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Thursday 12 September 2013
Asustek unveils 2-in-1 Transformer Book T100 at IDF
Asustek Computer unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco on September 11 its Transformer Book T100, a 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 notebook equipped with quad-core...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Half of Bluetooth enabled devices shipped in 2013 will be Smart ready, says ABI Research
Bluetooth Smart node devices accounted for less than 10% of total Bluetooth 4.0 devices shipped in 2012. However, as device vendors have embraced the technology a wider ecosystem...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Sony announces sale of M3 shares to Deutsche Securities
Sony has announced that it has entered into a contract to sell 155,000 shares of its 791,908 shares of M3, an affiliated company of Sony, to Deutsche Securities.
Thursday 12 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Bluetooth technology most common feature in smartwatches
While smartwatches vary in their processors, software, memory, displays, memory as well as other components, Bluetooth appears to be the one feature that most vendors agree as a standard,...
Thursday 12 September 2013
Tablet shipments to top total PC shipments in 4Q13 and annually by 2015, says IDC
The worldwide smart connected device market, comprised of PCs, tablets, and smartphones, is forecast to grow 27.8% on year in 2013, slightly lower than the 30.3% growth in 2012. The...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Notebook brand vendors may reduce 3Q13 shipment forecasts
Despite having placed increased orders for August, notebook vendors are still under pressure to reduce their shipment forecasts for the third quarter as consumer demand remains weak,...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Micron unveils serial NOR flash interface with replay-protected monotonic counter for ultrathin devices
Micron Technology has announced the availability of a replay-protected monotonic counter (RPMC) feature for its SPI NOR flash memory devices, which are validated for future Intel...
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen aims to sell one million LED light bulbs in 2013
Tsann Kuen Enterprise aims to sell one million LED light bulbs in 2013 through its IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, according to the company.
Wednesday 11 September 2013
Taiwan market: Sony to release Windows-based tablet in late September
Sony plans to release its Windows 8-based tablet, the VAIO Tap 11 in late September in Taiwan, priced at NT$38,800.
Wednesday 11 September 2013
iPhone 5c not expected to add much shipment momentum, says research firm
Market research firm IHS has chosen not to upgrade its forecast of overall Apple iPhone shipments in the second half of 2013. IHS at this time is maintaining its prediction of 86.1...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Quanta Computer ships 3.8 million notebooks in August
Quanta Computer shipped 3.8 million notebooks in August, increasing on month by 18.8% and resulting in January-August shipments of 17.3 million units, according to the company.
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Wistron out of Acer 2014 main notebook ODM list, say Taiwan makers
Acer has not released orders for mainstream notebook models to be shipped in 2014 to Wistron, currently one of its main ODMs, which indicates it will not use Wistron as one of its...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Digitimes Research: LED edge-lit 50-inch and above size LCD TV panels in high demand
Taiwan panel makers are continuing to focus more on LED edge-lit 50-inch and above size LCD TV panels in order to allow vendors to make thinner and lighter TV units, according to...
Tuesday 10 September 2013
Digitimes Research: LCD TV shipments in China to reach 43.5 million units in 2013
Digitimes Research estimates that LCD TV shipments in China will reach 43.5 million units in 2013, up 11% on year.
Tuesday 10 September 2013
LG reveals strategy for next generation TV market
At IFA 2013 in Berlin, the chief executive of LG's home entertainment segment revealed that the company will expand the global rollout of its OLED TVs to several markets throughout...