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Monday 15 July 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments drop over 15% on year in 2Q13
Global notebook shipments saw their on-year drop expand from 13.7% in the first quarter to 15.4% in the second, rewriting the record of the worst shipment drop in the notebook industry's...
Monday 15 July 2013
Defying multiscreen challenge, STB market to achieve record shipments in 2013, says IHS
Despite the pay-TV industry's increasing focus on delivering services to alternative devices like PCs, smartphones and tablets, its traditional flagship platform, the set-top box...
Monday 15 July 2013
iPad mini may not be released till 2014, sources claim
Apple's next generation iPad mini may not go into mass production until the fourth quarter of 2013, which will likely bring about a 2014 release date for the device, according to...
Monday 15 July 2013
Asia Optical plans to expand capacity at Myanmar factory, says paper
Taiwan-based optical lens and digital camera maker Asia Optical plans to expand monthly production capacity at its factory in Yangon, Myanmar, from 200,000-250,000 lens kits currently...
Monday 15 July 2013
Taiwan market: Leica launches digital camera X Vario
Leica has launched its X Vario digital camera in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$98,000 (US$3,250, body only).
Friday 12 July 2013
Worldwide PC shipments declined 10.9% in 2Q13, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76 million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10.9% decrease from the same period in 2012, according to preliminary results from Gartner. This...
Friday 12 July 2013
ODM orders from notebook vendors likely to fluctuate in 2H13, say Taiwan makers
The number of molds ordered by notebook vendors has increased since June but most are for use by a single machine, implying that vendors' order volumes may fluctuate widely in the...
Friday 12 July 2013
Sales of second-generation Nexus 7 will struggle to reach 8 million units, say Taiwan makers
Some Taiwan-based vendors estimate that as many as eight million second-generation Nexus 7s can be sold globally in 2013, but Taiwan-based supply chain makers have indicated that...
Thursday 11 July 2013
Mobile PC market suffers worst 2Q performance in more than a decade, says IHS
Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to preliminary data provided...
Thursday 11 July 2013
Tsann Kuen, E-Life Mall see sequential growth in June revenues
Tsann Kuen, a IT product and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, recorded June consolidated revenues of NT$2.03 billion (US$67.1 million), increasing 3.95% on month but decreasing...
Thursday 11 July 2013
Quanta sees revenue and shipment growth in June
Quanta Computer has disclosed that its consolidated revenues and notebook shipments for June grew sequentially. Quanta shipped 4.1 million notebooks in the month.
Thursday 11 July 2013
Synnex June revenues slightly down
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$25.94 billion (US$860 million) for June, decreasing...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Notebook brand vendors hesitant over orders in 2014
Notebook brand vendors are having trouble finishing their 2013 request for quotation (RFQ) processes as early as in previous years due to conservative attitudes about the notebook...
Wednesday 10 July 2013
TV panel self sufficiency rate in China exceeds 30% in 1H13
The self sufficiency rate of TV panels produced by China-based TV panel makers for local TV vendors exceeded 30% in the first half of 2013, according to market observers.
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Coretronic ships 5.86 million BLUs in June
Taiwan-based Coretronic shipped 5.86 million backlight units (BLUs) in June increasing 1% on month. Second-quarter shipments were 17.55 million units, down 5% on quarter, and first-half...