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Thursday 26 September 2013
White-box tablet vendors aggressively cutting prices to stay competitive
The aggressive push of brand vendors such as Amazon, Google, Samsung Electronics and Acer, into the 7-inch tablet market has forced China-based white-box players to further reduce...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
TV vendors lower shipments, expect year-end sales targets to drop
TV vendors at large are decreasing their LCD TV shipments for the second half of 2013 and are also lowering their year-end sales targets for the year.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Samsung holds strong ground in smart TV segment due to early developments
Samsung Electronics was the earliest developer of smart TVs in the market and was also the first TV vendor to explore voice and gesture recognition capabilities, which have been the...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China market: Aurora lands exclusive sales agent rights for Stratasys 3D printers
Taiwan-based office automation machine and office furniture distributor Aurora on September 25 signed with US-based Stratasys in Shanghai, eastern China, for exclusive sales agent...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China market: White-box vendors dominate OTT STB sales
White-box vendors account for more than 80% of total sales of OTT (over the top) STBs (set-top boxes) in the China market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Wearable devices seeing trouble penetrating consumer markets
Wearable devices such as smartwatches are seeing trouble prompting consumers to taking out their wallets. Although consumers seem eager to make inquires or try out wearable devices,...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Apple updates iMac
Apple has updated iMac with fourth-generation Intel quad-core processors, new graphics, next generation Wi-Fi and PCIe flash storage options.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Mobile devices markets in Australia, New Zealand fall for two consecutive quarters in 1H13, says IDC
For the first time in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), all three mobile devices markets – notebooks, tablets and mobile phones – declined for two consecutive quarters since...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Innolux expects to ship 130,000 50-inch LCD TV panels in September
Innolux is expected to ship 130,000 50-inch LCD TV panels in September largely to meet demand in China.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Panel makers worry about losses in the TV panel segment
Panel makers are worried they will see losses in the TV panel business due to decreasing prices. TV panel demand in end markets has been down while reserves have been high for most...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
SanDisk sampling iNAND flash memory for Intel tablets
SanDisk has announced that its iNAND Extreme embedded flash drive has been optimized for use in tablets based on Intel's Bay Trail 22nm Atom processor. The memory is being delivered...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Nvidia announces Tegra Note tablet platform
Nvidia has announced through a blog post its latest tablet platform, Tegra Note, featuring internally developed Tegra 4 processor with a 72-core GeForce GPU, quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Taiwan market: Retailers clearing Surface inventories
Following the release of new Surface 2 series tablets, retailers in Taiwan are now scrambling to clear their inventories of the first-generation Microsoft tablets. The retailers are...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Tablet trends at IFA 2013
Tablets were one of the major spotlights at IFA 2013 with PC and smartphone brand vendors all showcasing their latest tablet innovations at the show. Digitimes Research has taken a...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Microsoft new Surface shipments to reach 3 million units in 2014, sources estimate
Microsoft has unveiled its second-generation Surface tablets, but sources from the upstream supply chain estimate the devices' sales will reach only three million units in 2014, accounting...