Japan-based vendor Toshiba and Korea-based vendor Samsung Electronics are both planning to enter netbook market in the fourth quarter this year, according to sources in the notebook...

Taiwan-based notebook vendor BenQ is planning to enter the netbook market with the Joybook Lite in fourth quarter of this year. A 8.9-inch version will launch in October with monthly...

First-tier notebook maker Quanta Computer has said netbook shipments were the main reason for its fall in revenues performance in August this year.

Japan-based notebook vendor Fujitsu has outsourced its L-series entry-level consumer notebook orders to Inventec, while it has given First International Computer (FIC) netbook orders,...

First-tier motherboard maker Asustek Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$25.9 billion (US$812.56 million) in August, increases of 17% on month and 24% on year. The...

Although Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that the company's netbook shipments will reach 5-7 million units in 2008, Compal Electronics president Ray Chen has taken an opposite view...

Dell has officially unveiled its Inspiron Mini 9 netbook PC.

Acer's Aspire one netbook is expected to break worldwide shipments of one million units in September, while total shipments in the third quarter will break two million units, according...

With excellent worldwide sales performance in July and August, sources at notebook upstream makers expect Acer to see a sequential notebook shipment growth of 25-30% in the third...

Star World Technology, a maker of small- to medium-size LCD modules (LCMs), reported sharp sales growth in August because of strong demand from the netbook segment.

VIA Technologies has announced that China-based PC OEM Tsinghua TongFang has adopted VIA's C7-M CPU and VX700 chipset to power its S1 imini netbook series. The S1 imini has a maximum...

Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from...

Although some branded notebook vendors think the white box notebook market is facing pressure from branded netbooks and other low-cost notebooks, some notebook makers are optimistic...

Wistron chairman Simon Lin has reiterated his conservative outlook for netbook growth, saying that the position of traditional notebooks will not be affected by the rising role of...

HannStar Board expects its PCB shipments to grow at least 10% sequentially in the third quarter as a result of a seasonal upturn in the notebook market.