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Friday 23 May 2014
Sony shifts LCD TV ODM orders back to Taiwan makers
Amid limited profits from the LCD TV business in 2013, Sony transferred LCD TV ODM orders back to in-house production, causing LCD TV makers to see major order declines, with Foxconn...
Friday 23 May 2014
Garmin FMI protocol is now supported on ATrack devices and GpsGate Server
GpsGate and ATrack announce that the Garmin FMI protocol is now supported on ATrack devices and GpsGate Server for dispatch and chat on Garmin PND:s. GpsGate Server supports the Garmin...
Thursday 22 May 2014
Intel extends incentives to boost development of Intel-based tablets
Intel originally offered incentives for selected China-based white-box vendors such as Ramos to adopt Intel platforms for tablets, and has extended to additional China-based white-box...
Thursday 22 May 2014
Panel pricing expected to rise in May, says WitsView
Pricing for 32- to 42-inch panels is expected to climb US$1-2 in May 2014, while 46- and 48-inch units are expected to see price increases of US$1-3, and 50- and 55-inch prices remaining...
Thursday 22 May 2014
AUO to supply panels for Xiaomi 55-inch Ultra HD TVs
Xiaomi will release new 55-inch Ultra HD TVs in the second half of 2014, with AU Optronics (AUO) expected to supply most panels, according to industry sources.
Thursday 22 May 2014
Lenovo ships 55 million PCs, 50 million smartphones, 9.2 million tablets in fiscal 2013
China-based vendor Lenovo shipped 55 million notebooks and desktops, 50 million smartphones and 9.2 million tablets in fiscal 2013 (April 2013-March 2014), according to the company...
Thursday 22 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Top-5 notebook vendors and top-3 ODMs see shipments drop in April
The global top-5 notebook brand vendors' combined shipments in April dropped 24% on month and 3% on year, while shipments of the top-3 ODMs dropped 15% on month and 9% on year, according...
Thursday 22 May 2014
Microsoft introduces Surface Pro 3
Microsoft has introduced the Surface Pro 3, a tablet and also a notebook. The device has multiple processor, RAM and storage options intersect with a design that, with a simple snap...
Wednesday 21 May 2014
Wistron, Pegatron fight for orders from Xiaomi
With China-based Xiaomi set to ship 50-60 million smartphones in 2014 and 100 million units in 2015, Wistron and Pegatron Technology are both aggressively trying to land related orders,...
Wednesday 21 May 2014
Motherboard vendors strenghthening personnel for China competition
Motherboard players such as Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and ASRock have been intensely competing in cities of all levels around China and are aggressively recruiting talent...
Wednesday 21 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Vendors, software developers flocking to Android OS
Due to the fast-growing Android ecosystem, most software developers have no choice but to support Android OS in order to avoid of being marginalized, according to Digitimes Researc...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Chin-Poon Industrial expanding automotive PCB capacity
Chin-Poon Industrial, the largest Taiwan-based automotive PCB maker with a global market share of about 10%, has started production capacity expansion with a planned investment of...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Kinpo Electronics to start production at Philippines factory
Taiwan-based consumer electronics, STB (set-top box) and networking device maker Kinpo Electronics is constructing a factory on a site of 140,000 square meters (34.6 acres) in the...
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Developments in the tablet market in May
Samsung Electronics and Lenovo, both of which have ambitious goals for tablet shipments for 2014, both released new tablets in May 2014. Pricing of the new tablet from Samsung is...
Monday 19 May 2014
Samsung holds largest share of LCD TV manufacturing shipments in 1Q14
In terms of LCD TV manufacturing shipments during the first quarter of 2014, Samsung Electronics held the largest shipment share at 22.5% followed by LG Electronics at 15%, TCL 8%,...