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Thursday 20 May 2010
Hanwang announces two tablet PCs
China-based e-book reader maker Hanwang has announced two tablet PCs, the TouchPad B10 and B20, targeting the enterprise market. Both are manufactured by First International Computer...
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Epson and E-Ink announce color EPD controller
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson")(TOKYO:6724), a global supplier of imaging products and semiconductor solutions, and E-Ink Corporation, the leading...
Thursday 6 May 2010
China players aggressively entering tablet PC market
China-based PC players including first-tier notebook brand Lenovo, e-book reader brand Hanwang and white-box brand Malata, have all expressed their interest in entering the tablet...
Thursday 29 April 2010
Qisda expects to ship 400,000 e-book readers in 2010, says president
Qisda currently ships more than 10,000 e-book readers per month and expects shipments to increase significantly starting in June-July to enable a yearly volume of 400,000 units in...
Tuesday 27 April 2010
China market to witness fast growing sales of e-book readers, says PVI chairman
The sales volume of e-book readers in the China market as a percentage of the global total sales rapidly increased from less than 10% in 2009 to 23% in the first quarter of 2010 and...
Monday 26 April 2010
Nook outnumbers Kindle in March, says Digitimes Research
Manufacturers' e-book reader shipments to Barnes & Noble surpassed those to Amazon in March 2010, as demand for nook was picking up, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 19 April 2010
PVI to invest US$500 million to expand EPD business in China
Prime View International (PVI) has announced to invest US$500 million to expand its electrophoretic display (EPD) business in China and to cooperate with China-based fanshu.com and...
Wednesday 14 April 2010
E-paper shipments up 417% on year in 2009, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of e-paper increased to five million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of e-book readers, particularly Amazon's Kindle,...
Monday 12 April 2010
Qisda solves e-book reader volume production issues, 2010 shipment projection unchanged
Qisda has found solutions to issues regarding its panel materials and manufacturing processes, the company said recently. It expects a full recovery from the production glitches seen...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Wistron to produce 6-inch e-book readers for Hong Kong publisher
Wistron is cooperating with a Hong Kong-based publisher to tap China's e-book market, and plans to launch a 6-inch e-book reader in June 2010, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
E-book reader, cloud computing and 3D to be spotlights of Computex 2010
Computex Taipei 2010, which will take place during June 1-5, is expected to have a total of 1,750 exhibitors and 4,700 booths, up from last year's 1,700 and 4,495, respectively, while...
Wednesday 31 March 2010
SiPix signs with China-based publisher to tap China e-book readers market
SiPix Technology, an EPD subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), on March 30 signed an agreement of strategic cooperation with China-based Shanghai Century Publishing Group in Shanghai to...
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Worldwide e-book reader shipments to reach 28 million by 2013, says Digitimes Research
Global e-book reader shipments will increase from 700,000 units in 2008 to 28 million units in 2013, representing a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 386%, according to a recently...
Friday 19 March 2010
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Thursday 25 February 2010
CeBIT 2010: MSI to showcase notebooks and e-book readers
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase about 30 of its latest notebook models as well as e-book readers at CeBIT 2010 in Germany, from March 2-6.