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Wednesday 11 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Apple notebook shipments to grow 30% sequentially in 2Q15 thanks to new MacBook products
Apple is set to ship its new 12-inch MacBook on April 10 and has also upgraded the specifications of its MacBook Pro/Air notebooks. At the same time, Apple is reducing the inventory...
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments by major brands, ODMs decline in February
Notebook shipments (excluding detachable models) by the world's top-five brands and top-three ODMs declined 13% and 18%, respectively, in February, affected by reduced work days in...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Wistron expects 2015 total shipments to grow 20% on year, says chairman
Wistron expects total shipments in 2015 to increase 20% on year, with smart devices to grow 25%, ODM and white-box (direct sale) servers over 10%, and notebooks to remain unchanged,...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Altek expects operations to bottom out in 1Q15
Digital camera ODM Altek, viewing that its in-house-developed dual-lens solutions have been adopted by two smartphone vendors for launch in the second quarter of 2015, expects its...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display and MacBook Air
Apple has updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the new Force Touch trackpad, fifth-generation Intel Core processors and Intel Iris Graphics 6100, two times faster...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Apple unveils new ultra-thin 12-inch MacBook
Apple has unveiled a new MacBook product line with every component having been redesigned to create a Mac that weighs two pounds and is 13.1mm thin, according to the vendor. The new...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Commentary: Apple Watch likely to become top player in smartwatch market
Apple Watch is likely to become the top player in the smartwatch market following it official debut on March 9 although it came late compared to rival vendors including Samsung Electronics,...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Apple Watch available in 9 countries on April 24
Apple has announced that the Apple Watch will be available on April 24 to customers in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US.
Monday 9 March 2015
ASE grabs SiP module orders for iPhone 6S and 7, says report
A recent Chinese-language Commercial Times report quoted sources from Apple's supply chain as saying that Taiwan's Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has obtained assembly...
Monday 9 March 2015
Synnex Technology February revenues down on month, year
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International on March 9 reported consolidated revenues of NT$17.8 billion (US$565 million) for February,...
Monday 9 March 2015
Notebook ODMs see on-month revenue decline in February
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their revenues for February, all dropping from a month ago. Wistron's February revenues had the least on-month...
Monday 9 March 2015
Apple Watch shipments to reach 4.8 million units in 1Q15; 9 million in 2Q15
Apple is expected to unveil the Apple Watch on March 9. Shipments will reach 4.8 million units in the first quarter and about nine million in the second, according to sources in the...
Monday 9 March 2015
Vendors have conservative outlooks for tablets in 2015, say supply chains
Following the rise of larger-size smartphones in 2014, tablet vendors have seen their shipments affected and estimate that shipments will see flat or downward growth in 2015.
Monday 9 March 2015
Taiwan market: Alienware returns
Dell has launched its new Alienware gaming notebooks in Taiwan with a top-end 17-inch model priced as high as NT$127,900 (US$4,074). Dell Taiwan president Terence Liao pointed out...
Friday 6 March 2015
Taiwan market: Leica unveils 24-megapixel digital camera
Germany-based Leica Camera AG on March 5 unveiled the M-P Edition "Safari" digital camera, for launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$380,000 (US$12,063),...