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Thursday 24 December 2009
Taiwan market: Netbook sales through 3G carriers to drop 20% sequentially in 4Q09
Netbook sales through bundling with 3G services in Taiwan are expected to drop more than 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 due to the rapid drop in netbook retail prices,...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Netbook shipments grow 103% on year in 2009; revenues up 72%, says DisplaySearch
Notebook revenues are expected to reach US$109 billion in 2009, down almost 7% on year, according to DisplaySearch. A dramatic increase in the size of the mini-note (netbook) market...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Mobile device shipments growing fast, says ABI Research
The global market will see a total of 1.2 billion mobile devices shipped in 2009, according to the latest data from ABI Research. That includes all categories of wireless devices...
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Samsung may surpass Asustek in netbook shipments in 2010
Samsung Electronics has a chance to surpass Asustek Computer in terms of netbook shipments in 2010, according sources from component makers.
Wednesday 23 December 2009
Asia brands competing over netbook price in North America
Asia-based notebook brands including Acer, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Samsung Electronics have significantly reduced their netbook prices in North America...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Samsung expected to stay as eighth-largest global notebook brand in 2010
Samsung Electronics, the eighth largest global notebook brand since the second quarter of 2009 is expected to expand its shipment gap with the ninth largest brand Sony in 2010 and...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
PC market returns to growth with double-digit gains through 2013, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments returned to positive growth in the third quarter of 2009 buoyed by strong back-to-school demand with an increase of 2.3% after three consecutive quarters of...
Monday 21 December 2009
Intel announces next-generation Atom platform
Intel has announced new Intel Atom processors today that feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, enabling a new generation of netbooks and Atom-based entry level...
Thursday 17 December 2009
LCD makers shifting notebook, netbook panel production to 5G, says DisplaySearch
Driven by increased competition and taking advantage of new fab capacity, TFT LCD panel makers have increased the use of 5G fabs to produce netbook and notebook PC panels. In the...
Thursday 17 December 2009
CPT to supply Sony VAIO P netbook panels at the end of 2009
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will start supplying special-specification high-resolution 8-inch widescreen LCD panels for Sony's VAIO P netbook at the end of 2009, with monthly shipments...
Thursday 17 December 2009
Quanta and Compal benefit from strong Toshiba sales in the US
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics are expected to benefit from Toshiba's strong notebook and netbook sales in the US, according to sources from notebook players.
Monday 7 December 2009
Flextronics lands 2 million netbook order from HP for 2010, says paper
Flextronics has recently landed orders for two million netbooks from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for 2010 through the vendor's e-bidding system with a manufacturing quote of US$45 for each...
Monday 7 December 2009
Nvidia Ion 2 reportedly lands orders from Acer
Nvidia has reportedly landed orders for Ion 2-based chips designed to support Intel's upcoming (Pineview) Atom N450, N470, D510 or D410 CPUs and related (Tiger Point) chipsets from...
Friday 4 December 2009
IT Month 2009: Asustek, Acer and MSI see strong ultra-thin notebook sales
Asustek Computer, Acer and Micro-Star International (MSI) all expect their ultra-thin notebook sales at the IT Month 2009 consumer trade show in Taiwan to be higher than in 2008,...
Friday 4 December 2009
Vendors to launch Atom N450-based netbooks on January 11, 2010
Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo and even Micro-Star International (MSI), which originally planned to launch in December, are all set to launch their Atom N450-based netbooks on January...