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Tuesday 5 August 2014
Lenovo to cooperate with Compal to launch US$199-249 Windows notebooks at end of 2014, say Taiwan makers
Lenovo has talked about cooperation with Compal Electronics to launch Windows 8 notebooks for sale at US$199-249 during the year-end peak sales period, according to Taiwan-supply...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Notebook decline eases as tablet shipments level out, says Canalys
PC shipments worldwide reached 123.9 million units in the second quarter of 2014, representing an on-year growth of 14%. But with effectively no sequential growth, it would appear...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
TCAS 2014: Lenovo sees strong sales
Lenovo saw strong demand for its traditional notebooks, tablets and gaming notebooks during the Taipei Computer Application Show (TCAS) 2014, hosted from July 31 to August 4 and expects...
Tuesday 5 August 2014
Asustek, MSI to enter branded desktop market; may impact client sales
Following Asustek Computer's increased investments in the branded desktop industry, Micro-Star International (MSI) also has started developing new own-brand traditional desktops,...
Monday 4 August 2014
Quanta manufactures 60% of Acer tablets in 1H14
The majority of Acer's tablet orders returned back into the hand of Quanta Computer, which landed 60% of Acer's orders in the first half of the year, according to sources from the...
Monday 4 August 2014
Xiaomi kicks off price war in wearable device market
China-based Xiaomi has recently released a smart bracelet priced at CNY79 (US$12.79) and the price point is expected to affect other vendors' pricing for wearable devices they plan...
Monday 4 August 2014
Samsung may see difficulty achieving expected 60 million tablet shipments for 2014
Despite Samsung Electronics having been filling its tablet production lines and reducing the prices of its mainstream models, the Korea-based vendor is unlikely to be able to achieve...
Monday 4 August 2014
Automotive industry playing an increasing role in the optoelectronic component market, says IHS
The optoelectronic component market has been dominated by a number of applications in recent years. For LEDs, backlighting and the emergence of solid state lighting are the main applications...
Monday 4 August 2014
Taiwan makers still evaluating mass production of AMOLED TV panels
Taiwan panel makers are still evaluating whether they will mass produce AMOLED TV panels, as they believe LCD TV panel technology is continuing to improve and has a better price/performance...
Monday 4 August 2014
Taiwan panel makers plan to cooperate with China TV vendors to tap international market
Taiwan-based panel makers plan to cooperate more with China-based TV vendors to supply TV panels for units sold in markets abroad, according to industry sources.
Friday 1 August 2014
Global tablet market – 2Q 2014
According to Digitimes Research, global shipment of tablets reached 55 million units in the second quarter of 2014, down 4.5% from the previous quarter and up 17.9% year over year.
Thursday 31 July 2014
China smartphone AP shipments – 2Q 2014
The LTE market does not perform as expected in the China market while the TD-SCDMA market declines. Smartphone APs experience quarterly growth of 13.2% in China In the second quarter...
Thursday 31 July 2014
Vendors cutting notebook shipments to Latin America
Notebook vendors have significantly reduced their orders for shipments to Latin America because sales have been impacted by recent strong demand for LCD TVs in the area, according...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Global market share for iPad may slip to below 25% in 2H14
The global market share for iPad products is likely to drop from 26.9% (IDC figures) for the second quarter of 2014 to below 25% in the second half of the year due to increasing competition,...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan notebook ODMs to benefit from HP, Dell sales in North America
As Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell have seen good sales in the North America notebook market in July, Taiwan ODMs Quanta Computer and Inventec for HP and Compal Electronics and Wistron...