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Friday 29 April 2016
Apple beats Microsoft at their own game while Amazon primes the low end of tablet market, says IDC
First-quarter seasonality combined with an overall disinterested customer base led to an annual decline of 14.7% in worldwide tablet shipments during the first quarter of 2016. Worldwide...
Friday 29 April 2016
Acer Asia Pacific head eyes break-even operation in 2Q16
Acer Pan Asia Pacific president Andrew Hou has pointed out that the company still saw losses in the first quarter in Asia Pacific and is looking to achieve a break-even operation...
Friday 29 April 2016
Global LCD TV shipments in 1Q16 estimated at 48.32 million units, says WitsView
There were an estimated 48.32 million LCD TVs shipped globally in the first quarter of 2016, dropping 20.9% on quarter and 6.3% on year, according to WitsView.
Friday 29 April 2016
Coretronic expects 2Q16 projector shipments to grow over 20%
Coretronic shipped 243,000 DLP projectors in the first quarter of 2016 and expects to ship 95,000-105,000 units a month in the second quarter with quarterly growth of more than 20%,...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Foxconn promoting Sharp products internally
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) employees have recently established a team to display and promote Sharp's white goods such as dehumidifiers, air purifiers and refrigerators...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Taiwan market: Canon launches new flagship DSLR
Canon has launched its latest flagship DSLR camera, the EOS-1D X Mark II in Taiwan. Canon has also upgraded Taiwan consumers' equipment protection plan.
Thursday 28 April 2016
Asustek denies plans to split company businesses
Asustek Computer has refuted a rumor that the company is considering separating its Open Platform business group, which includes motherboard, graphics card, monitor and peripheral...
Thursday 28 April 2016
Apple sees iPhone shipments drop in fiscal 2Q16
Apple has announced that it posted quarterly revenues of US$50.6 billion and quarterly net income of US$10.5 billion, or US$1.90 per diluted share for the fiscal 2016 second quarter...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
Global LCD TV panel capacity in 2Q16 to grow 8.8%, says Sigmaintell
Global production capacity for LCD TV panels in the second quarter of 2016 will reach 42.6 million square meters, increasing 8.8% on quarter, according to China-based Sigmaintell...
Wednesday 27 April 2016
High-end smartphone sales decelerating, affecting IC orders
Sales of high-end smartphones are decelerating, affecting orders for ICs and other parts and components, according to sources from Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Wednesday 27 April 2016
PC, handset supply chain makers conservative about prospects for 2016
Makers in the PC and handset supply chains in Taiwan are conservative about a business rebound in the second half of 2016 as well as the overall performance for the entire year amid...
Tuesday 26 April 2016
HTC to launch accelerator programs to foster development of VR industry
HTC has announced plans to inject over US$100 million to carry out a business accelerator program, HTC Vive X, to foster development of the virtual reality (VR) industry.
Monday 25 April 2016
HTC to hold Vive strategy, ecosystem conference in Beijing
HTC will hold a conference on strategy and ecosystem for HTC Vive in the China market in Beijing on April 26. Company chairperson and CEO Cher Wang will host the meeting.
Friday 22 April 2016
VR hardware to soar past US$2 billion mark in 2016, says IDC
Worldwide shipments of virtual reality (VR) hardware will skyrocket in 2016, with total volumes reaching 9.6 million units. Led by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, and Oculus,...
Friday 22 April 2016
Acer has no plans to make VR devices, says CEO
Commenting on Acer's new Predator series products' support for virtual reality (VR) devices, Acer CEO Jason Chen has pointed out that the company's latest gaming products will be...