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Monday 11 July 2016
Taiwan market: Xiaomi launches new consumer electronics
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi has launched its new consumer electronics in Taiwan including the 6.4-inch Xiaomi Max smartphone, the Mi Air Purifier 2 and the Mi Smart LED Lamp...
Monday 11 July 2016
US enterprise sector to see PC replacement trend in 2H16
With the US Department of Defense deciding to upgrade four million units of their equipment to Windows 10 due to better security, sources from PC players expect the move to prompt...
Monday 11 July 2016
Inventec ships 1.6 million PCs in June
Inventec shipped 1.6 million notebooks and desktops in June 2016, increasing 6.7% on month. Shipments stood at 4.3 million units for the second quarter and 8.45 million units for...
Friday 8 July 2016
Motherboard players see 20-30% drop in 2Q16 shipments
Motherboard players' shipments suffered worse-than-expected sequential declines in the second quarter of 2016 with many seeing over 20% decreases and some around 30%, according to...
Friday 8 July 2016
Worldwide IT spending forecast to be flat in 2016, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to be flat in 2016, totaling US$3.41 trillion, according to Gartner. This is up from last quarter's forecast of negative 0.5% growth. The change...
Friday 8 July 2016
Synnex June revenues hit record
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on July 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$29.810 billion (US$920 million) for June, its highest...
Thursday 7 July 2016
Acer expects no exchange losses in 2Q16 despite dropping EUR and GBP
Commenting on a market rumor that PC brand vendors are planning to raise their PC prices in Europe in response to recent fierce depreciation in the euro and British pound, Acer chairman...
Wednesday 6 July 2016
ECS June revenues decrease
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.672 billion (US$82.54 million)for June 2016, representing a 34.65% increase on month and 46.15% drop on...
Wednesday 6 July 2016
Global PC demand in 3Q16 to be short of supply chain expectations
Taiwan-based supply chain makers originally expected global PC demand to significantly rebound in the third quarter of 2016, but they will be disappointed as retail channels appear...
Wednesday 6 July 2016
Global supply of 39.5-, 40-, 43-inch TV panels to be short in 3Q16, says AVC
Global supply of 39.5-, 40- and 43-inch LCD TV panels in the third quarter of 2016 will be 17 million units, three million units or 15% short of the estimated demand for 20 million...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Taiwan market: HTC Vive availability starting on July 12
Following its entry into the Japan market on July 7, High Tech Computer's (HTC) Vive will become available in Taiwan on July 12, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily...
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Sales of HTC Vive headsets reach 100,000 units, says report
Sales of the HTC Vive are approaching the 100,000-unit mark, according to a Road to VR report, citing data from Steam Spy. The Vive has been on the market for about three...
Monday 4 July 2016
Pegatron pushing new car electronics products for Europe, says paper
Pegatron Technology has entered into the car electronics business beginning July 1 with a new management team. Since the European Union (EU) recently set new policies for all new...
Friday 1 July 2016
Taiwan market: FET launches smart home solution
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has launched a smart home solution featuring an all-in-one terminal equipped with IP camera, temperature and humidity sensors to monitor conditions...
Friday 1 July 2016
Huawei to launch VR device in July
Huawei Technologies will launch a head-mounted VR (virtual reality) device in mid-July 2016. In order to encourage content development, Huawei has set up a platform and SDK to tout...