Former Acer CEO Lanci joins Lenovo; Acer claims firm step in Europe

Sep 19, 10:52

Gianfranco Lanci, former CEO and present of Taiwan-based vendor Acer, has joined China-based vendor Lenovo as an Italy-based consultant for strengthening Lenovo's presence and marketing...

Lenovo aims to ship 1.5-2 million tablet PCs in 2011

Sep 19, 10:36

Lenovo expects to ship 1.5-2 million tablet PCs, consisting of 400,000-500,000 ThinkPad series business-use models and 1-1.5 million IdeaPad K1, A1 and other series consumer models,...

MediaTek buoyed by rising demand for Lenovo smartphones

Sep 15, 01:15

Brisk sales of Lenovo's A60-series smartphone in China has been boosting MediaTek's shipments of its 3.5G solution, the MT6573, according to market sources. Order momentum is expected...

Intel directly cooperates with chassis suppliers to lower Ultrabook costs

Sep 8, 01:00

Intel has recently been aggressively cooperating with notebook chassis suppliers hoping to achieve the goal of dropping Ultrabook prices to below US$1,000, and Intel is currently...

Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units

Sep 6, 01:05

First-tier notebook brand vendors Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba and Asustek Computer, understanding that demand for notebooks is unlikely to recover in the fourth quarter, while Apple's products...

Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman

Aug 25, 01:20

Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted...

US government spending cuts expected to affect enterprise PC players

Aug 18, 01:05

Demand for enterprise PCs is expected to be significantly impacted by the US government's plans to reduce its spending. Major enterprise PC brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard...

Acer, Asustek, Lenovo to launch sub-US$999 ultrabooks in 4Q11, says Intel

Aug 12, 01:05

Intel has indicated that notebook vendors Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo, among others, will roll out ultrabooks with suggested retail prices to be set below US$999 in the fourth...

Compal sees drop in July revenues and notebook shipments

Aug 11, 01:00

Compal Electronics has announced consolidated revenues of NT$55.95 billion (US$1.93 billion) for July, down 6% on month, with combined consolidated revenues from January to July also...

Foxconn cooperates with Synnex for China motherboard market

Aug 2, 01:15

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has announced it will form a strategic alliance with channel retailer...

Compal reportedly lands new notebook orders from Asustek for 2012

Jul 28, 01:30

Compal Electronics has reportedly landed new notebook orders from Asustek Computer for 2012, doubling its Asustek orders from two million units in 2011 to four million units in 2012,...

Notebook players to mass produce ultrabooks in September

Jul 26, 01:25

First-tier notebook players including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Asustek Computer, Dell and Lenovo are all set to launch ultrabooks in the second half of 2011 with mass production...

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...

Taiwan market: Lenovo launches Gorilla-based enterprise notebook

Jul 19, 16:28

China-based PC vendor Lenovo has announced a new ultra-thin enterprise notebook – ThinkPad X1, adopting Corning's Gorilla reinforced glass with plastic chassis, in Taiwan.

Lenovo pushes oversea acquisition to expand PC market share

Jul 19, 01:20

With China-based PC vendor Lenovo successfully surpassed Acer and became the third largest PC vendor worldwide in the second quarter, Lenovo CFO Wong Wai Ming pointed out that the...

Worldwide PC shipments increase 2.3% in 2Q11, says Gartner

Jul 15, 16:46

Worldwide PC shipments surpassed 85.2 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 2.3% increase from the same period last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner. These...

MediaTek to ship 3G solutions in August

Jul 13, 11:39

MediaTek has confirmed that it will begin to ship its HUSPA solution, the MT6573, to clients in August, but the company declined to comment on market speculations that it has landed...

ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo monopolize China Mobile procurement of 10 million 3G handsets, says report

Jul 8, 15:44

China-based vendors ZTE, Huawei Device and Lenovo have won China Mobile's latest procurement open bid to share the total supply volume of 10 million TD-SCDMA 3G handsets priced at...

Lenovo 3Q11 shipments to rise 20% sequentially due to summer sales promotions in China

Jul 6, 17:04

Orders for PCs from Lenovo for shipments scheduled for the third quarter will increase by 20% on quarter in terms of volume mainly because these shipments will be for summer vacation...

AVC, Mildex receive more touch panel orders from Lenovo

Jul 4, 11:53

Taiwan-based Asia Vital Components (AVC) and Mildex Optical have seen Lenovo increase orders for tablet PC-use touch panels, according to industry sources.

Asustek to start marketing Atom N435-based Eee PC X101 netbook in July

Jun 27, 13:40

Asustek Computer will start marketing its low-priced netbook, the Eee PC X101, in July with models running on MeeGo available at US$199 and those running on Windows 7 available at...

HP, Acer set eyes on the enterprise PC market

Jun 21, 01:15

First-tier global PC brand vendors Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are both placing their focus on the enterprise market in the second half of 2011 with HP recently launching 22 new...

Acer may fall out of the worldwide top-3 notebook ranking in 2Q11

Jun 16, 01:20

As Acer is still working on resolving its notebook inventory issues and expects to suffer a sequential shipment drop of 10% in the second quarter, Lenovo, the fourth-largest global...

Synnex obtains Lenovo sales right for China

Jun 13, 15:59

Taiwan-based electronics distributor Synnex Technology International has said it has signed with Lenovo to become its exclusive sales agent in the China market.

Asustek taking cautious attitude toward Acer dumping 3 million notebooks in Europe

Jun 3, 10:11

As Acer has announced it will provide channels with US$150 million in sales allowances to clear inventory, sources from the notebook industry believe such action will result in close...

Lenovo CEO visits Taiwan to secure relationship with upstream partners

May 31, 01:35

CEO of China-based PC brand Lenovo Yuanqing Yang visited Taiwan on May 30 mainly to secure the company's relationships with its upstream partners including Quanta Computer, Compal...

Acer to start selling Intel/Android tablet PC in July

May 24, 01:20

Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer is set to launch a tablet PC featuring the Intel Oak Trail platform and Google Android 3.0 operating system with the device already going under...

Taiwan market: Lenovo launches enterprise notebooks

May 19, 01:20

China-based Lenovo, on May 18, launched its new enterprise-based ThinkPad X, T and Edge series notebooks in Taiwan, while the company pointed out that its new ultra-thin notebook...

Motherboard players see mixed result in April

May 10, 01:25

Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have reported mixed result for their April...

Wistron sees on-year growth in April revenues

May 10, 01:15

Taiwan-based notebook maker Wistron has announced consolidated revenues of NT$44.01 billion (US$1.54 billion), down 11.3% on month, but up 10.8% on year, while its notebook shipments...

Quanta receives tablet PC orders from Amazon, say upstream sources

May 3, 01:05

Taiwan-based notebook maker Quanta Computer has recently received OEM orders from Amazon for its reported tablet PC, according to sources from upstream component makers. The device's...

China handset and solution makers form alliance to push global image and sales

Apr 27, 01:25

More than 30 makers in the upstream and downstream handset industries in China have recently formed an alliance, aiming to promote brand image as well as to push sales of China-made...

Samsung sees growth in 1Q11 notebook shipments, the only vendor among top-10

Apr 26, 01:00

Top-10 notebook brand vendors worldwide saw their notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 drop sequentially with the only exception being Korea-based Samsung Electronics,...

Lenovo to venture into smart TV segment

Apr 15, 01:30

Lenovo plans to venture into the smart TV segment leveraging its PC system retail channels. The company reportedly is in talks with a number of OEMs, including Wistron and Compal...