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Friday 24 August 2012
Pegatron expects sequential drops in 3Q12 shipments of PCs, motherboards
Taiwan-based ODM provider Pegatron Technology, viewing that consumers are expected to delay purchases in the third quarter of 2012 to wait for the launch of Windows 8 in October,...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Taiwan LCD TV panel makers need to enhance production technology to stay competitive
Taiwan-based LCD TV panel makers will be left to fulfilling market requirements for mostly low- and mid-range products if they fail to enhance their production technology to make...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Coolpad to ship LTE smartphones to MetroPCS
Smartphone vendor Coolpad will begin shipping its FDD-LTE-enabled Quattro 4G to US-based telecom service company MetroPCS, making it the third China-based smartphone vendor managing...
Thursday 23 August 2012
MSI AE2281G and AE2081: World's first Windows 8 certified All-in-One PC's
MSI is proud to announce that the MSI Wind Top AE2281G and the MSI Wind Top AE2081 have been officially certified for the to be launched Microsoft Windows 8 operating system. Herewith,...
Thursday 23 August 2012
Taiwan market: Nikon launches new autumn-season camera models
Japan-based digital still camera (DSC) vendor Nikon on August 22, hosted a launch conference in Taiwan for its new autumn-season DSC models and is set to release four new models including...
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Non-Apple players competing for China educational tablet market
With China expected to have a demand for at least 10 million educational tablet PCs, and related government units are in the middle of establishing standards for "e-backpack"...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
LED TV penetration rate expected to reach 70%
The penetration rate for LED TVs is expected to reach 70% in 2012 as direct-type models are increasingly dropping in price.
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Taiwan July export order value down on month, year
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.94 billion in total in July 2012, decreasing by 1.2% on month and by 4.4% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Supply volume of 7.85-inch iPad to reach 4 million units starting in September
Supply volume of Apple's 7.85-inch iPad is estimated to reach four million units per month starting in September in order to prepare for demand from year-end holidays, according to...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Acer, HP consider to take back chassis purchase authority
Acer and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are considering to retrieve their chassis purchase authority from notebook ODMs in hoping to effectively control their production capacity and quality,...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
China TV vendors to release ultra large and high definition TVs
China-based TV vendors Konka and Skyworth are both planning to release 84-inch sized ultra-high 4Kx2K definition TVs within the next month in hope to bump up TV sales during the October...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
TV competition intensifies as vendors plan to release large-sized TVs at low prices
Competition in the TV industry is expected to increase in the second half of 2012, as Asia-based TV makers are planning to put out large-sized TVs ranging from US$1,000-1,300, said...
Monday 20 August 2012
Shuttle announces on-year growth in July revenues
Taiwan-based PC brand vendor Shuttle has announced consolidated revenues of NT$1.31 billion (US$43.66 million) for July, down 2.8% on month, but up 57.7% on year with combined consolidated...
Monday 20 August 2012
Taiwan makers competing for orders for digital cameras with large optical zoom ranges
Taiwan-based digital camera ODM/OEMs have faced decreasing orders due to shrinking global demand due to competition from smartphones, and therefore are in competition for orders for...
Monday 20 August 2012
Mobile workstation to help produce a clearer vision of disaster sites - Seamless integration of information and communication can be deployed quickly to help make effective decisions
Global climate changes and over-exploitation of forests has caused natural disasters to continue to occur. Hurricane Katrina in the US; volcanic eruptions in Iceland; Tsunamis and...