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Wednesday 9 April 2014
Taiwan market: Asustek releases ZenFone smartphones in Taiwan; expects to sell 5 million units in 2014
Asustek Computer started selling its ZenFone series smartphones in Taiwan on April 8. Chairman Jonney Shih said the company expects sales of its ZenFone products to surpass five million...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
FPCB suppliers reportedly deliver samples for Apple iWatch validation
Flexible PCB suppliers Flexium Interconnect, Zhen Ding Technology Holding and Career Technology reportedly have delivered FPCB samples for use in iWatch devices to Apple for validation,...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Wistron ships 1.8 million notebooks in March
Wistron shipped 1.8 million notebooks in March, increasing 38% on month, according to the company.
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Apple iWatch said to release in 3Q13 with Quanta, TPK, Richtek in supply chain, says paper
Apple is rumored to unveil its wearable device iWatch in the third quarter and will target 65 million units in shipments for 2014, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Global tablet market – 4Q 2013
Global tablet shipments grew 25% sequentially and 29.8% on year to reach 78.45 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 benefiting mainly by economic recoveries of Europe and North...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Acer CTO retires
Acer CTO David Lee has retired, and the notebook business will be fully handled by business general manager Jackson Lin, according to sources familiar with Acer's personnel changes...
Monday 7 April 2014
OLED TV shipments expected to reach no more than 100,000 units in 2014
OLED TV shipments are expected to reach no more than 100,000 units in 2014, according to market observers.
Monday 7 April 2014
LCD TV panel pricing for units sized 32- and 39-inch rise US$1
LCD TV panel pricing for units sized 32- and 39-inch has risen US$1 amid increased demand from China-based TV vendors, according to market observers. Other panels sized 39-, 42- as...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Notebook shipments enjoy over 25% on-month growth in March
In March, global top-5 notebook brand vendors and top-3 ODMs both achieved an over 25% on-month shipment growth due to February's weak shipments caused by inventory adjustments, orders...
Monday 7 April 2014
Microsoft and MediaTek rumored to be looking to push Windows tablets in the China white-box tablet market
Microsoft reportedly has been aggressively trying to persuade MediaTek to push Windows-based tablets in China's white-box market and with the software giant's announcement of offering...
Monday 7 April 2014
Professional video market expands 55% from 2007-2013 as pay TV goes digital, says IHS
Culminating a six-year period of growth, the global market for professional broadcast equipment and services reached US$63 billion in 2013, up 52% from US$41 billion in 2007, according...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs losing out as PC brand vendors turn to China supply chain for tablets
Among global top-7 PC brand vendors, only Apple (sixth place) still outsources its tablet orders mainly to Taiwan-based EMS providers and ODMs, while the rest - Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard...
Monday 7 April 2014
Suppliers to start pilot production of components for 4th-generation Surface in September
Microsoft unveiled its third-generation Surface at the Build 2014 conference, but the company has already started developing the fourth-generation model and will start pilot production...
Monday 7 April 2014
ECS aims to ship 3 million education-use tablets in 2014, says paper
Taiwan-based ODM Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has begun small-volume shipments of tablets specifically for use in education, and aims to ship three million units in 2014, according...
Monday 7 April 2014
Altek, Asia Tech Image March revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based digital camera ODM Altek has reported March consolidated revenues of NT$1.573 billion (US$51.8 million), up 41.44% on month but down 0.28% on year, while contact image...