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Tuesday 22 July 2014
Asia Pacific PC market comes in close to expectations in 2Q14, says IDC
IDC's results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market increased 2% from the first quarter and declined 10% on year in the second quarter of 2014 to reach 24.3 million...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
China-based LeTV stops selling OTT device in China, says report
China-based LeTV has recently stopped selling its over the top (OTT) device as it violates China's new policies for the Internet TV market, but the company's LCD TV products are not...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
TV panel pricing remains flat in July except for 32-inch units, says DisplaySearch
Pricing for 32-inch open cell TV panels has increased from about US$85 in mid-June 2014 to US$87 in mid-July, up from about US$79 in mid-April, according to DisplaySearch.
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Acer surpasses Samsung to hold top spot in Chromebook shipments in 2Q14, says WitsView
Chromebook shipments reached 1.8 million units in the second quarter of 2014, and Acer held the number one spot in shipments with a 30% market, surpassing Samsung Electronics for...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Global UHD TV shipments may reach 20 million units in 2014, say Taiwan makers
As Japan- and South Korea-based vendors have beefed up sales promotion of Ultra HD LCD TVs, global shipments for such models in 2014 are likely to reach 20 million units, according...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments to grow 4.3% sequentially in 3Q14
Buoyed by back-to-school demand, global notebook shipments are expected to grow 4.3% sequentially in the third quarter of 2014 before taking a dive of 1.1% in the fourth quarter,...
Monday 21 July 2014
ASRock lands IPC orders from Turkey
ASRock reportedly has landed procurement orders for industrial PCs (IPCs) from the government in Turkey with volumes around 300,000-400,000 units, according to market watchers, adding...
Monday 21 July 2014
Dell aims to ship 30 million notebooks in 2015
Based on requests for quotation (RFQ) received by Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, Dell aims to ramp up its notebook shipments by 40% to almost 30 million units in 2015, bringing it closer...
Friday 18 July 2014
Flextronics plans to release orders for wearable device components to Taiwan
Singapore-based EMS provider Flextronics International plans to release orders for wearable device components to Taiwan-based makers due to their technological advantages in precision...
Friday 18 July 2014
South Korea makers still developing OLED TV panels
While Samsung Electronics is focusing on Ultra HD TVs instead of OLED TVs, South Korea-based panel makers have been developing OLED TV panels with Ultra HD resolution, according to...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Apple and IBM forge global partnership to transform enterprise mobility
Apple and IBM have announced an exclusive partnership that teams the strengths of each company to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps - bringing IBM's...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Acer to keep running PC business for the next several decades, says CEO
Commenting on how to lead Acer out of its bottleneck, CEO Jason Chen at an interview with Sina.com said that the company is likely to continue running its PC business for...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Taiwan market: Apple offers discounts on PCs, tablets and smartphones for back-to-school demand
Apple is offering NT$1,500-3,000 (US$50-100) discounts for its Mac, iPad and iPhone products to the education sector in Taiwan, looking to attract back-to-school demand from students...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Korea makers surpass Taiwan makers in 4K TV panel share during 2Q14, says WitsView
Ultra HD (4K) TV panel shipments reached 4.47 million units in second-quarter 2014 for a total of 6.27 million in the first half of 2014. The penetration rate for Ultra HD TVs witnessed...
Thursday 17 July 2014
Digitimes Research: AMOLED tablets unlikely to benefit Samsung in 2H14
Samsung Electronics recently launched the 8.4- and 10.5-inch AMOLED-based Galaxy Tab S flagship tablets. Although the new Galaxy Tab S tablets feature specifications exceeding those...