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Thursday 22 June 2017
Acer faring well in high-margin PC segments
Acer’s PC business has been focusing on high-margin segments, including gaming notebooks, ultra-thin models and 2-in-1s, with each segment faring well in the first five months...
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Handset IC sales to top total personal computing in 2017, says IC Insights
The ongoing slump in shipments of standard PCs along with the drop-off in tablets are setting the stage for handset IC sales to finally surpass IC revenues in total personal computing...
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Acer expects growth in Chromebook shipments
Acer has been expanding its Chrome-based product lines recently and company CEO Jason Chen expects its Chromebook sales to enjoy a double-digit percentage growth in 2017.
Friday 17 March 2017
Acer expects large growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks, gaming notebooks and desktops
Acer expects double-digit percentage growth in 2017 shipments for Chromebooks and gaming PCs and, for Chromebooks in particular, Acer has market shares of 30-35% in the North America...
Thursday 20 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow sequentially in 3Q16
Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) increased 8.6% sequentially in the third quarter thanks to growing demand from the enterprise sector, vendors preparing...
Tuesday 21 June 2016
Inventec expects shipment growth in 2016 thanks to enterprise sector orders
Despite weakening worldwide notebook demand, Inventec still expects its notebook shipments to grow on year in 2016 thanks to stable shipments to the enterprise sector; however, revenues...
Friday 20 May 2016
Shipments of Chromebooks integrated with Google Play set to increase
Google has announced that new Chromebooks rolled out by its notebook partners will start supporting Google Play, a move which is likely to substantially ramp up shipments of Chrome...
Thursday 31 March 2016
Acer debuts Chromebook 14
Acer has expanded its line of Chromebooks with the Acer Chromebook 14 with a battery life of up to 14 hours. In addition, the device is equipped with a 14-inch display and an all-aluminum...
Monday 19 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Worldwide notebook shipments grow 6% sequentially in 3Q15
Worldwide notebook shipments started seeing growth in September after over six months of inventory digestion. The growth was stimulated by Microsoft Windows 10 released at the end...
Thursday 20 August 2015
Portable PC sales to remain flat despite Windows 10 launch, says ABI Research
According to the latest market data findings from ABI Research, total system shipments for portable computing are predicted to reach 165 million units for full-year 2015, essentially...
Monday 1 June 2015
Microsoft to address Google Chromebook competition through Windows 10 pricing
With Windows 10 set to be launched later this summer, Microsoft will enjoy a lot of attention at this year's Computex, as visitors look to get a better glimpse into how the operating...
Thursday 28 May 2015
Digitimes Research: Six 2-in-1 Chromebooks scheduled for 2015 to tackle non-education markets
In addition to Lenovo's N21 2-in-1 Chromebook launched in February and Asustek Computer's Chromebook Flip 2-in-1 device announced in April, Google, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer are...
Monday 25 May 2015
Worldwide Chromebook sales will reach 7.3 million units in 2015, says Gartner
Worldwide Chromebook sales to end users is on pace to reach 7.3 million units in 2015, a 27% increase from 2014, according to Gartner. Education is the primary market for Chromebooks...
Thursday 21 May 2015
Google seeking Taiwan partners to promote Chromebook, say makers
Google's Chromebook team has come to Taiwan to talk with Acer and Asustek Computer as well as Quanta Computer in a bid to seek cooperation to extend marketing of Chromebooks from...
Friday 27 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Microsoft to push 2 inexpensive notebooks in mid-2015 to counter Chromebook penetration
Although the launches of inexpensive Chromebooks using Rockchip's solutions were postponed recently, Google is not giving up plans to release such products in 2015, forcing Microsoft,...