindle Fire is released in November priced at US$...

Asustek will not compete with price in the tablet PC market, says CEO

Oct 4, 01:25

Commenting on market watchers' expectation that Asustek Computer will soon drop its tablet PC price and delay the launch of the next generation Eee Pad Transformer, Asustek CEO Jerry...

Taiwan market: Samsung expects to acquire 30% share in tablet PC market

Sep 29, 15:32

Samsung Electronics expects to acquire a 30% share in Taiwan's tablet PC market by the end of 2011, only behind Apple, according to an executive from Samsung Taiwan.

Compal lands orders for 7-inch tablet PC from Motorola, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 27, 13:58

Motorola is set to launch two new tablet PCs in November and December, a 7-inch model to be outsourced to Compal Electronics and a 10-inch model which may be produced in-house, according...

HP upstream suppliers suffered from piled up TouchPad components

Aug 30, 01:05

As first-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently halted all its TouchPad projects, upstream suppliers are currently suffering from the component inventory, which is...

Acer unlikely to increase notebook orders until September, says upstream supply chain

Aug 11, 01:10

Acer is unlikely to increase its notebook orders to upstream partners until September and the company is expected to continue reducing its orders in August, according to sources from...

Asustek reducing Eee PC orders

Aug 4, 01:15

Asustek Computer, seeing better-than-expected Eee Pad Transformer tablet PC sales and dropping Eee PC demand, is gradually reducing its Eee PC orders, according to sources from the...

Appearance of Android 3.2 to further impact notebook and netbook demand

Jul 26, 01:10

Google has recently revealed its Android 3.2 operating system with its downstream partners Motorola and Asustek Computer both to release plans at the last week of July for their users...

ViewSonic to launch 7-inch tablet running on Google Honeycomb OS

Jul 8, 12:24

ViewSonic plans to launch the world's first 7-inch tablet PC running on Google Honeycomb OS soon. The 7-inch tablet will be powered by a dual-core Tegra CPU with a display solution...

Acer reducing 3Q11 shipment forecast; company founder optimistic about inventory clearing progress

Jun 28, 01:10

Upstream component suppliers of Acer have recently been notified by Acer to reduce their inventory preparation for the third quarter as Acer has reduced its notebook shipment forecast...

White-box players supply close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in 1Q11

Jun 28, 01:05

White-box tablet PC players are rising quickly in the tablet PC industry with related shipments already accounting for close to 20% of global tablet PC shipments in the first quarter...

Asustek takes shipment lead in non-Apple tablet PCs

Jun 23, 01:35

Asustek Computer has become the largest tablet PC brand in the non-Apple tablet PC group with shipments of 400,000 units in the first half of 2011, according to sources from notebook...

Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%

Jun 16, 01:10

Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...

Acer defers launch of tablet PC and smartphone

May 25, 15:49

Acer will postpone the launch of Iconia A100, an Android 3.0 7-inch tablet PC, from May-June as originally scheduled to August-September 2011 because Android 3.0 has some compatible...

Fujitsu to launch 7-inch Android tablet PC in 3Q11

May 19, 01:00

Japan-based notebook brand Fujitsu has recently launched its self-developed 10.1-inch LifeBook TH40/D tablet PC featuring Windows 7 in Japan, the US and Europe, and the company is...

Acer to launch 7-inch tablet PC in late April or May

Apr 13, 16:48

Acer, following the launch of the Iconia Tab A500 and W500 10-inch tablet PCs, will launch a 7-inch model, Iconia Tab A100, in late April or May 2011, according to sources from component...

Appearance of non-Apple tablet PCs to boost 10-inch panel prices

Apr 12, 01:15

The price of 10-inch panel in the second half of April is expected to rise slightly as non-Apple tablet PC vendors will launch their devices in the second quarter, according to sources...

Acer increases Iconia tablet PC orders for April

Apr 12, 01:10

Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Acer has increased its April tablet PC orders to 500,000-800,000 units, aiming to compete against Motorola, RIM and Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) tablet PCs,...

Touch panel makers optimistic about 7-inch tablet PC

Mar 28, 16:51

Vendors of iPad-like devices are expected to see stronger sales from 7-inch tablet PCs than from 10.1-inch models although most of the vendors are set to launch 10.1-inch models to...

Taiwan market: BenQ to launch 7-inch 3G-enabled tablet PC in 2Q11

Feb 22, 13:59

Taiwan-based brand vendor BenQ, following the debut of its first tablet PC model, 10.1-inch R100, on February 15, will offer a 7-inch 3G-enabled model in the second quarter of 2011...

CeBIT 2011: ECS to showcase tablet PCs

Feb 22, 01:15

Taiwan-based motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) is set to showcase its latest 10.1-inch Windows 7- and Android-based tablet PCs at CeBIT 2011, which will be hosted...

Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches

Feb 15, 01:40

Apple reportedly will change the screen size of iPhone to 4-inch for its fifth generation iPhone to compete with the Google Android platform in the 4- to 7-inch smartphone market,...

ViewSonic 7-inch tablet PC shipments reach 60,000 units per month

Jan 31, 11:47

LCD monitor brand vendor ViewSonic is seeing its 7-inch tablet PC shipments reach 55,000-60,000 units per month benefiting mainly from strong sales in Europe, according to sources...

BenQ to launch a tablet PC by the end of January

Jan 3, 16:27

BenQ plans to launch its first tablet PC by the end of January, 2011. The device will adopt Android 2.0, a 10.1-inch panel and will be produced by Qisda.

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom may offer Huawei-made 7-inch tablet PC in 1Q11

Dec 30, 16:41

Chunghwa Telecom may offer a 7-inch tablet PC model produced by China-based Huawei Device for contract sales in the Taiwan market in first-quarter 2011, according to industry sources...

Toshiba to launch 3 new tablet PCs in 1Q11

Dec 7, 01:05

Toshiba is aiming to launch three new tablet PCs in the first quarter of 2011 and has outsourced their production to its Taiwan-based partners Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics...

J Touch supplies 5.5-inch touch panel for tablet PC to Sharp

Nov 10, 01:40

J Touch has landed touch panel orders for 5.5-inch tablet PCs from Japan-based Sharp, and the touch panel maker will mainly focus on supplying medium-size touch panels to Sharp and...

Mio to launch 7-inch tablet PC to start diversification of business operation

Oct 6, 02:10

Mio Technology, a division of the Mitac Group, will launch a 7-inch Windows CE tablet PC equipped with Wi-Fi and WiMAX in the Taiwan market initially in fourth-quarter 2010, the first...

Cando to triple touch panel module monthly capacity at Suzhou plant by the end of 2010

Sep 29, 01:10

Cando, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), expects its touch panel module plant in Suzhou, China to have a monthly capacity of 600,000 units at the end of 2010, increasing from the...

Acer to launch three tablet PC models featuring 5- to 7-inch panels

Sep 14, 01:20

Acer is set to launch three tablet PC models featuring Android 3.0 in the first quarter of 2011. The respective models will feature a 7-inch panel, a 10-inch panel, and a 5-inch panel,...

EETI holds rosy outlook on medium- to large-size touch ICs

Sep 9, 12:02

Taiwan-based IC design house Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) expects increasing shipments of ICs used in medium- to large-size multi-touch capacitive touch panels mainly due to increasing...

Samsung tablet PC aims to compete against the mini iPad, say sources

Aug 27, 11:47

Samsung Electronics is preparing to demonstrate its new tablet PC, the Galaxy Tab at IFA 2010, which will be held from September 3-8 in Berlin, Germany. Sources from upstream component...