Taiwan market: HP unveils Envy ultrabooks

Feb 10, 12:34

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on February 9 unveiled two ultrabooks, Envy 14 Spectre and Envy 15 Spectre, for launch in the Taiwan market at retail prices of NT$49,900 (US$1,683) and NT$64,900.

Lenovo 4Q11 revenues hit record

Feb 10, 12:22

Lenovo generated consolidated revenues of US$8.4 billion for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2011 (the fourth quarter of 2011), hitting a quarterly record, according to the company.

Taiwan market: HP opens first all-service center

Feb 10, 12:16

Hewlett-Packard (HP) on February 9 opened an all-service center in downtown Taipei, with operations focusing on exhibiting business-use and high-end consumer PCs, and providing maintenance services, according to HP Taiwan. This is the first such center in Taiwan and the eighth in the Asia Pacific re...

Thinking Electronic positive about ultrabook demand

Feb 10, 11:56

Protective component maker Thinking Electronic Industrial expects orders coming from the ultrabook sector to become strong later in 2012, which will drive company revenues.

Kodak to phase out camera business

Feb 10, 11:41

Eastman Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2012, has announced plans to phase out its dedicated capture devices business, which includes digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, in the first half of 2012.

Asustek, Pegatron see mixed January revenues

Feb 10, 01:10

Asustek Computer had revenues of NT$21.819 billion (US$738 million) for January slipping 11.1% on month, while Pegatron Technology saw its January consolidated revenues rise 14.5% to NT$46.802 billion, according to the companies.

Kinpo-Compal Group aims at combined revenues of US$40 billion in 2012

Feb 9, 14:15

Taiwan-based Kinpo-Compal Group has set a challenging goal of increasing combined revenues to US$40 billion for 2012, with three key members Compal Electronics, Compal Communications and Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) expected to mainly contribute to revenue growth, according to group president Rock...

Quanta, Wistron see on-month drop in January revenues

Feb 9, 01:20

Quanta Computer and Wistron have announced their January results with both suffering on-month drops in terms of revenues and notebook shipments.

Pegatron lands notebook orders from HP

Feb 9, 01:10

Pegatron Technology has recently landed notebook orders from Hewlett-Packard (HP). With its existing orders from Toshiba and Acer for 2012, the company's shipments are expected to turn strong in the second half giving the company the potential to achieve its goal of shipping 20 million notebooks in...

Inventec January revenues down

Feb 8, 16:23

Notebook ODM Inventec had revenues of NT$27.378 billion (US$926 million) for January decreasing 6.53% on month and 0.90% on year, according to the company. Inventec shipped 1.45-1.5 million notebooks in January and aims to ship 17.6 million units in 2012.

Vendors considering US$299 tablet PCs for emerging markets

Feb 8, 15:47

Many vendors are considering developing inexpensive tablet PCs priced at US$299 or below for sale in emerging markets including China, India, Brazil and Indonesia, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

HTC to not release smartphone sales figures starting February

Feb 8, 15:17

Following the step of Samsung Electronics, HTC has decided to not release the sales figures of smartphones in its quarterly financial statement starting February 2012, according to the company.

Taiwan January export value decreases

Feb 7, 16:47

Taiwan recorded total export value of US$21.08 billion in January 2012, decreasing 12.0% on month and 16.8% on year, while the total import value of US$20.66 billion fell 4.5% on month and 11.9% on year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). The decreases were mainly due to the 2012 Lunar New...

Samsung cuts LTE chip cost by half, ABI Research teardown reveals

Feb 7, 14:46

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus made a big impact on the market in December 2011, thanks to its sleek design, new Android OS (Ice Cream Sandwich) and NFC capability. The smartphone has another notable hidden feature that makes it more cost-competitive.

Taiwan January CPI up

Feb 7, 11:53

Taiwan's January 2012 consumer price index (CPI) of 108.36 (2006 as base year) rose 0.33% on month and 2.37% on year, while the corresponding wholesale price index (WPI) of 112.66% increased 0.01% on month and 4.28% on year, the Directorate-General Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) has revea...

Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models

Feb 7, 01:15

As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the PC vendors are dropping their ultrabook prices to promote upcoming new ultrabook models, that are set to launch soon...

Smartphones overtake client PCs in 2011, says Canalys

Feb 6, 16:56

Canalys has released its full, fourth-quarter 2011 country-level smartphone shipment estimates to clients, so completing the picture for the year. One notable result was that total annual global shipments of smartphones exceeded those of client PCs (including pads) for the first time.

Pegatron, ECS land ultrabook orders from regional brands worldwide, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 6, 16:30

Pegatron Technology and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) have recently landed orders from regional brand vendors worldwide including Epson, Onkyo, ViewSonic, Mustek, Motion Computing, WiPro and Positivo with Pegatron landing orders for five models set to ship in April or May; while, ECS landed two...

Synnex Technology posts January consolidated revenues of NT$20.5 billion

Feb 4, 16:24

Channel distributor Synnex Technology International on February 4 reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.5 billion (US$678 million) for January 2012.

Lenovo aims to become largest PC vendor in 2012

Feb 4, 14:27

China-based Lenovo has set a goal of surpassing Hewlett-Packard (HP) to become the world's largest PC vendor in 2012, according to company CEO Yang Yuan-qing.

Notebook makers see on-month decline in January shipments, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 4, 10:59

Top-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Pegatron Technology and Inventec all saw on-month declines in their January shipments with Wistron suffering an over 20% drop, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing figures from Barclays Capital.

Acer China executive vice president leaves the company, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 4, 10:56

Acer China's executive vice president Lan Ye, who joined the company as part of the acquisition of China-based Founder in 2010, has left the company, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily report.

Chongqing government highlights labor supply

Feb 3, 14:57

Commenting on the usual labor shortages after the Lunar New Year holiday, Tong Xiaoping vice mayor of Chongqing, China, at a recent labor resource conference in Taiwan, pointed out that Chongqing City has sufficient labor supply and its labor resources are also richer than most cities in the surrounding...

Intel promotes two executives to senior vice president

Feb 3, 14:28

Intel has announced that its board of directors has promoted Mooly Eden and Richard Taylor to the position of senior vice president.

Apple to unveil iPhone 5 at WWDC in June, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 2, 12:24

Apple is expected to unveil its iPhone 5 smartphone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to be held in June 2012, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted Daiwa Securities as indicating.

Taiwan market: Nearly 27,000 projectors shipped in 4Q11

Feb 2, 12:22

There were 26,925 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during fourth-quarter 2011, increasing 3% sequentially but decreasing 11.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Wireless displaces PC as top semiconductor spending area for OEMs in 2011, says IHS

Feb 2, 11:20

Propelled by the red-hot appeal of items like Apple's iPhone and iPad, the wireless communications sphere surpassed computers to lead all segments in semiconductor-related spending among the world's leading OEMs in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli.

Foxconn enjoys recruitment crowds

Feb 2, 01:20

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), despite being named a fear factory by the US media, still attracted large amounts of people in China looking for work, and the company's plants in Shenzhen, Zhengzhou and Wuhan all attracted large crowds looking for jobs after the Lunar New Year.

Notebook shipments expected to rise significantly in 2H12

Feb 2, 01:10

Notebook shipments, benefiting from the recovery of hard drive shortages and launch of Windows 8 in the third quarter, are expected to rise significantly in the second half, compared to the first with shipments proportion in the first and second halves to reach 45% and 55% and may even hit 40% and...

Acer, HP to expand notebook shipments from Chongqing, China in 2012

Feb 2, 01:05

As total notebook shipments from Chongqing, China increased to 15.74 million units in 2011 with production volume also growing more than 1,000 fold to US$5.15 billion, Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are both set to increase their shipments proportion from Chongqing in 2012.

Taiwan 2011 economic growth lowered to 4.03%

Feb 1, 11:22

Taiwan's GDP growth in 2011 has been downward adjusted to 4.03% from 4.51% projected in November 2011, according to the latest estimates by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

Acer aims to ship 1 million PCs to Brazil in 2012

Feb 1, 01:10

Acer has been making efforts to tap the Brazil market and aims to ship one million PCs in 2012, double the volume recorded in 2011, according to industry sources.

Emerging markets and high performance drive rapid growth in tablet PC demand, says DisplaySearch

Jan 31, 14:29

Shipments of tablet PCs are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017, according to the latest DisplaySearch report. Driving the demand is the continued solid growth in mature markets complemented by increasingly strong growth in emerging markets. Emerging markets...

Apple storms past HP to lead global PC market, says Canalys

Jan 31, 14:27

Canalys has announced that Apple, after reporting stellar results, became the leading worldwide client PC vendor in the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple shipped over 15 million iPads and five million Macs, representing 17% of the total 120 million client PCs shipped globally in the fourth quarter. Overall,...

Foxlink targets China, South Korea retail markets

Jan 31, 01:35

Taiwan-based component maker and channel player Foxlink will target retail markets of China and South Korea as its major expansion focus in 2012 as Taiwan's retail market is already approaching saturation and the company is already set to expand about 30 new stores in 2012 for China.

Wistron seeking acquisition targets

Jan 31, 01:30

Wistron, after raising US$180 million in euro-convertible bonds (ECB) and building a US$100 million greenshoe fund, is seeking acquisition targets for vertical integration and is eying components such as touchscreen, LCD module (LCM) and software, according to company chairman Simon Lin.

Acer to go into attack mode in 2012

Jan 31, 01:05

Acer has already adjusted its strategy from purely defending its position in the market in 2011 to attacking the market in 2012 and the company will push four major product segments this year - ultrabook, notebook, tablet PC and smartphone, Acer chairman JT Wang stated at the company's ceremony for...

Acer chairman believes high chance of earning profit in 1Q12

Jan 30, 17:03

Acer chairman JT Wang, at the company's Lunar New Year ceremony, pointed out that the company has a very high chance to earn profits in the first quarter of 2012 after a series of adjustments to help stabilize operations.

Taiwan unemployment down in December

Jan 30, 16:35

Taiwan had 471,000 jobless citizens in December 2011, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.18% which decreased by 0.10 percentage point on month and by 0.49 percentage point on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).

Wistron looks to 20% notebook shipment growth in 2012, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 30, 14:25

Wistron expects its shipments of notebooks, servers and hand-held devices to grow 20% on year in 2012, while LCD TV shipments will stay flat for the year, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted company chairman Simon Lin as saying.

Samsung posts record profit in 4Q11

Jan 30, 14:10

Booming smartphone sales made Samsung Electronics' latest quarter its most profitable quarter ever, according to the company.

Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$4.9 billion in 2011

Jan 30, 12:23

Taiwan approved 2,283 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$4.955 billion in 2011, respectively increasing by 11.80% and by 30.01% on year, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) statistics.

Worldwide projector market neared 10 million units in 2011, says Pacific Media

Jan 30, 10:04

Total projector volume hit nearly 10 million in 2011 as annual sales registered a solid double-digit gain in Asia along with single-digit gains in the Americas and EMEA (Europe, Mid-East, Africa), according to Pacific Media Associates (PMA).

Notebook shipments of Taiwan players from 2006-2012

Jan 29, 15:57

Taiwan makers produced over 90% of the notebooks worldwide in 2008. The top-five notebook makers – Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Inventec and Asustek Computer – contributed 88% of the shipments from Taiwan.

Taiwan December export order value down slightly

Jan 20, 16:42

Taiwan received export orders worth US$36.31 billion in December 2011, decreasing 0.94% on month and 0.72% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on January 20.