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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...
Friday 15 January 2016
Genesis Photonics supplies LED automotive lighting devices for Japan vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has begun supply of LED devices used in automotive interior lighting for Japan-based vendors, according to the company.
Friday 15 January 2016
TV shipments in China up 7% in 4Q15
TV shipments in China reached 16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 7% on year, according to Sigmaintell Consulting.
Friday 15 January 2016
Notebook competition to grow fiercer in 2016
The notebook market is expected to see fiercer competition in 2016 than the previous years due to factors including Samsung Electronics having reorganized its notebook business to...
Friday 15 January 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches 18.4-inch tablet
Samsung Electronics has unveiled Galaxy View, a 18.4-inch tablet featuring in-house-developed Exynos 7580 1.6GHz 8-core processor, Full HD resolution, 2GB memory and 32GB storage,...