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Wednesday 29 September 2010
Handset vendors taking different approach to compete against the iPad
Despite the fact both handset and notebook vendors are aiming to compete in the tablet PC market, the two are adopting different strategies – most notebook brands will compete...
Friday 24 September 2010
Panel makers looking to increase netbook panel prices
Amid recently tightening supply for netbook panels, TFT-LCD panel makers are considering increasing prices as they have already dropped to cost levels and panel makers are looking...
Friday 17 September 2010
Touch panel supply chain gearing up for the second-generation iPad
Component suppliers including touch panel and reinforced glass suppliers for Apple's iPad are completing validation with Apple for the second-generation 9.7-inch iPad, according to...
Thursday 16 September 2010
iPad, iPhone fail to halt NAND flash price drops in 1H September
Despite brisk sales of iPads and iPhones, contract prices for mainstream MLC NAND flash chips remained on a downward trend in the first half of September, according to sources at...
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Cando to start shipping iPad touch panel sensors from new 4.5G in September-October
Cando, a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), is scheduled to start shipping 9.7-inch touch sensors for Apple's iPad from its newly reformed 4.5G production line in September-October...
Thursday 9 September 2010
Apple products are a mutant virus, but PC brands will eventually find a cure, says Acer founder
Acer founder Stan Shih, in a talks with reporters on September 8, commented that Apple's strong popularity is mainly due to its products such as iPad and iPhone, and these products...
Friday 27 August 2010
Acer dual-core netbook will not hit the US and Taiwan markets until September
Acer's netbook with Intel's latest dual-core Atom N550 processor is not expected to hit the US and Taiwan markets until September, as vendors are conservative about netbook sales...
Friday 27 August 2010
Samsung tablet PC aims to compete against the mini iPad, say sources
Samsung Electronics is preparing to demonstrate its new tablet PC, the Galaxy Tab at IFA 2010, which will be held from September 3-8 in Berlin, Germany. Sources from upstream component...
Thursday 26 August 2010
Apple set to dominate tablet market through 2012, says iSuppli
Even with a flood of rival products in the works, Apple's iPad is unlikely to face a viable competitor until 2011, allowing the company to maintain a dominant share in the tablet...
Monday 23 August 2010
Acer chairman expects iPad market share to drop to 20%, says paper
In a Chinese-language interview with the Economic Daily News (EDN), JT Wang, chairman of Acer, said that he expects Apple's iPad market share to drop from close...
Monday 16 August 2010
Asustek lowers 3Q10 netbook shipments goal due to competition from iPad
Asustek Computer saw sales of its netbooks in the second quarter fall short of expectations mainly due to competition from Apple's iPad, and has downward adjusted its target shipments...
Monday 9 August 2010
Apple to launch upgraded iPad with Cortex-A9-based CPU in 2011, says Digitimes Research
Apple is set launch an upgraded 9.7-inch iPad adopting a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor and 512MB RAM in the first quarter of 2011. Meanwhile, the company will also launch a 7-inch...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile offering pre-sale of iPad
Although the Apple iPad has not yet been officially launched in the Taiwan market, Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, on August 4 launched a promotional pre-sale...
Tuesday 3 August 2010
White-box tablets spur low-density NAND flash pricing, says inSpectrum
Spot price of low-density NAND flash has gained strong momentum recently, thanks to demand from makers in China trying to product iPad-like devices, according to inSpectrum.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
iPad propels Apple into top-5 PC vendors as netbook sales idle, says Canalys
Canalys has released its quarterly worldwide PC market data, highlighting Apple's jump into the top-five PC vendors. The iPad captured approximately 6% of the portable PC segment...