Vendors push netbooks into education market

Jan 27, 01:25

As demand for netbook from the educational market is gradually rising, netbook vendors such as Acer, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have all launched models specifically targeting...

Big vendors become even bigger in netbook market

Jan 25, 01:35

First-tier netbook players such as Acer, Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Toshiba are expected to become even bigger as second-tier players are gradually...

Asustek expects a slight drop in 1Q11 revenues

Jan 25, 01:10

Asustek Computer CFO David Chang recently pointed out that the company's revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 met expectation though total was not a record as hoped. As for the...

Acer may see netbook shipment growth in 2011, says Acer Taiwan president

Jan 24, 16:54

President of Acer Taiwan Scott Lin, commenting on reports about Acer stepping out of the netbook market, pointed out that Acer will never quit from netbook competition. As many of...

HP switches netbook orders from Flextronics to Quanta

Jan 21, 01:15

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has switched some of its netbook orders for the second half of 2011 placed with EMS firm Flextronics International back to Quanta Computer. Quanta is expected...

Netbooks to maintain shipments above 30 million in 2011

Jan 20, 01:15

The netbook market is expected to maintain shipments of about 30 million units in 2011 with the top-three vendors to ship about six million units each, according to sources from notebook...

Acer denies plans to quit netbook market

Jan 20, 01:10

Acer has refuted market rumors it will quit the netbook market saying netbooks will continue to play an important role in its product lineup.

Netbook vendors pushing sales to emerging markets

Jan 14, 01:45

Acer, Asustek Computer and Samsung Electronics have switched their marketing efforts on netbooks to emerging markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia as netbook sales in the...

Acer PC shipments decline in 4Q10, trailing HP and Dell, says IDC

Jan 14, 01:35

Acer shipped 9.775 million PC products in the fourth quarter of 2010, down 17% on quarter and 15% on year due to a slowdown in netbook shipments, according to IDC. As a result, Acer's...

Over 35 Oak Trail-based netbooks will show up in 1H11, says Intel

Jan 13, 16:47

Intel, in response to report about notebook brands having no interest in its Oak Trail platform, pointed out that there will be more than 100 new netbook and tablet PC designs based...

Notebook vendors show no interest in Oak Trail

Jan 13, 01:30

Because Acer and Asustek Computer have both shown their unwillingness to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs, Intel has recently been aggressively trying to persuade these vendors with...

MSI, Gigabyte to outsource notebooks to Pegatron, Clevo, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 4, 15:51

Taiwan-based notebook makers Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology reportedly will outsource their notebook production to Pegatron Technology and Clevo, respectively,...

HyDrive seeing weak demand in notebook industry

Jan 4, 01:45

HyDrive, an optical drive model that features a built-in solid state drive (SSD) and was launched by Hitachi LG Data Storage (HLDS) as well as Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST),...

Taiwan market: Telecom carriers see no impact on netbook sales from tablet PCs

Dec 30, 16:36

Netbook sales via telecom carriers in the Taiwan market have not been affected much by tablet PCs as the Taiwan telecom channel currently only has a limited choice of tablet models...

AMD readies next-generation netbook/tablet PC platform

Dec 30, 01:15

AMD is set to announce its Brazos platform, a combination of the company's Ontario APU and Hudson chipset, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. The company has already prepared...

Taiwan market: Netbook price dropping to a new low

Dec 28, 01:30

Strong tablet PC demand continues to impact netbook market and several brand vendors in Taiwan have dropped their netbook price further to attract consumers.

Taiwan market: Tablet PCs may replace 30-40% of netbook demand, says TWM

Dec 14, 10:38

Taiwan Mobile has received many inquires about launches of tablet PCs, which may take over an estimated 30-40% of demand for netbooks in the Taiwan market, according to the company's...

Panel price rise may cause netbook vendors to see profits drop

Dec 6, 16:19

In addition to the impact from tablet PCs, rising netbook panel prices are expected to further impact brand vendors' profitability from their netbook products, according to sources...

Most important fab for LCD TV panel production is 8G, says DisplaySearch

Dec 6, 14:30

As panel makers expand, they are increasingly utilizing 8G fabs for LCD TV panel production, and the production of LCD TV panels at 8G increased to 41% in the third quarter of 2010,...

Asustek set to see netbook shipments decline in 2011

Dec 3, 01:45

Affected by the growing popularity of table PCs, global shipments of netbooks are set to decline in 2011. Consequently, Asustek Computer is expected to see its shipments of netbooks...

Notebook HDD capacities to reach 500GB in 2011, netbooks 320GB

Nov 24, 10:36

The mainstream capacity of notebook internal hard disk drives (HDDs) will increase from 320GB in 2010 to 500GB in 2011, while netbook drives will be 320GB, according to Taiwan-based...

Taiwan market: Vendors cut notebook prices

Nov 23, 15:14

Notebook brand vendors in Taiwan have recently started reducing their notebook prices in a bid to digest their inventory and enable a smooth transition to the new Huron River platform...

Asustek hopes AMD can help it achieve netbook shipment target

Nov 18, 01:35

Because the netbook industry is seeing almost no shipment growth, Asustek Computer expects its recently released AMD-based Eee PC 1015T netbook, which has a lower price point than...

Taiwan market: Dual-core netbooks drop to around NT$10,000

Nov 15, 15:54

As growth of netbook shipments is still being impacted by sales of tablet PC products, vendors have already dropped the price of their Intel Atom N400 series netbooks to around NT$9,000-10,000...

Large-size TFT shipments and revenues fell as supply chain sought inventory reductions in 3Q10, says DisplaySearch

Nov 12, 12:08

Shipments of large-size TFT-LCDs over 9.1-inch fell to 163 million units in the third quarter of 2010, with 4% sequential decline, but 7% on year growth. Revenues reached US$21.3...

Mini notebook market to be down, but not out, says IDC

Nov 10, 11:35

One year ago, mini notebook PCs, or netbooks, were seen by many as the device that would fundamentally reshape the PC industry. Today, that expectation is being laid upon the media...

Intel reveals Chief River platform for notebooks

Nov 1, 16:37

Intel recently notified its partner about its latest platform Chief River that adopts 22nm Ivy Bridge processors with native support of USB 3.0, according to sources from motherboard...

Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2010

Oct 31, 16:41

Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically...

Acer first tablet PC aimed at fulfilling telecom carrier demand

Oct 29, 12:35

As Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci recently pointed out that the company is set to launch its first tablet PC on November 23 at a price range of US$299-699, market watchers pointed out...

Dell likely to be first vendor to launch Ubuntu Light netbooks, say notebook makers

Oct 8, 12:09

Canonical on October 7 announced its latest Ubuntu 10.10 operating system and Ubuntu Light for netbooks, and noted that consumers should be able to see Ubuntu Light-featured netbooks...

Dual-OS to become a standard for Acer dual-core netbooks

Oct 7, 01:10

Acer, at its new netbook launch press conference, noted that the company plans to adopt dual-operating systems (Windows 7 and Android) as one of the standard specifications for its...

Tablet PCs will not replace conventional notebooks, say Acer founder

Oct 6, 15:38

Acer founder Stan Shih, at a forum hosted by the Taiwan government, stated that tablet PCs will not replace conventional notebooks because tablets are positioned to fill a specific...

Taiwan market: Vendors cutting older netbook models to below NT$10,000

Sep 30, 01:55

As the increasing demand for Apple's iPad is causing PC players to turn their focus to the tablet PC market and the fact that the netbook market is becoming mature, the segment is...