Last update: Tuesday 31 July 2012 [23 news items]
Hanvon turns profitable in 2Q12, says report
Jul 31, 15:36
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, saw its operations swing into net profits of CNY980,000 (US$155,900) in the second quarter of 2012 from net losses...
China-based Hanvon suffers heavy losses in 2011
Mar 1, 11:35
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, has released its unaudited 2011 financial report, recording consolidated revenues of CYN533.193 million (US$82.4...
Sales of e-book readers likely to reach 30 million units in 2012
Oct 7, 12:07
Despite the immense popularity of Apple's iPad series, its impact seems to be less apparent in the e-book reader market.
Hanvon estimates 1H11 net loss of CNY165-175 million
Jul 18, 11:47
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, has estimated a net loss of CNY165-175 million (US$25.5-27.0 million) for its operations in the first half of...
Hanvon first to adopt E Ink-developed color e-paper display
Jun 15, 10:21
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, is the first client adopting a color e-paper display developed by Taiwan-based E Ink Holdings (EIH) and will launch...
China market: Hanvon licensed to use TouchPad trademark for 10 years
May 17, 10:20
The Trademark Office under China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has approved the application by Hanvon Technology, the largest e-book reader vendor in China, for...
China market: Hanvon lowers e-book reader prices, says report
May 16, 10:11
Hanvon Technology, the largest vendor of e-book readers in China, announced the reduction in retail prices for its e-book readers at a national sales agent conference on May 13, according...
China market: 1Q11 e-book reader sales down over 7% sequentially
Apr 22, 16:06
Sales of e-book readers reached 282,500 units the China market during the first quarter of 2011, decreasing 7.41% sequentially but increasing 13.41% on year, according to China-based...
Hanvon lowers 2010 profit estimates, says report
Feb 8, 14:46
Hanvon Technology, the largest vendor of e-book readers in China, has downward adjusted estimated 2010 net profit to CNY68.48-94.16 million (US$10.4-14.3 million), decreasing by 10-20%...
CES 2011: Hanvon unveils large-screen, high-resolution e-book reader
Jan 7, 16:36
Hanvon has unveiled the Hanvon WISEreader E920, a large-screen, high-resolution e-book reader, at CES 2011 (LVCC South Hall Booth #36062). The Hanvon WISEreader has a 9.7-inch screen...
Dec 21, 10:22
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...

Dec 20, 11:10
Developing color e-book readers using e-paper has been a challenge for makers. But Hanvon, at this year's FPD International in Japan in November, announced what is considered to be...

China market: Hanvon to lower e-book reader prices by average of CNY500 a year, says report
Dec 7, 01:55
Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, has reached an initial economy-scale of over one million users in the China market and will keep reducing prices...
E Ink monthly revenues to top NT$3 billion in November and December
Nov 29, 12:46
Taiwan-based electrophoretic display (EPD) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) expects monthly revenues in November and December to exceed NT$3 billion (US$98.37 million) on strong year-end...
China market: Hanvon lowers e-book readers by 200-300 yuan on average
Nov 16, 02:05
Hanvon Technology, currently the largest vendor of e-book readers in the China market, has lowered its retail prices by 200-300 yuan (US$30-45) on average, with the lowest price reaching...
Pegatron lands orders for tablet PCs from China-based Hanvon
Nov 12, 01:50
Pegatron Technology has obtained orders for tablet PCs from Hanvon Technology, the largest China-based vendor of e-book readers, by out quoting its competitors, according to component...
Hanvon color e-book reader to hit the market in February 2011
Nov 11, 01:35
Hanvon will start selling its new 9.7-inch color e-book reader featuring E Ink Holding's latest color e-paper, Triton, in February 2011 with a selling price of 3,500 yuan (US$527.59)...
Jul 26, 14:06
China-based e-book reader maker Hanwang Technology has posted revenues of 674.41 million yuan (US$99.52 million) for the first half of 2010, increasing 283.36% on year. Net profit...
Hanvon has 61% of China e-book reader market in 1H10, says Digitimes Research
Jul 20, 16:20
Hanvon, the e-book reader brand of China-based Hanwang Technology, had 61.4% of the e-book reader market in China in the first half of the 2010, according to Digitimes Research.
Hanwang denies e-book reader inventory piling up, says paper
Newswatch - Jul 19, 16:40
China-based Hanwang Technology has denied rumors that its Hanvon-branded e-book reader sales have been seriously dampened by competition from the Apple iPad and its current inventory...
Digitimes Insight: China e-book reader market smaller than expected in 2010
Jul 14, 16:13
Digitimes Research has downward adjusted its 2010 projected total e-book reader shipments in the China market from 1.5 million units originally to 900,000-1 million units, as China...
Computex 2010: A look at the e-book readers
Jun 4, 01:25
The surging popularity of e-book readers have sent many vendors and makers jumping on he bandwagon. At Computex 2010, there is an E-Reading section (booth C510) showcasing the latest...

Hanwang aims to lead global e-book reader market in 2 years, says chairman
Jun 3, 01:05
China-based Hanwang Technology, which markets its products under the Hanvon brand, aims to become the largest vendor of e-book readers worldwide in two years, according to company...

- China-based ARM-architecture IC designers to attend 2013 Computex Taipei
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Lextar expected to see 2Q13 gross margin rise to 13-14%
- Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
- Taiwan panel industry output value worth US$7.86 billion in 1Q13, says IEK
- China market: B2C transaction value over CNY133 billion in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
- Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services
- Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market
- China market: Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13, says Analysys
- Imec, Globalfoundries team up for STT-MRAM
- Solar industry capex hits 7-year low in 2013, says IHS
- ACX sees earnings up over 60% sequentially in 1Q13
- Ilitek to post revenues of over NT$900 million in May
- Sharp to produce 3 types of IGZO LCD panels for notebooks
- 3M announces new development of quantum dot enhancement film
- NLT demonstrates latest display technologies, including projective capacitive touch panel technology
- New Vision Display exhibits PMVA color display based on Corning Willow Glass
- AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
- Touch screen IC, LED driver IC suppliers to post strong performance in May
- LED maker Epistar expects more revenues from lighting applications in 3Q13
- Taiwan makers expected to benefit from Lenovo targeting smartphones in 2013
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD driver IC shipments rise 22% in 1Q13
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Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
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- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.





















