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Friday 20 November 2015
HTC works with Shunwang to promote Vive in China, says paper
HTC reportedly has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with China-based Shungwang Technology for marketing and sale of its first virtual reality device, the HTC Vive, in the...
Friday 20 November 2015
DSLR models to account for over 50% of Taiwan camera shipments in 2015, says Canon
Seeing declining demand for entry-level digital still cameras, Canon has turned to push DSLR models instead, and is looking to achieve shipment growth. Taiwan's DSC shipments will...
Friday 20 November 2015
China Internet TV brands show lower sentiment rankings than traditional TV brands despite online popularity, says MIC
The top-10 LCD TV brands on online stores Tmall and JD during 15 May 2015 and August 2015 were: TCL, Changhong, Hisense, Sharp, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, LeTV, Sony, Skyworth...
Friday 20 November 2015
TV panel shipmemts increase on year in October, says WitsView
TV panel shipments totaled 22.93 million units in October, down 6.3% from September but up 6.4% from a year ago, according to WitsView, .
Thursday 19 November 2015
Global tablet market – 3Q 2015
Global tablet shipments reached only 50.64 million units in the third quarter, up 9% from the second quarter, but still down sharply by 18% on year.
Thursday 19 November 2015
Korea makers held over 60% share in 4K TV panel shipments during 3Q15
Korea-based panel makers held an over 60% market share of Ultra HD (4K) TV panel shipments during the third quarter of 2015, according to new figures from Sigmaintell Consulting.
Thursday 19 November 2015
Apple seeking second supplier for next-generation Apple Watch, says report
Apple has placed orders for four million Apple Watches for the fourth quarter, targeting mainly demand from the year-end holidays. Sales of Apple Watch are expected to surpass 10...
Thursday 19 November 2015
Asustek assigns new head of R&D team
Asustek Computer has appointed its vice president Joe Hsieh to lead its R&D unit, the Da Vinci Laboratory, to focus on developing technology for Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry...
Thursday 19 November 2015
Smart bracelets to remain dominant in the 2016 wearables market but VR devices will become main growth driver, says TrendForce
The market for wearables has maintained a certain growth level in recent years, though device vendors have not experienced a boom in demand as they would hope. The total wearable...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Asustek expected to see net profit of NT$5 billion from motherboards, graphics cards in 2015
Despite shrinking profitability from sales of notebooks, smartphones, tablets and desktops, Asustek Computer is expected to enjoy steady profitability from motherboards and graphics...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Taiwan market: Tatung offers smart home-use appliances via cooperation with Taiwan Secom
Own-brand electric machinery and consumer electronics maker Tatung on November 17 announced the offering of smart home-use appliances through cooperation with Taiwan Secom, the largest...
Wednesday 18 November 2015
UMC says auto chip revenues to double
United Microelectronics (UMC) expects to see revenues generated from the automotive sector double on year in 2015, according to the Taiwan-based IC foundry.
Wednesday 18 November 2015
China market: Xiaomi to unveil new smartphone on November 24
Xiaomi Technology is expected to unveil its new smartphone the Redmi Note 2 Pro and Mi Pad 2 during a product event to be held on November 24. The product offerings may also include...
Monday 16 November 2015
6.4 billion connected "things" will be in use in 2016, up 30% from 2015, says Gartner
Gartner has said it forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30% from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things...
Monday 16 November 2015
Brand vendors gearing up to launch Surface-similar 2-in-1 devices in 1Q16
Seeing demand for Microsoft's Surface-series 2-in-1 devices having been rising, several notebook brand vendors have started adjusting their 2-in-1 projects for 2016 and plan to launch...