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Monday 22 July 2013
Flexible PCB makers gearing up mass production for new iPhones
Flexium Interconnect, Zhen Ding Technology and Career Technology reportedly have cut into the supply chain for Apple's next-generation iPhone devices slated for release in late September...
Monday 22 July 2013
Toshiba shifting notebook production fully to inland china
Toshiba has recently decided to completely shift its notebook production from its ODM partners' plants in coastal cities of China such as Shanghai to those in inland areas in western...
Monday 22 July 2013
Lenovo advancing quickly in China tablet market
Although China's tablet market is currently dominated by Apple and white-box makers, Lenovo, after aggressively launching devices with competitive prices, is advancing quickly in...
Monday 22 July 2013
TV sales expected to drop 25% in China during 3Q13
TV sales in China during third-quarter 2013 are expected to drop around 25% due to the local government's discontinuation of LCD TV subsidies, according to market observers.
Monday 22 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 2Q13 digital camera shipments up sequentially, down on year
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical shipped 6.115 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2013,...
Friday 19 July 2013
Notebook ODMs remain optimistic about touchscreen notebooks
Although touchscreen notebooks are only expected to account for 8% of overall notebook shipments in 2013, notebook ODMs are still optimistic about the product line's long-term perf...
Friday 19 July 2013
China drags Asia Pacific PC market down in 2Q13, says IDC
IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market declined 1% from last quarter and 11% on-year in the second quarter of 2013 to reach 26.7 million...
Friday 19 July 2013
Channel retailers see trouble clearing PC inventories
The retail channel is currently facing serious excessive inventory troubles as most retailers are still unable to finish digesting their Ivy Bridge-based PC inventories and could...
Friday 19 July 2013
Notebook ODMs reduce shipment forecasts for 3Q13, expect growth in 4Q13
Notebook ODMs have recently reduced their shipment forecasts for the third quarter of 2013 and expect to only achieve a shipment growth of 5% sequentially. The ODMs now expect consumer...
Thursday 18 July 2013
China government may issue new wave of LCD TV purchase subsidies
The China government has reportedly entered discussions about issuing new energy-saving subsidies that would provide local consumers funding for LCD TV purchases, according to industry...
Thursday 18 July 2013
More than 8 in 10 global smartphone and tablet owners multitask with apps while watching TV, says DisplaySearch
According to research firm DisplaySearch, 88% of tablet owners and 82% of smartphone owners in 15 countries surveyed use their devices at least some of the time while they watch TV...
Thursday 18 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipment decline to ease in 2H13
Although global notebook shipments in the second half of 2013 will not see a double-digit percentage on-year drop like in the first, they will still suffer a 6-7% decrease during...
Thursday 18 July 2013
Taiwan market: BenQ looks to release WCG TV products in 2H13
BenQ does not have plans to release Ultra HD TVs later in 2013 and instead is looking to release wide color gamut (WCG) TV products, according to general manager of BenQ's Technology...
Thursday 18 July 2013
Auto diode maker Actron to expand production capacity
Taiwan-based automotive diode maker Actron Technology plans to expand its production capacity by 15-20% with new capacity to come online in 2014, according to the company.
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Notebook ODMs and suppliers seeing tense relationships
Relationships between notebook ODMs and component suppliers have turned tense recently because ODMs have started demanding their suppliers cut quotes directly to the levels asked...