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Wednesday 12 September 2012
Arrival of iPhone 5 to spur rebound in Apple shipments, says IHS
The arrival of the iPhone 5 will spur a rebound in Apple's smartphone shipments in the third and fourth quarters of 2012 following a decline in the second quarter, IHS iSuppli believes...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Taiwan market: PC shipments down in 2Q12, says IDC
There were a total of 720,117 notebooks and desktops shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 8.7% on quarter and 11% on year, while the corresponding...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
China TV panel makers continue to increase production capacity
The proportion of TV panels made by China-based panel makers used in Taiwan-based TV vendors' products is rising due to increasing panel production capacity and lower prices, according...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
RFQ drop suggests 1H13 notebook shipments may decrease, say Taiwan component makers
Viewing that significantly fewer requests for quotation (RFQ) have, so far, been received from notebook ODMs than in previous years, Taiwan-based notebook component makers have commented...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Market observers conservative about e-book reader growth in 2H12
Market observers are conservative about e-book reader growth in the second half of 2012 as consumers are expected to purchase new tablet products from major makers such as Google and...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
China-based Huawei, ZTE to step into tablet market, say sources
While international smartphone players including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility, RIM and Nokia have apparently retreated from the tablet PC market in order to focus on their core...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Smartphone and tablet forecasts show varying OS fortunes, says Canalys
The latest product announcements by leading smartphone and tablet vendors will help drive consumer demand to new heights, according to Canalys. It forecasts that in 2016, global annual...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Nexus 7 not yet allowed to enter China market
While the Nexus 7, the tablet co-developed by Google and Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer, has been witnessing booming sales in major markets around the world, it is difficult...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Coretronic ships 5.77 million BLUs in August
Taiwan-based Coretronic shipped 5.77 million backlight units (BLUs) in August, decreasing on month by 1% and increasing on year by 4% respectively, according to the company. Its shipments...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Acer, Asustek up and Wistron down in August revenue performance
Notebook brand vendors Acer and Asustek Computer, and notebook maker Wistron have announced their August revenue performances with both vendors seeing on-month growth, while Wistron...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Taiwan-based home electronics makers see decline in August shipments
Shipments of home electronics products such as LCD TVs and air conditioners saw declines in Taiwan in August due to the expiration of energy-saving subsidies issued by Taiwan's gov...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Yield rate issues cast doubt Apple will launch 7.85-inch iPad on September 12
Apple will most likely not announce its reported 7.85-inch iPad at the company's scheduled conference on September 12 due to yield rate issues with the device's panels, according to...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Senao August revenues hit record
Senao International, a retail chain of handsets and consumer electronics in Taiwan, on September 10 reported revenues of NT$3.461 billion (US$116 million) for August, a monthly record,...
Tuesday 11 September 2012
AUO to ship as many as 500,000 panels for Apple's reported 7.85-inch iPad
AU Optronics (AUO) will ship approximately 400,000-500,000 panels for Apple's reported 7.85-inch iPad in September, according to industry supply chain sources.
Tuesday 11 September 2012
HP, Acer raise notebook shipment proportion from Chongqing to 60% in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Acer have reportedly notified their upstream supply chain partners that they will raise their Chongqing, China, plants' shipment proportions to 60% in 2013...