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Monday 27 May 2013
Touchscreen notebooks to become focus of Lenovo for 2013
As Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing has recently announced that the company is aiming to achieve shipments of 100 million IT products for 2013, sources from the upstream supply chain expect...
Monday 27 May 2013
Touch screen notebooks expected to see 50% increase in shipments in 3Q13
Shipments of touch screen notebooks are expected to reach 7-7.5 million units in third-quarter 2013, up 50-60% on quarter, according to market observers.
Monday 27 May 2013
China market: Lenovo prices the A1000 tablet at around CNY1,000
Lenovo has recently started selling its new Lenovo A1000 in China, priced only at around CNY1,000 (US$163), and the tablet has already become one of the top sellers in the country.
Monday 27 May 2013
China market: White-box tablet makers approaching MediaTek for quad-core solutions
China-based white-box tablet makers are reportedly approaching MediaTek for the purchase of the chipmaker's integrated MT8125 and 8135 quad-core application processors for tablets,...
Friday 24 May 2013
Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
Lenovo on May 23 released its financial report for the first quarter of 2013, with net profit of US$127 million hiking 90% on year, according to the company.
Friday 24 May 2013
GIGABYTE Launches the BRIX Ultra Compact PC Kit
Taipei, Taiwan, May 23rd, 2013 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, is proud to present today the GIGABYTE BRIX, an ultra compact...
Thursday 23 May 2013
Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
Senao International, a Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics retail chain, plans to expand its retail network in eastern China from 40 stores currently to 100 by the end of 2013,...
Thursday 23 May 2013
One quarter of all notebooks to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
Driven by falling prices and a major initiative from Intel, shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs are expected to enjoy rapid growth in 2013 and the coming years, rising to about 25%...
Thursday 23 May 2013
China Labor Day LCD TV sales surge by double-digit percentage, says IHS
Sales of LCD TVs during China's Labor Day holiday rose 18% in 2013 compared to a year earlier, as consumers were lured by attractive promotional pricing and a government subsidy program,...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Buynow expects EPS of at least NT$4.50 for 2013
Buynow, a channel retail subsidiary of notebook maker Clevo in China, expects its profits to grow significantly in 2013. The company already enjoyed a giant leap in its first-quarter...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
Possibly because Microsoft has lowered licensing rates for Windows 8 for use in tablets, many vendors are developing Windows 8 tablets for launch in the second half of 2013, and thus...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
After a year of decline, global flat panel TV market sees marginal growth in 1Q13, says IHS
Bringing an end to a full year of declines in 2012, global flat panel TV shipments rose slightly in the first quarter of 2013, paving the way for marginal growth in 2013, according...
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Xperia Tablet Z
Sony Mobile Communications Taiwan on May 21 unveiled the Xperia Tablet Z, an Android 4.1.2 waterproof tablet equipped with Qualcomm S4 Pro 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 10.1-inch 1920...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Samsung to launch complete line up of notebooks in 2H13
Samsung Electronics has been developing a line up of notebooks for launch in June and the second half of 2013 ranging from consumer to business use and from entry-level to high-end,...
Tuesday 21 May 2013
AMD falls to 4th rank MPU supplier in 2012, says IC Insights
A slowdown in notebook and desktop PC purchases coupled with strong growth in smartphones and tablets knocked AMD down to fourth place in microprocessor (MPU) sales in 2012 from second,...