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Tuesday 3 September 2013
Orders for 2nd-generation Nexus 7 for 4Q13 may shrink sequentially, say Taiwan makers
Component makers in the Nexus 7 supply chain are worried they may see a large decrease in orders from Google and Asustek Computer in the fourth quarter of 2013 due to lower-than-expected...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Southeast Asia major domestic appliances segment generates US$3.4 billion in 1H13, says GfK
Consumers in the Southeast Asia region, which is made up largely of emerging markets, are hungry for large appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Lenovo introduces new ThinkPad ultrabooks
Lenovo has announced new thinner and lighter additions to its ThinkPad portfolio. The ThinkPad T440s, T440 and X240 ultrabook notebooks are 20% thinner form factors, and have 45%...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Analog IC suppliers land short lead-time orders for notebooks
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have seen a pull-in of short lead-time orders from their notebook clients, estimating that orders for September are about 30% higher than the...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
China-based Xiaomi to unveil new 7-inch tablet with help from Taiwan players, says paper
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi is ready to unveil its new 7-inch tablet, the Mi-Pad on September 5 with a price of CNY999 (US$163), according to a Chinese-language Economic...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Acer to show new innovations at IFA 2013
At IFA 2013, Acer will unveil the new 10.1-inch Iconia A3 Android-based tablet, the new Liquid S2 smartphone, Acer's first smartphone with Ultra HD recording; and the refreshed Ezel...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
W-OLED TV panel modules expected to be 6 times more expensive than LCDs in 2014
W-OLED TV panel modules sized 55-inch are expected to be six times more expensive than similar LCD modules in 2014, down from eight times in 2013, according to market observers.
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Senao aims at record revenues for 3Q13
Senao International, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, generated record consolidated revenues of NT$11.104 billion (US$373 million) for first-quarter 2013 and...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Quanta, Compal to dominate Acer 2014 notebook orders, says paper
Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics have each landed about 40% of Acer's notebook orders for 2014, relegating Wistron, the second-largest supplier to Acer in 2013, to third place,...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
MEA tablet market surpasses portable PC market for first time, says IDC
The size of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market exceeded the region's portable PC market for the first time in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. IDC has announced...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Adoption of new technologies continues in China as IT spending grows to US$323 billion in 2013, says Gartner
Mobile data services, external controller-based storage systems, business IT services and enterprise application software will all contribute to healthy growth in information technology...
Monday 2 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Smartphone AP shipments to China soar in 2Q13
Total smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to the China market came to 92.1 million units in the second quarter of 2013, up 13.1% sequentially and 84.4% on year, buoyed...
Monday 2 September 2013
HP may cooperate with Flextronics in the Brazil notebook market
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is reportedly considering cooperating with Flextronics for product manufacturing for the Brazil market, as the US-based vendor is said to be adopting a new business...
Monday 2 September 2013
MediaTek likely to raise its 3Q13 guidance
MediaTek is expected to raise its target revenue growth for the third quarter of 2013 to 12-18%, up from its original forecast of 5-13%, buoyed by strong sales of its smartphone and...
Monday 2 September 2013
Ultra HD TV pricing in China expected to drop to that of Full HD units by October
Ultra HD TV pricing in China is likely to drop to that of Full HD units for the October 1 holiday period in China, according to market observers.