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Wednesday 20 February 2013
TV and LCD monitor panel prices expected to further drop through end of February 2013
TV panel prices are expected to drop another US$1-2 during the end of February 2013 while LCD monitor panel prices are expected to drop 1% or US$0.50, according to market observers...
Wednesday 20 February 2013
New HTC One unveiled
HTC has announced its new flagship smartphone, the new HTC One, which features the latest Android Jelly Bean OS and LTE network technology, and is powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Mainstream tablets 7-inch at US$199, say Taiwan makes
Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire HD have reshuffled the global tablet market and consequently 7-inch with a price cap of US$199 has become the mainstream standard for tablets,...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Acer expects shipment growth for tablets, notebooks and smartphones in 2013
Acer will focus on pushing its tablet, notebook and smartphone shipments in 2013 and is aiming to ship more than five million tablets in the year, according to company president Jim...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Multi-purpose cameras with edit, print, WiFi options will drive digital imaging industry, CEA says
Photographers across the US can be segmented into two major groups - primary smartphone users and primary point-and-shoot users - but a gap exists between device usage and satisfaction...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Asustek reports strong January sales
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$40.11 billion (US$1.35 billion) for January, up 35.78% on year, mainly due to strong tablet and notebook shipment growth. However, the...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Acer eyes to ship 1.5-2 million smartphones in 2013, says paper
Acer aims to ship 1.5-2 million smartphones in 2013 compared to 500,000 units shipped in 2012, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted company president...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, E-Life January revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based consumer electronics retail chain Tsann Kuen Enterprise saw January consolidated revenues increase 10.51% sequentially to NT$2.7 billion (US$91.5 million), while competitor...
Monday 18 February 2013
Microsoft turns focus back to downstream partners, says Acer chairman
Commenting on Microsoft's loan to Dell for the company's privatization, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that the action showed the software giant has already turned its focus back...
Monday 18 February 2013
Acer starts AcerCloud service worldwide
Acer has announced the activation of its cloud computing service platform AcerCloud worldwide. The platform crosses three major operating systems and the company expects to attract...
Monday 18 February 2013
HTC drops out of top 10 handset brands
HTC has fallen out of the top-10 handset vendor rankings published by Gartner. The smartphone specialist made its first appearance in Gartner's ranking of the world's top-10 handset...
Monday 18 February 2013
Foxconn to expand investment in Taiwan, says chairman
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a company event on February 18, said the company will focus on expanding its investments in Taiwan including...
Monday 18 February 2013
Commentary: Retina display for next iPad mini?
Apple may introduce the new iPad mini with resolution of 2,048 by 1536, and that would increase the device's production cost by more than US$12/unit. If the prices and specifications...
Monday 18 February 2013
Smartphones and tablets drive continued double-digit growth in MEMS motion sensor market, says IHS
Smartphones and tablets continue to the prime movers of technology industries, with the two mobile platforms spurring a double-digit increase in the market for microelectromechanical...
Monday 18 February 2013
Compal, Inventec, Wistron January revenues up on year
Taiwan-based ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron had consolidated revenues for January growing on year by 30.34%, 5.94% and 2.85% respectively, according to the companies...