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Monday 5 August 2013
Pegatron reportedly to gain orders for Apple iMac
Apple reportedly may shift some of its iMac orders from Quanta Computer to Pegatron Technology, with some related upstream supply chain players revealing they sent iMac components...
Monday 5 August 2013
Samsung holds top spot in TV sales in North America in 1H13 followed by Vizio and LG
Samsung Electronics held the top spot in the North America market in terms of LCD TV sales in the first half of 2013 followed by Vizio and LG Electronics, according to market obser...
Monday 5 August 2013
Sony sees LCD TV sales increase on year; expects profits from Ultra HD TVs
Sony has announced thats its sales and operating revenues during the first quarter of fiscal 2013 were US$17.3 billion, an increase of 13% compared to the same quarter of the previous...
Monday 5 August 2013
Taiwan makers lower Ultra HD TV shipments amid increased competition from China and Korea makers
Taiwan panel makers are reportedly lowering their shipments for Ultra HD TV panels in the second half of 2013 due to lower-than-expected sales as well as to increased competition...
Monday 5 August 2013
Auto MEMS sensors to keep expanding toward banner growth in 2014, says IHS
Sales of automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors are expected to reach a high-water mark in two years as car-safety mandates come to full maturity and achieve maximum...
Monday 5 August 2013
Taiwan market: Microsoft launches Surface RT, Pro
Microsoft has launched the 10.6-inch Windows RT tablet Surface RT and 10.6-inch Windows 8 tablet Surface Pro in the Taiwan market. Surface RT's 32GB and 64GB versions sell for NT$10,888...
Friday 2 August 2013
Global AIO PC shipment forecast and analysis, 2013
Global all-in-one AIO PC shipments will increase 17.3% year-on-year in 2013, representing a big recovery from the 2.3% growth seen in 2012. However, the growth driver in the market...
Friday 2 August 2013
Combined PC and tablet shipments to reach half a billion in 2013, says Canalys
Research firm Canalys' latest forecasts for the PC market (desktops, notebooks and tablets) predict that 493.1 million units will ship in 2013, representing 7% on-year growth. The...
Friday 2 August 2013
Small tablets drive big share gains for Android, says Canalys
Over 34 million tablets shipped in the second quarter of 2013, a 43% on-year increase. Tablets now account for 31% of worldwide PC shipments. But Apple's performance faltered. Its...
Friday 2 August 2013
Taipei government to open new exhibition with help from IT players
The city government of Taipei is cooperating with Asustek Computer, Epson and a subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to remodel the Pavilion of Dreams, an...
Friday 2 August 2013
Brand vendors may not start pushing 2-in-1 devices until 1Q14
While Intel held an Ultrabook Ecosystem Symposium in Taipei on July 30 and will hold another in Shenzhen, southern China, on August 2 in a bid to promote ultrabook/tablet 2-in-1 models,...
Friday 2 August 2013
Inventec expects to ship 6 million notebooks from Chongqing factory
Inventec is expected to ship six million notebooks, including Hewlett-Packard (HP) models and Toshiba consumer models, from its factory in Chongqing, western China, in 2013, accounting...
Friday 2 August 2013
HP developing smartphones through collaboration with Taiwan makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has reportedly been collaborating with Taiwan-based supply chain makers to develop smartphones which will be launched in the second half of 2013 at the earliest,...
Friday 2 August 2013
USB 3.0 Promoter Group announces availability of USB 3.1 specification to increase SuperSpeed USB to 10Gbps
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced the completion of the USB 3.1 specification which adds enhancements to enable SuperSpeed USB to operate at up to 10Gbps.
Thursday 1 August 2013
Foxconn refutes reports of lost orders
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) recent announcements about the sale of two batches of equipment from its China-based subsidiaries to Apple have drawn the attention...