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Monday 10 December 2012
Digitimes Research: Brands and ODMs see less than 10% on-month drop in November notebook shipments
The global top-5 notebook brands together suffered a 4% on-month drop in November, but Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer, which had deep on-month drops in October, saw rather stable performance...
Monday 10 December 2012
Tsann Kuen, E-Life Mall November revenues up on month
Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall, two IT and consumer electronics retail chains in Taiwan, had November revenues of NT$2.291 billion (US$78.5 million) growing on month by 31.09%...
Monday 10 December 2012
Compal, Inventec see increased November revenues
Taiwan-based ODM Compal Electronics had consolidated revenues of NT$63.347 billion (US$2.17 billion) for November increasing 5.25% on month and 5.97% on year while fellow maker Inventec...
Friday 7 December 2012
2013 TFT LCD industry and market outlook
Global production capacity for large-size TFT LCD panels (9-inch and above) is expected to grow only 3.4% in 2013, which represents the lowest growth rate ever for the industry, while...
Friday 7 December 2012
Taiwan market: Leica launches digital camera X2-Edition Paul Smith
Germany-based Leica Camera AG has launched Leica X2-Edition Paul Smith, a 16.5-megapixel digital camera featuring chassis color designed by fashion designer Paul Smith, in the Taiwan...
Friday 7 December 2012
Wistron evaluating factory establishment in Brazil
Wistron is evaluating the feasibility of a request from Acer to set up a factory in Brazil for supplying Acer PCs for local sale. If Wistron decides to do so, it will begin production...
Friday 7 December 2012
Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from Samsung aggressive product roadmaps in 2013
Taiwan-based IC design houses, which have been cooperating with Samsung Electronics on product development, are expected to fare well in 2013, as the Korea-based vendor is reportedly...
Thursday 6 December 2012
China-based TV vendors to increase their usage of China-based panels in 2013
China-based TV vendors are expected to bump up their usage of China-based panel makers' products by 10% in 2013 due to increasing production capacity from the panel makers, according...
Thursday 6 December 2012
Lenovo to set up desktop and notebook assembly lines in the US, say Taiwan makers
Lenovo will establish assembly lines to produce desktops and notebooks in small volumes in the US to prepare for the business-use PC market and for government procurement orders,...
Thursday 6 December 2012
HTC November sales up more than 20%
Having declined for four consecutive months, HTC's revenues rebounded to a sequential growth track in November 2012.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Qisda to focus on high-end medical products in China during 2013, says company president
Qisda will aim at promoting high-end electronics products for use in the medical segment in China during 2013, according to company president Hermit Huang.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Sony and Toshiba set to increase chip spending in 2013, IHS says
Despite weak financial results, leading Japanese consumer electronics OEMs Sony and Toshiba during the next two years are expected to increase their semiconductor spending as they...
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Asustek, Acer likely to be selected as Microsoft IDP partners for 2013 Windows, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft has begun the process of selecting its Integrated Development Program (IDP) partners specifically for cooperation to develop hardware based on 2013 versions of Windows from...
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Nokia to sell Finnish headquarters
Nokia announced on December 4 that the company had agreed to sell its head office building in Espoo, Finland, for EUR170 million (US$222.9 million).
Wednesday 5 December 2012
TV panel prices hike with potential inventory risk, says DisplaySearch
In October 2012, notebook and monitor panel prices decreased by 0.5% or less or US$0.10-0.30 for most sizes from the previous month. TV panel prices increased by 1-2% or US$2-5 on...