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Tuesday 19 February 2013
Multi-purpose cameras with edit, print, WiFi options will drive digital imaging industry, CEA says
Photographers across the US can be segmented into two major groups - primary smartphone users and primary point-and-shoot users - but a gap exists between device usage and satisfaction...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Asustek reports strong January sales
Asustek Computer has announced revenues of NT$40.11 billion (US$1.35 billion) for January, up 35.78% on year, mainly due to strong tablet and notebook shipment growth. However, the...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Acer eyes to ship 1.5-2 million smartphones in 2013, says paper
Acer aims to ship 1.5-2 million smartphones in 2013 compared to 500,000 units shipped in 2012, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted company president...
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen, E-Life January revenues up sequentially
Taiwan-based consumer electronics retail chain Tsann Kuen Enterprise saw January consolidated revenues increase 10.51% sequentially to NT$2.7 billion (US$91.5 million), while competitor...
Monday 18 February 2013
Microsoft turns focus back to downstream partners, says Acer chairman
Commenting on Microsoft's loan to Dell for the company's privatization, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that the action showed the software giant has already turned its focus back...
Monday 18 February 2013
Acer starts AcerCloud service worldwide
Acer has announced the activation of its cloud computing service platform AcerCloud worldwide. The platform crosses three major operating systems and the company expects to attract...
Monday 18 February 2013
HTC drops out of top 10 handset brands
HTC has fallen out of the top-10 handset vendor rankings published by Gartner. The smartphone specialist made its first appearance in Gartner's ranking of the world's top-10 handset...
Monday 18 February 2013
Foxconn to expand investment in Taiwan, says chairman
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) chairman Terry Guo, at a company event on February 18, said the company will focus on expanding its investments in Taiwan including...
Monday 18 February 2013
Commentary: Retina display for next iPad mini?
Apple may introduce the new iPad mini with resolution of 2,048 by 1536, and that would increase the device's production cost by more than US$12/unit. If the prices and specifications...
Monday 18 February 2013
Smartphones and tablets drive continued double-digit growth in MEMS motion sensor market, says IHS
Smartphones and tablets continue to the prime movers of technology industries, with the two mobile platforms spurring a double-digit increase in the market for microelectromechanical...
Monday 18 February 2013
Compal, Inventec, Wistron January revenues up on year
Taiwan-based ODMs Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron had consolidated revenues for January growing on year by 30.34%, 5.94% and 2.85% respectively, according to the companies...
Monday 18 February 2013
Coretronic ships 6.95 million BLUs in January
Coretronic shipped 6.95 million backlight units (BLUs) in January, increasing on month by 8.3%, according to the company.
Friday 8 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to suffer 20% drop in 1Q13
Worldwide brand tablet shipments are estimated to reach 33.8 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 21.8% sequentially, but up 75.8% on year, according to Digitimes Research...
Friday 8 February 2013
Taiwan digital cameras – 4Q 2012
Taiwan shipped 7.59 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 19.3% on quarter and 37.5% on year.
Friday 8 February 2013
Diode maker Actron to increase wafer self-sufficiency
Automotive diode maker Actron Technology expects to increase the ratio of in-house produced diffusion wafers to 50-60% in 2013, up from the current 35%, according to the company.