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Monday 26 August 2013
Huawei to team up with Compal to make smartphones, tablets in Brazil, says paper
Huawei Technologies plans to team up with Taiwan-based Compal Electronics to produce smartphones and tablets in Jundiai, Brazil, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily...
Monday 26 August 2013
Taiwan vendors concerned about the possibility of cheap iPad mini
Apple reportedly will release its new smartphones and tablets in September; however, compared to these new products, Taiwan-based vendors are more concerned about whether Apple has...
Monday 26 August 2013
Notebook ODMs integrating R&D resources to cut costs
Notebook ODMs have recently started integrating their R&D resources from different departments and are using their idle capacity to develop tablets, smartphones or wearable devices,...
Friday 23 August 2013
MSI announces a new gaming all-in-one PC
Micro-Star International (MSI) has introduced a 27-inch, all-in-one gaming PC: AG2712A, featuring the Intel Core i7 3630QM quad-core processor, AMD's Radeon HD 8970M discrete graphics...
Friday 23 August 2013
Lenovo announces new workstation
Lenovo has announced the ThinkStation E32, an entry-level workstation for professionals working in computer-aided design, product development and architecture. The ThinkStation E32...
Friday 23 August 2013
Homegrown smartphone brands boost Asia Pacific smartphone shipments, says IDC
The Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) smartphone market has continued on a strong upward trajectory. According to the IDC Asia/Pacific quarterly mobile phone tracker, vendors shipped...
Friday 23 August 2013
US and Japan show growth in large format printer shipments in 2Q13, says IDC
According to research firm IDC, the large format printer market showed an on-year decline of 4.2%, with nearly 73,000 units shipped in the second quarter of 2013. Shipment value also...
Friday 23 August 2013
Amtran and TPV to land most of Vizio OEM TV orders followed by Foxconn and Wistron
About 70% of Vizio's LCD TVs will be made by Amtran and TPV in 2013 with the additional 30% split between Foxconn Electronics and Wistron.
Friday 23 August 2013
Innolux holds top spot in Ultra HD TV panel shipments
Innolux currently holds about a 70% market share in global Ultra HD TV panel shipments.
Friday 23 August 2013
Global second-tier notebook market declining
The ratio of second-tier notebooks (notebooks offered by non-top-10 vendors) to global notebook shipments has dropped to below 10% recently as most makers have shifted to the development...
Thursday 22 August 2013
Weak peak season leads to heavy price-cutting for LCD TV panels, says WitsView
Price drops for LCD TV modules and open cells are currently around US$4-8 and are showing no narrowing declines in the near future, especially as panel makers plan to cut prices even...
Thursday 22 August 2013
Sony may release PS4 in late December in Asia Pacific and Japan
Having announced its PlayStation 4 (PS4) will be released in North Ameirca on November 15 and in Europe on November 29, Sony is expected to introduce the games console in Japan and...
Thursday 22 August 2013
IT stores in China transforming into shopping complexes
IT retail stores in China have been gradually diversifying into selling non-IT products as consumers there are increasingly turning to online shopping for IT products, according to...
Thursday 22 August 2013
Pegatron expects sequential drops in 3Q13 notebook, desktop, motherboard shipments
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron expects a 5-10% sequential decrease in its third-quarter 2013 notebook shipments and a 10-15% decline for desktops and motherboards, according to the comp...
Wednesday 21 August 2013
HP surpasses Lenovo in 10-month notebook shipments in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is expected to return as the largest notebook brand vendor worldwide with shipments for the first 10 months of 2013 reaching 23.5 million units, higher than Lenovo's...