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Monday 16 August 2010
MEMS sales to continue rising in consumer electronics and handset markets, says iSuppli
Revenues for MEMS sensors and actuators used in consumer electronics and mobile phones is projected to reach US$1.5 billion in 2010, up 22.9% from US$1.3 billion in 2009, according...
Thursday 12 August 2010
Taiwan market: FET to launch Acer e-book reader and tablet PC by year-end
Far Eastone Telecommunications (FET) looks to be tightening its relationship with Acer by publicly stating during a recent press event that it will distribute a tablet PC and six-inch...
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Global e-book reader shipments to be 2-3 times higher in 2H10, says E Ink chairman
Price-cut competition for e-book readers among global vendors including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Hanvon is expected to stimulate demand in the second half of 2010, with...
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Taiwan market: Mobile telecom carriers conservative about launching e-book readers
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone Telecommunications are not looking to be active in launching e-book readers for the time being, as their current focus is operating...
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Global e-book reader shipments fall short of forecast in 2Q10, says Digitimes Research
A total of 1.35 million e-book readers were shipped to the global market in the second quarter of 2010, 33.2% fewer than the originally projected 2.02 million units, chiefly because...
Monday 26 July 2010
Taiwan market: BenQ launches limited edition e-book reader
BenQ has launched a limited edition e-book reader, the nReader Young Guns, based on a popular comic book series published in Taiwan.
Thursday 22 July 2010
Hanwang facing weak tablet PC sales, while Lenovo aggressive
China-based e-book reader maker Hanwang in June saw its tablet PC shipments reach only 1,500-2,000 units, a lot lower than the company's expectations, according to sources from PC...
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Hanvon has 61% of China e-book reader market in 1H10, says Digitimes Research
Hanvon, the e-book reader brand of China-based Hanwang Technology, had 61.4% of the e-book reader market in China in the first half of the 2010, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 19 July 2010
Hanwang denies e-book reader inventory piling up, says paper
China-based Hanwang Technology has denied rumors that its Hanvon-branded e-book reader sales have been seriously dampened by competition from the Apple iPad and its current inventory...
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Digitimes Insight: China e-book reader market smaller than expected in 2010
Digitimes Research has downward adjusted its 2010 projected total e-book reader shipments in the China market from 1.5 million units originally to 900,000-1 million units, as China...
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Wistron starts shipping e-book readers to publisher in China
Wistron has begun shipments of e-book readers to Shanghai Century Publishing Group in China in July 2010, with EPDs supplied by SiPix Technology, according to industry sources.
Friday 9 July 2010
Taiwan market: FET opens eBook Town
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), on July 8 announced the opening of its e-book store, eBook Town, to provide Chinese-language e-books for download.
Friday 2 July 2010
E Ink announces next generation display platform
E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic paper display technology, has announced the release of its next generation display technology, Pearl. With Pearl,...
Friday 25 June 2010
iPad spurs e-book reader price war, says iSuppli
The move by Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their e-book readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising...
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Amazon, Barnes and Noble lower e-book reader prices
Amazon and Barnes and Noble have announced reduced prices for their e-book readers, Kindle and nook, to US$189 and US$199, respectively from about US$259.