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Friday 26 September 2008
Gigabyte will not cut motherboard prices, says company VP
Gigabyte Technology will not follow recent moves by rival Asustek Computer to cut its motherboard prices, according to Richard Ma, vice president of Gigabyte.
Thursday 25 September 2008
Moblin to be major Linux player in MID market
The Mobile Internet Device (MID) market is shaping up as a very promising greenfield opportunity for mobile operating system vendors to find new outlets for their products. Linux...
Monday 1 September 2008
Quanta is focusing on develop own-brand non-notebook products
First-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer is planning to head toward promoting own-brand products by expanding into branded wireless Internet applications, which Barry Lam, chairman...
Friday 22 August 2008
Intel expected to ship over 20 million Atom processors this year, says paper
With more PC vendors starting to join the netbook market, Intel is expanding its Atom processor capacity and is expected to ship up to 20 million units this year, according to a Chinese-language...
Tuesday 19 August 2008
Option to partner with Compal for embedded 3G modules
Wireless technology company Option has announced that its embedded wireless modules and Linux-based connection management software have been selected by Compal Electronics to provide...
Monday 18 August 2008
Intel drops Centrino Atom brand name
Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand name for Mobile Internet Device (MID) products and will now list all its Internet connection-based products including CPUs for netbooks and...
Tuesday 29 July 2008
Makers to support China's CMMB mobile TV standard on Intel MID/UMPC platform
Intel will support the development of China's mobile TV standard CMMB (China mobile multimedia broadcasting) by supporting MID (mobile Internet device) and UMPC (ultra mobile PC)...
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Qisda to begin shipping MID products to T-Mobile, says paper
The handset business unit of Taiwan-based Qisda is expected to make a major turnaround when it begin to ship a MID (mobile Internet device) product to T-Mobile later this quarter,...
Friday 4 July 2008
PC vendors pessimistic about MIDs
Although Intel is aggressively pushing MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and its Centrino Atom platform, PC vendors still feel pessimistic about the market's future.
Thursday 3 July 2008
BenQ to shift focus from handsets to MIDs
BenQ could possibly completely quit the handset market and shift focus to the Mobile Internet Device (MID) segment instead, according to industry sources.
Monday 16 June 2008
HTC to revamp UMPC strategy amid rise of Eee PC
The increasing popularity of Asustek Computer's Eee PC has resulted in a significant impact on the development of UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs), which may force High Tech Computer (HTC)...
Tuesday 10 June 2008
ARM doubtful Intel can leverage its PC strategy to conquerer the MID market
With Intel pushing its low-power x86-based Atom Z500 processor family to challenge ARM-based processors in the mobile device market, ARM believes it still has the advantage.
Friday 6 June 2008
Intel is ready for MID challenge: Q&A with Anand Chandrasekher, manager of Intel ultra mobility group
With Nvidia recently revealing its Tegra processor for mobile computer products to challenge Intel's Atom platform on MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), Digitimes took the opportunity...
Thursday 29 May 2008
Computex 2008: CyberTAN to showcase built-in WiMAX modules for UMPCs and MIDs
CyberTAN Technology plans to showcase a series of WiMAX products, including built-in WiMAX modules for UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs) and MIDs (mobile Internet devices), at Computex Taipei...