227 news items tagged e-book
Computex 2010: Hanwang showing latest e-book readers
Tuesday 1 June 2010China-based Hanwang Technology, which markets its products under the Hanvon brand, is attending Computex 2010 on June 1-5 to showcase its latest e-book readers and other devices.
ViewSonic launches 6-inch e-book readers
Friday 28 May 2010ViewSonic has recently introduced four 6-inch e-book readers, the VEB632, VEB630, VEB625 and VEB620, using EPD from Prime View International (PVI).
Acer introduces a 7-inch tablet PC
Friday 28 May 2010Acer on May 27 introduced a 7-inch tablet PC along with other products such as e-book readers, all-in-one PCs and smartphones in Beijing. The tablet PC uses a processor from Qualcomm...
Acer announces new e-book reader and touchscreen devices
Thursday 27 May 2010Acer has announced LumiRead, a e-book reader that supports Acer's clear.fi solution, a content supply platform which allows consumers to access and share e-books and audio-books.
PVI to take measures to increase production efficiency
Thursday 20 May 2010Since Prime View International (PVI) currently does not have plans to expand its LCD panel capacity, the company plans to take measures to increase its LCD panel production efficiency...
Hanwang announces two tablet PCs
Thursday 20 May 2010China-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...
Epson and E-Ink announce color EPD controller
Wednesday 19 May 2010TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson")(TOKYO:6724), a global supplier of imaging products and semiconductor solutions, and E-Ink Corporation, the leading...
China players aggressively entering tablet PC market
Thursday 6 May 2010China-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...
Qisda expects to ship 400,000 e-book readers in 2010, says president
Thursday 29 April 2010Qisda 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...
China market to witness fast growing sales of e-book readers, says PVI chairman
Tuesday 27 April 2010The 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...
Nook outnumbers Kindle in March, says Digitimes Research
Monday 26 April 2010Manufacturers' 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.
PVI to invest US$500 million to expand EPD business in China
Monday 19 April 2010Prime 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...
E-paper shipments up 417% on year in 2009, says DisplaySearch
Wednesday 14 April 2010Shipments 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,...
Qisda solves e-book reader volume production issues, 2010 shipment projection unchanged
Monday 12 April 2010Qisda 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...
Wistron to produce 6-inch e-book readers for Hong Kong publisher
Thursday 1 April 2010Wistron 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.
E-book reader, cloud computing and 3D to be spotlights of Computex 2010
Wednesday 31 March 2010Computex 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...
SiPix signs with China-based publisher to tap China e-book readers market
Wednesday 31 March 2010SiPix 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...
Worldwide e-book reader shipments to reach 28 million by 2013, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 24 March 2010Global 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...
E-book readers
Friday 19 March 2010Digitimes Research estimates that in 2008 worldwide e-book reader shipments were only 700,000 units, with Amazon and Sony being the major vendors.
CeBIT 2010: MSI to showcase notebooks and e-book readers
Thursday 25 February 2010Micro-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.
Qisda reports January revenues of almost NT$7 billion
Friday 5 February 2010Qisda has announced January revenues of NT$6.73 billion (US$210.08 million), down 3.6% sequentially from NT$6.98 billion, but up 22.4% on year from NT$5.5 billion.
Global e-book reader shipments may exceed 10 million units in 2010, says PVI chairman
Thursday 4 February 2010Prime View International (PVI) chairman Scott Liu has said he expects global e-book reader shipments in 2010 will have a chance to surpass 10 million since over 50 new vendors are...
iPad will not impact China e-book reader market, says Hanwang chairman
Monday 1 February 2010The launch of Apple's iPad will not impact China's e-book and e-book reader market, and may actually help to further promote the market, according to China-based e-book reader vendor...
Taiwan market: BenQ launches e-book platform in cooperation with eBook Japan
Wednesday 27 January 2010BenQ has announced the launch of eBook Taiwan, an online integrated digital content platform for e-book readers, in the Taiwan market. The company also recently launched the own-brand...
Asustek to launch two e-book readers in 2Q10, say sources
Tuesday 26 January 2010Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer is expected to launch a 6-inch e-book reader (DR-57) and a 9-inch model (DR-950) for sale in the US and Europe markets as soon as the second quarter...
- Apple negotiator defends tactics in e-book trial (Jun 13) - New York Times
- US sues Apple, publishers in e-book price scheme (April 11) - Reuters
- Library sees boom in e-book use - and print, too (October 12) - Toronto Star
- Borders bankruptcy: Why reading isn't dead (Feb 17) - Wall Street Journal
- Sony: Its e-book business different from Apple's (Dec 28) - Techon
- KDDI to launch e-book store, 3G e-book reader (Dec 22) - Techon
- Sony's e-book reader 'almost sold out' in Japan (Dec 17) - Techon
- Google E-Book service launching to challenge Amazon, Apple (Dec 1) - eWeek
- Evolution of the e-book: when is a book not a book? (Oct 17) - Business Week
- iPad exceed e-book reader shipments, says IMS Reserach - Company release