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Monday 12 November 2012
Foxconn October revenues up on month, down on year
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its non-consolidated revenues of NT$275.702 billion (US$9.41 billion) for October grow by 14.62% on...
Monday 12 November 2012
HTC, Apple settle patent dispute
HTC and Apple have jointly announced that they have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a 10-year license agreement.
Monday 12 November 2012
Coretronic ships 5.77 million BLUs in October
Taiwan-based Coretronic shipped 5.77 million BLUs (backlight units) in October, up 1% on month and resulting in January-October shipments of 55.80 million BLUs, which increased on...
Monday 12 November 2012
MEMS mics proliferate in smartphone market, says analyst
Speaking at the MEMS Executive Congress US 2012, IHS iSuppli senior principle analyst for MEMS Jeremie Bouchaud indicated that more MEMS companies have tapped the market for MEMS...
Friday 9 November 2012
Tsann Kuen, E-Life October revenues hit year low
Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall, two operators of IT and consumer electronics retail chains in Taiwan, posted revenues of NT$1.748 billion (US$59.6 million) and NT$954 million...
Friday 9 November 2012
Mainstream and value PCs rule over high-end performance models, says IHS
Consumers continue to favor lower-end desktops and notebooks over high-performance models in 2012 and beyond, with top-end systems accounting for only 6% of the market in 2012, according...
Friday 9 November 2012
Lenovo 3Q12 global PC market share rises to 15.6%
Lenovo saw its total global sales volume of notebooks, desktops and tablets during the third quarter of 2012 increase by 10.3% on year, with corresponding global market share rising...
Friday 9 November 2012
Wintel to help leading vendors promote sales of Windows 8 touch notebooks in US, say Taiwan makers
Microsoft and Intel will offer assistance to first-tier vendors to promote sales of Windows 8 touch-controlled notebooks in the US during the year-end peak sales period, with retail...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Foxconn may release 130-inch TV products in the future, says company vice president
Foxconn Electronics may release 70-, 80- and even as large as 130-inch TV products in the future, but the products are not expected to interfere with Chimei Innolux's (CMI) product...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Asustek sees October revenues increase
Asustek Computer on November 8 reported non-consolidated revenues of NT$35.555 billion (US$1.213 billion) for October, growing 5.31% on month and 13.60% on year. Revenues for January-October...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Delta Electronics reports consolidated revenues for October 2012
Delta Electronics has announced that its consolidated sales revenues for October 2012 totaled NT$14.38 billion (US$493.4 million), representing a 5% decrease compared to NT$15.19...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Foxconn and Sharp 60-inch LCD TV to be priced US$1,300, say sources
Sharp and Foxconn Electronics reported 60-inch LCD TV will have a NT$38,000 (US$1,300) price tag in Taiwan if buyers sign a two-year contract with Taiwan-based telecom providers,...
Thursday 8 November 2012
TV vendors focus more on Southeast Asia markets
TV vendors that are not China-based are aiming to develop their products more in Southeast Asia, as the vendors are having difficulties increasing their market share in China, according...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Digitimes Research: Global tablet market to enjoy strong shipment growth in 4Q12
Global tablet shipments from major brands worldwide are expected to reach 40.93 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 72.7% sequentially and 89.7% on year, according to...
Thursday 8 November 2012
Smart devices sales to reach 821 million in 2012; to rise to 1.2 billion in 2013, says Gartner
The consumerization trend has hit IT as an unstoppable force, as 821 million smart devices (smartphones and tablets) will be purchased worldwide in 2012 and pass the billion mark...