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Thursday 15 December 2011
Market share of non-Apple tablet PCs to surge in 2012, says Nvidia CEO
Although non-Apple tablet PCs are only expected to account for 30% of the worldwide tablet PC market, Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun pointed out that after hardware and software platforms'...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Notebook supply chain expects to see improving gross margins for 2012
Players in the notebook upstream supply chain expect their gross margin in 2012 to improve as notebook brand vendors are turning their focuses to ultrabooks, which have better profitability...
Friday 9 December 2011
Spreadtrum intros solutions for low-cost smartphones
Spreadtrum Communications has introduced two new solutions aimed at sub-US$100 Android smartphones, and even able to lower total device costs to as low as US$40.
Thursday 8 December 2011
White-box players in China quitting tablet PC market
As non-Apple tablet PC players are dropping their tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire, white-box players in China are starting to quit the tablet PC market and can only...
Tuesday 6 December 2011
MIPS, Ingenic announce availability of sub-US$100 Android 4.0 tablet
MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor, a China-based CPU provider for mobile multimedia applications, have announced worldwide availability of a sub-US$100 tablet PC based on...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Acer, Lenovo to launch quad-core tablet PCs
Acer and Lenovo are set to launch quad-core tablet PCs featuring Google's Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the first quarter to compete against Asustek Computer,...
Friday 25 November 2011
Taiwan-based Chip Hope launches encrypted Android smartphones
Handset-design company Chip Hope has launched its own SkySafe-brand high-end Android smartphone, the VIP 007, featuring built-in hardware encryption, targeting the business sector...
Monday 21 November 2011
High inventory levels of Android tablet PCs expected after year-end holidays, say Taiwan makers
The global inventory volume of Android tablet PCs has been in a high level of 3-4 million units according to estimates by IDC, and the inventory problem will appear be significant...
Friday 18 November 2011
Japan-based OESF plans to help Taiwan build Android Island
Japan-based Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF), in view of Taiwan's well developed high technology supply chains, plans to propose to the Industrial Development Bureau under...
Thursday 10 November 2011
Google to maintain a well-functioning Android ecosystem
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, commenting on concerns about the company's acquisition of Motorola during his visit to Taiwan on November 9, pointed out that the company will...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Asustek delays Transformer Prime to December
Asustek Computer, which had originally been set to launch its latest Transformer Prime tablet PC with Android 3.2 on November 9, has postponed the launch schedule to early December...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Google's Eric Schmidt to visit Taiwan to promote Android
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is set to visit Taiwan on November 9 to have a conference with Taiwan-based PC vendors and promote its Android operating system, according to...
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Asustek expected to ship 1.8 million tablet PCs in 2011, says CEO
Asustek Computer expects its tablet PC shipments will reach its goal of 1.8 million units in 2011 as the company launches its second-generation quad-core Transformer Prime on November...
Monday 31 October 2011
Acer chairman welcomes HP decision to not spin off PC business
Commenting about Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) recent decision that the company will not spin off its PC business, Acer chairman JT Wang has welcomed the decision and believes that HP's...
Monday 31 October 2011
Insyde cooperates with ARM over new technologies
Taiwan-based software designer Insyde Software has announced it will cooperate with ARM to create a new software R&D technician training program to help transfer its UEFI technology,...