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...

Asustek planning to launch Eee Pad device

Dec 10, 15:46

Asustek Computer is making preparations to launch a new device named Eee Pad featuring a 4- to 7-inch panel, and which will offer a combination of tablet PC and MID functions, according...

Digital photo frame market to decline in 2009 and 2010, says IDC

Oct 29, 15:08

Global digital photo frames shipments grew 6.3% on year to 9.1 million units in 2008, with the US being the dominant region of nearly 5.9 million units, according to IDC. The global...

Asustek lowers prices to clear stocks of 7-, 8.9-inch Eee PCs

Jun 30, 15:18

Asustek Computer has reduce retail prices of its 7-inch and 8.9-inch Eee PCs in an attempt to clear inventory.

Pegatron sees decreased sales in April

May 12, 16:45

Pegatron Technology shipped 2.12 million motherboards, 850,000-900,000 notebook PCs (not including Eee PCs) and 436,000 graphics cards in April, according to the company. Pegatron...

Mio unveils three new PND products

Apr 30, 15:08

Mio Technology, the brand division of Mitac International, has unveiled three PND products, the Moov S505, S555 and V765.

Asustek keeping 8.9-inch netbook for procurement market, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 7, 14:21

Asustek Computer has decided to keep its 8.9-inch netbook line instead of the original plan of phasing it out, but only for the procurement market. The company will push 7-inch models...