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Tuesday 22 March 2011
AOC 4Q10 sales up almost 60% on year
Sales of AOC, a brand and business unit of TPV Technology, increased significantly by 58% on year in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Asia Pacific (not include Japan) market and...
Thursday 17 February 2011
Acer signs contract with China-based Sunning to further cut into China market
Acer announced on February 16, that the company has signed contracts with China-based IT channel vendor Sunning Appliance for a two year, US$500 million worth sales agreement. Acer...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Rising exchange rates of Asia currencies benefits US PC vendors
US-based PC vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Apple are gaining advantages as exchange rates of Asia Pacific currencies to the US dollar are rising quickly, according...
Friday 19 November 2010
RIM PlayBook in North America market in 1Q11, worldwide in 2Q11
Research in Motion (RIM) is scheduled to introduce its tablet PC, the PlayBook, in the North America market in the first quarter of 2011 and then worldwide in the second quarter,...
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Asia Pacific expected to have over 120 million LTE connections in 2015, say Taiwan makers
The promotion of LTE under way in Asia Pacific countries will result in over 120 million LTE connections in the region in 2015, industry sources in Taiwan cited data released by Wireless...
Friday 8 October 2010
HTC unveils Desire smartphones in Asia
HTC has unveiled its new Android-based smartphones, the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z, in the Asia-Pacific with a total of 12 telecom carriers in the region already deciding to purchase...
Tuesday 5 October 2010
UK-based IC distributor Premier Farnell opens online shop in Taiwan
In addition to Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics, and US-based rivals Arrow Electronics and Avnet Electronics, UK-based IC distributor Premier Farnell...
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Nikon to enter mirrorless DSLR camera market
Japan-based camera brand Nikon expects its new mirrorless DSLR-similar camera will help expand its market share in the interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) market in the Asia Pacific...
Friday 20 August 2010
D-Link sees 61% of 2Q10 revenues from Asia Pacific and emerging markets
D-link had 61% of its consolidated revenues of NT$8.217 billion (US$251 million) for the second quarter of 2010 coming from Asia Pacific and emerging markets which are mainly Russia,...
Thursday 29 July 2010
Fujitsu to rely more heavily on Taiwan partners in the future
As Fujitsu plans to push US$400-600 notebooks in North America and Asia Pacific markets, and increased its outsourcing proportion to Taiwan makers from only 30% in 2009 to close to...
Friday 9 July 2010
HTC to strengthen sales in Taiwan and Asia for expanding global market share
HTC has mapped out plans to push up sales in Taiwan and a number of Asia Pacific markets, aiming to expand its share in the global smartphone market to a double-digit range.
Tuesday 29 June 2010
IC distributor WPG 2Q10 revenues likely to beat target
WPG, the largest IC distributor in the Asia Pacific region, has said strong sales in China may allow it to report better-than-expected sales results for the second quarter of 2010...
Monday 21 June 2010
Prospects of hybrid HDDs in notebook market: Q&A with Seagate's Teh Ban-seng
Seagate Technology on May 24, 2010 unveiled Momentus XT drive, a hybrid hard disk drive (HDD) series that combines 7,200rpm hard disk platters and a 4GB SSD (solid-state drive) made...
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Asia Pacific to become the largest smartphone market by 2012, Canalys says
The smartphone market continues to see impressive growth around the world, and in particular the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53% year-on-year...
Thursday 6 May 2010
HP sees drop in Asia Pacific notebook market share in 1Q10
Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) notebook market share in Asia Pacific market (excluding Japan) in the first quarter dropped 3pp sequentially to only 17% with shipment volumes also down from...