CES 2012: Lenovo unveils own-brand smart TVs

Jan 10, 01:30

Lenovo has unveiled its own-brand smart TVs during a product presentation prior to the opening the CES trade show. The company plans to start marketing 42- and 55-inch smart TVs in...

Digitimes Research: Taiwan notebook shipments sink 5.7% on quarter in 4Q11

Jan 9, 16:21

Shipments of notebooks by Taiwan makers posted a decline of 5.7% on quarter and 4.4% on year in the fourth quarter of 2011, affected by a downturn in the global economy and shortage...

Fierce battle looms for ultrabook sector, say sources

Jan 9, 12:12

The brand ranking in the notebook segment may undergo a major shift in the second quarter of 2012 when Intel officially releases its Ivy Bridge CPUs and branded notebook vendors begin...

Acer, Lenovo to launch Wintel tablet PC in 3Q12

Jan 2, 16:03

First-tier PC vendors Acer and Lenovo are set to launch table PCs based on Microsoft's Windows 8 and Intel's Clover Trail platform in the third quarter of 2012, according to sources...

China market: Nokia to face strong competition in Mango segment in 2012

Dec 30, 14:42

Nokia's plans to launch its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango smartphones in the China market in the first half of 2012 may face challenge from comparable high-end models rolled out by HTC...

China market: Handset makers form alliance to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits

Dec 30, 01:15

A number of handset makers in China, including Lenovo, ZTE, TCL, Coolpad and Konka, has formed an alliance in preparation to counter possible patent infringement lawsuits to bring...

Taiwan players may be left out of smart TV competition

Dec 27, 01:25

As smart TVs are expected to become major focuses of the IT industry in 2012, Taiwan players may be left out from the competition, according to sources from supply chain players.

Lenovo to ship 300,000 ultrabooks in 4Q11, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 22, 12:00

Lenovo hosted a conference on December 21 in Shanghai, China to launch its first ultrabook, the IdeaPad U300s, to be sold for NT$39,9000 in Taiwan and CNY9,999 in China, according...

Taiwan ODMs facing pressure from Lenovo

Dec 22, 01:15

Taiwan-based ODMs are expected to face significant pressure from Lenovo's plan of establishing production bases in Japan and South America, according to sources from the upstream...

Intel drops Sandy Bridge CPU prices

Dec 22, 01:10

Intel has recently notified its partners of plans to reduce prices of the existing Sandy Bridge-based processors with some Core i3 and i5 series processors to see a drop of 10-15%,...

CES 2012 may not help pump up demand

Dec 20, 01:30

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new...

Pegatron reportedly lands orders for Lenovo quad-core tablet PC

Dec 19, 16:21

Pegatron Technology reportedly has landed orders from Lenovo for its quad-core LePad tablet PC, which is set to enter mass production after the Lunar New Year in January, according...

Wistron lands smart TV orders from Lenovo, says paper

Newswatch - Dec 14, 15:35

Wistron has beaten Compal Electronics to win smart TV orders from Lenovo with shipments to begin in the first quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to a Chinese-language...

Global all-in-one PC shipments to reach 15.8 million units in 2012, says Digitimes Research

Dec 8, 17:09

After experiencing strong growth of 45-50% in 2009 and 2010, demand for all-in-one (AIO) PCs has already started cooling down with shipment growth for 2011 expected to reach only...

White-box players in China quitting tablet PC market

Dec 8, 01:20

As non-Apple tablet PC players are dropping their tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire, white-box players in China are starting to quit the tablet PC market and can only...

Lenovo jumps to number 2 PC rank in 3Q11, says IHS

Dec 1, 14:34

Riding a strong surge in shipments, China's Lenovo in the third quarter jumped one rank to become the world's second-largest PC brand, surpassing Dell - and mounting the most serious...

Windows-on-ARM platform to join notebook competition in June 2013

Nov 29, 13:48

Windows on ARM (WoA), a combination of Windows 8 and ARM-based processors, is expected to make an official appearance at the end of 2012 and will try to compete in the notebook market...

Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs

Nov 29, 01:15

Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...

Second wave of ultrabook launches to take place at CES 2012

Nov 22, 01:35

Notebook brand vendors that have not yet released ultrabooks but plan to do so soon, such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Dell, as well as players that have already...

Compal reportedly receives extra orders from Lenovo and Dell

Nov 17, 01:20

Compal Electronics reportedly has received extra orders from Lenovo and Dell for 2011 and will become the two notebook vendors' largest ODM partner, according to sources from the...

Lenovo to start production in Chengdu soon

Nov 9, 17:01

Lenovo will begin production of desktops and notebooks at its base in Chengdu City, western China, on December 19, with expected output of 2-3 million units in 2012, accounting for...

Lenovo 3Q11 revenues hit quarterly record

Nov 3, 14:36

China-based PC vendor Lenovo on November 2 published its financial report for the third quarter of 2011 (the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year), with revenues of US$7.8 billion...

China-based branded smartphone vendors to produce sub-US$100 models

Nov 3, 11:26

China-based branded handset vendors including Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei Technologies are expected to venture into the production of smartphone models with a price tag of around US$100...

Taiwan market: Lenovo launches 2 10.1-inch tablet PCs

Oct 21, 15:40

Lenovo has launched two 10.1-inch tablet PCs, the ThinkPad Tablet and IdeaPad K1, in the Taiwan market. Both models are powered by Nvidia dual-code Tegra CPUs with the ThinkPad Tablet...

Some PC vendors switching to Windows 8-based tablet PCs

Oct 17, 12:10

Some PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, reportedly plan to venture into the development of Microsoft's Windows 8-based tablet PCs with the new models likely to...

Lenovo rises to the second largest PC brand in 3Q11, says IDC

Oct 14, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments increased by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The results are up...

Lenovo-Compal joint venture to start volume production by end of 2012

Oct 11, 12:28

Lenovo and Compal Electronics' joint venture in Anhui, China is set to start volume production at the end of 2012, mainly manufacturing notebooks and all-in-one PCs with the plant's...

Demand from vendors for new manufacturing process affecting notebook ODM profits

Oct 6, 01:25

Notebook brand vendors such as Asustek Computer, Acer and Lenovo, which originally outsourced the assembly of their ultrabook panels and panel-bezels to their notebook ODM partners,...

Notebook ODMs consider forming joint venture with metal chassis maker to secure supply

Oct 4, 01:10

Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, concerned that supply of metal chassis may fall short in the near future, are considering to establish joint ventures with upstream metal chassis suppliers...

Compal may lose Acer orders

Sep 29, 13:48

Commenting on revelations that Acer's major ODM partner Compal Electronics will establish a joint venture with Lenovo for manufacturing PC products, Acer vice president Scott Lin...

Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs

Sep 29, 01:10

With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...

Compal, Lenovo set up joint venture in China

Sep 28, 01:00

Compal Electronics and Lenovo will establish a joint venture, Lienpal (Hefei), in Hefei, northern China, to produce mainly notebooks and all-in-one (AIO) PCs specifically for Lenovo,...

Lenovo places short lead-time 3G chipset solution orders with MediaTek, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 27, 13:50

Lenovo has placed short lead-time orders for MT6573 3G solutions with MediaTek recently as the first batch of 500,000 units of its A60 smartphone, priced at CNY1,000 (US$156), have...