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Friday 10 May 2013
Touchscreen IC suppliers to see May sales increase
Touchscreen controller IC suppliers Elan Microelectronics and Egalax-Empia Technology (EETI) are expected to post significant growth in May sales driven by demand from the PC sector,...
Tuesday 7 May 2013
Price gap between touch and non-touch notebooks may drop below US$50 in 3Q13
As Acer and Asustek Computer are both aggressively promoting touchscreen notebooks, sources from channel retailers expect the price gap between touchscreen and non-touchscreen notebooks...
Monday 6 May 2013
Touchscreen models to account for 50% of Acer notebook shipments in 2014
Acer is set to raise the shipment proportion of its touchscreen notebooks from 12% of the total volume in the first quarter to 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2015, according to Acer vice...
Monday 29 April 2013
Acer set to launch US$399 touchscreen notebook in May
Acer plans to release an 11.6-inch touchscreen notebook in mid-May, priced at only US$399 and since such a price point has already hit brand vendors' bottom line, there is unlikely...
Thursday 18 April 2013
Hybrid touch-screen notebooks account for over 20% of all notebooks in 1Q13, say Taiwan hinge makers
Hybrid touchscreen notebooks (featuring a detachable keyboard) developed in the first quarter of 2013 accounted for more than 20% of all notebook models, and because hinges used in...
Thursday 18 April 2013
Intel recommends 3 touch solution providers to ultrabook ODMs
Intel, in line with boosting touch screens in third-generation ultrabooks, has recommended three touchscreen solution providers, Cambrios Technologies, FlatFrog and UniPixel, to ODMs,...
Monday 15 April 2013
Touchscreen notebooks may enjoy strong shipment growth in 2Q13
Touchscreen notebook shipments may reach 4.2 million units in the second quarter, up 70% sequentially, as the production yield rate of touch panels has been improving, helping to...
Monday 15 April 2013
Touchscreen notebook costs may fall in 3Q13
Since its launch, sales of Microsoft's Windows 8 have been bleak. Industry sources have noted that due to limited supply of touch panels and low yields, prices of touchscreen notebooks...
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Taiwan market: Touchscreen notebooks to enjoy 20-25% price drops
Taiwan-based first-tier notebook brand vendors will drop their touchscreen notebook prices around 20-25% for the upcoming Softex consumer trade show in Taiwan, thanks to Microsoft's...
Monday 8 April 2013
Touchscreen to become standard specification for third-generation ultrabooks
Intel has decided to make touchscreen functions a standard specification for its third-generation ultrabooks, which is expected to launch shortly after the release of its Haswell...
Thursday 28 March 2013
Notebook brand vendors to secure touch panel supply with security deposits
As touchscreen notebooks are expected to account for a double-digit share of the global notebook market in 2013, up from only a single-digit percentage in 2012, notebook brand vendors...
Friday 8 March 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek launches touchscreen Transformer AIO series
Asustek Computer on March 7 unveiled the Transformer AIO, a tablet which can be docked into a pad to become an all-in-one (AIO) PC, for launch in the Taiwan market. The AIO pad features...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Apple iPad and iPad mini shipments may be affected by lack of touch screen sensors
Japan-based Nissha Printing, Apple's main supplier of thin-film touch sensors for the iPad mini, may not be able to supply enough of the sensors for Apple's next-generation iPad and...
Thursday 7 March 2013
Touchscreen notebooks to enjoy at least 10% price cut after Windows 8 discount
Touchscreen notebook prices are expected to drop at least 10% when the recently reported Windows 8 licensing fee discounts provided by Microsoft go into effect, while some entry-level...
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Touchscreen models may account for 10% of 2Q13 notebook shipments
Touchscreen notebooks are estimated to account for 5-6% of total notebook shipments in the first quarter and with the launch of new models, the percentage may reach 10% in the second...