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Thursday 4 December 2014
China-based LCFC expects to ship 15 million notebooks in 2014
China-based LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint venture established by Lenovo and Compal Electronics with respective stake ratios of 51% and 49%, expects to ship 15 million...
Thursday 4 December 2014
E Ink Holdings cooperates with Kobo to provide content for e-book reader vendors
Electronic paper maker E Ink Holdings on December 3 announced an initiative to give E Ink's hardware partners the option to offer their customers access to Kobo's catalog of more...
Thursday 4 December 2014
Asustek expects to achieve 2015 shipment goals despite pessimistic outlook
Despite many research firms having estimated that global tablet and smartphone shipment growths will dramatically weaken in 2015 and Apple, Samsung Electronics and Asustek Computer...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Asustek aims at 3rd-largest global notebook market share in 2015
Asustek Computer aims to ship at least 22.1 million notebooks to have the third-largest global market share in 2015, with more than 30% of the shipments to be low-cost Transformer...
Wednesday 3 December 2014
Digitimes Research: PS4, Xbox One shipments estimated at 14 million, 11 million respectively in 2015
There will be 14 million PlayStation 4 (PS4) consoles shipped globally in 2015 to reach cumulative shipments of 31.5 million units and 11 million Xbox One consoles to reach 23.7 million...
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Asustek catching up quickly with MSI in gaming notebook business
Asustek Computer's good brand recognition in the high-end PC segment and price cut strategy, has reportedly helped the company to surpass Micro-Star International (MSI) in gaming...
Monday 1 December 2014
Touchscreen clamshell notebooks to be phased out of the market
Despite Microsoft and Intel aggressively promoting clamshell-type touchscreen notebooks, orders for such devices from vendors have already disappeared completely, and after existing...
Monday 1 December 2014
Digitimes Research: iPad shipments to drop to 55 million units in 2015
Thanks to Sony quitting the notebook market and Apple's price cuts, MacBook shipments in 2014 are expected to grow over 15% on year, the highest growth among the top-10 vendors. But...
Monday 1 December 2014
Taiwan market: LG sees TV market share drop as local vendors intensify competition
As Ultra HD technology is gaining popularity in the Taiwan market, LG Electronics has seen its sales revenues from Ultra HD TVs increase over 6% in 2014 but overall the company's...
Monday 1 December 2014
Digitimes Research: Firefox OS shifting to TV stick technology
While Firefox OS was previously used in smartphone followed by limited use in tablet devices, the software is now shifting to TV sticks and computer learning applications, according...
Monday 1 December 2014
Healthcare providers in Singapore to spend US$548 million on IT in 2014, says Gartner
Healthcare providers in Singapore will spend US$548 million on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 4% over 2013 revenues, according to Gartner. This forecast includes...
Friday 28 November 2014
iPhone chip orders slowing down, say IC designers
Apple has started scaling back on chip orders for its latest iPhone, according to sources at IC design houses.
Friday 28 November 2014
Taiwan market: TV vendors slash Ultra HD TV prices 15% to spur sales
TV vendors in Taiwan are cutting prices for Ultra HD (4K) TVs by 15% and are also releasing new 4K OLED units and various 60-inch and above size units in order to spur sales in the...
Friday 28 November 2014
Tablet shipments expected to decline 3.5% in 2015, says firm
Notebook shipments will grow 0.6% in 2015 to 174.6 million units, while tablet shipments will decline 3.5% to 185.6 million units, according to TrendForce.
Friday 28 November 2014
2015 global notebook demand forecast
According to Digitimes Research, global notebook shipments will decline by 2.7% in 2014 to 170 million units and shipment totals in 2015 will continue to show a decline. While the...