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Thursday 21 January 2016
China market: Market share of smart TV vendors to change drastically in 2016
The landscape of the smart TV market in China is expected to undergo a drastic change in 2016 as local brands including Skyworth, Hisense and TCL have continued to ramp up their market...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Acer founder Stan Shih praises Acer for managing to stay profitable
Acer founder Stan Shih, at a recent event, praised Acer for doing good work and pointed out that although Acer has seen its revenues drop, it still managed to stay profitable.
Thursday 21 January 2016
Consumer drone shipments to exceed 90 million and generate US$4.6 billion in revenues by 2025, says ABI Research
The consumer drone market continues to exhibit dramatic growth as users look to use them to enrich their pastimes and activities. According to ABI Research, more than 90 million consumer...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Compal Electronics to adjust ODM organization into 2 business groups
Compal Electronics will adjust its ODM organization into PC and smart device business groups, with the former to cover notebooks, desktops and servers and the latter tablets, smartphones...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
LCD TV panels sized 32-inch to fall below US$50
LCD TV panels sized 32-inch have already dropped to US$52 and are expected to fall below the US$50 mark by the second quarter of 2016, according to market observers.
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Taiwan market: Leica to launch range-finder digital camera
Germany-based Leica Camera AG will launch the Leica M (Typ 262), a range-finder digital camera, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$210,000 (US$6,231, camera...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Leading TV brands to increase reliance on panel suppliers in Taiwan and China in 2016, says IHS
Leading global TV brands Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, seeking to complete their product lineups, increase back-up supply and boost savings, plan to rely less on their captive...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Clevo chairman invests in hotels in China
Kent Hsu, chairman for Taiwan-based PC vendor and ODM Clevo, has invested in the hotel industry in China through cooperation with Hyatt, with its first hotel, Haytt Regency Changchun,...
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments in 2016 to fall 2.5% on year
There were 157.4 million notebooks shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 9% on year, and the shipments will further slip 2.5% to 153.5 million units in 2016, according to Digitimes...
Tuesday 19 January 2016
HTC reportedly to set up independent VR company
HTC plans to spin off its virtual reality (VR) business unit to form an independent company in a bid boost its VR business operations, according to a Taipei-based Central News...
Monday 18 January 2016
TV panel shipments were near 270 million units worldwide in 2015, says WitsView
A total of 22.73 million units of LCD TV panels were shipped in December 2015, down 0.02% from November and up 4.1% year on year. Iris Hu, WitsView assistant research manager, said...
Monday 18 January 2016
Samsung, Oculus and HTC ready to strive in VR market
The global virtual reality (VR) market is expected to begin gaining momentum soon as Samsung Electronics, Oculus and HTC are ready to compete with each other in the sector, according...
Monday 18 January 2016
New Kinpo Group sees growing contributions from Southeast Asia
The New Kinpo Group is seeing its investments in Southeast Asia countries such as Thailand and the Philippines as well as Brazil starting to make contributions and is also planning...
Monday 18 January 2016
Compal to set up smartphone factory in India
Compal Electronics will set up a factory in New Delhi, India, specifically for assembly of smartphones for 3-4 vendors, with production to begin in March 2016, according to company...
Friday 15 January 2016
Dell pushing Inspiron 7000 series for mid-range gaming sector
Dell has recently been pushing its Inspiron 7000 series notebooks to compete against Acer, Asustek and Micro-Star International's (MSI) mid-range gaming notebook products and will...