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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...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
China market: Colorful Technology poses competitive threat to MSI, ASRock
China-based Colorful Technology and Development, the largest graphics card vendor in the China market, will launch own-brand gaming motherboards in the second half, and is expected...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments in 2Q14 up 43.3% sequentially
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical together shipped 3.78 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2014, hiking 43.3% on quarter, according to...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan digital cameras – 2Q 2014
Taiwan makers saw a rare rise in their DSC shipments in the second quarter of 2014, thanks to strong orders from clients who were launching new models for the spring season. While...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Asustek, Gigabyte releasing new gaming notebooks in 3Q14
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have turned aggressive about the gaming notebook industry and are planning to release new models in the third quarter to compete against Micro-Star...
Monday 28 July 2014
Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek see opportunities from enterprise PC replacement trend
President of Acer Taiwan Tony Huang has recently pointed out that the company saw strong demand from large enterprises for replacing their existing PCs in the first half of the year...