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Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek to launch new smartphones in 2Q13
After temporarily stepping out of the handset market in 2011, Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen, at the company's investors conference on August 29, said the company will return...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Samsung unveils new products in Berlin
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a series of cross-platform mobile devices, including the Galaxy Note II, Windows 8/Windows RT tablet PCs and Windows Phone 8 smartphones, in Berlin...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Touch-IC supplier EETI sales to boom in 2H12
Revenues at Egalax_Empia Technology (EETI) will likely register over 30% sequential growth in the third quarter, and another on-quarter increase in the fourth quarter, market sources...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Inventec sees large on-year growth in 1H12 profits
Notebook ODM Inventec on August 28 released its financial report for the first half of 2012, with net profits of NT$1.785 billion (US$60.5 million) hiking 153.51% on year.
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Asustek may rank second globally in 4Q12 portable shipments
Asustek Computer is expected to ship more than eight million notebooks, tablet PCs and netbooks in total in the fourth quarter of 2012, ranking second next only to Apple among vendors,...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Notebook component makers face clients asking for price cuts
Notebook vendors have asked component makers to reduce prices, and the makers are also under pressure from price competition from fellow makers, according to sources from the upstream...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Clientron announces the new Tera2 PCoIP Zero Client L400
Clientron Corp., a world-leading manufacturer of thin client and embedded systems, announces its new L400 PCoIP Zero Client, based on the next-generation Teradici Tera2 PCoIP zero...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
TP Vision reports 1.6 million flat-screen TV shipments within first 3 months of establishment
TP Vision, a joint venture between TPV Technology and Philips that has the rights to use the Philips brand, has reported 1.6 million flat-screen TV shipments for a total of US$721...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Reported Sharp and Foxconn Electronics 60-inch TV to be priced US$1,199
Sharp and Foxconn Electronics are reportedly preparing to release a 60-inch TV which will feature 1080p resolution and a price tag of US$1,199 in North America soon, according to...
Wednesday 29 August 2012
Touch-enabled notebook penetration will struggle to reach 20% in 2013 due to high costs
Vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek Computer and Lenovo plan to launch notebooks equipped with touch screens to support Windows 8's touch functions, but it will be difficult...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Taiwan digital cameras – 2Q 2012
Taiwan shipped 11.55 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2012, up 11.4% on quarter but down 23.1% on year.
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Taiwan players still have a chance, says Acer founder
Commenting on the results of Apple and Samsung's patent lawsuit, Acer founder Stan Shih pointed out that an IT player using its advantages and patents to defend its market position...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Memory module makers shifting focus to industrial memory module products
Taiwan-based memory module makers including Phison Electronics, Transcend Information and Apacer will focus more on niche market applications to ramp up profitability in the second...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Ability Enterprise expects 5% sequential growth in 3Q12 ASP
Ability Enterprise, a Taiwan-based ODM maker of digital cameras, expects ASP (average selling price) for the third quarter of 2012 to rise by about 5% on quarter, the company has...