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Thursday 7 April 2011
RIM PlayBook to benefit Quanta and Foxlink
As Research In Motion (RIM) is set to launch its PlayBook tablet PC on April 19 in the US and Canada priced at US$499.99, its upstream assembly partner Quanta Computer and connector...
Thursday 17 February 2011
Apple secures 60% of global touch panel capacity, causing tight supply
In order to achieve its internal goal of shipping 40 million iPad products in 2011, Apple has occupied close to 60% of the global touch panel capacity causing tight supply among Apple's...
Thursday 10 February 2011
Optical lens makers to see revenue contributions from tablet PCs in 2Q11
Taiwan-based optical lens makers Largan Precision, Genius Electronic Optical and Newmax Technology will start seeing revenue contributions from tablet PC products in the second quarter...
Friday 28 January 2011
Monthly production of RIM PlayBook tablets in full swing
Production of RIM's PlayBook tablet PCs at Quanta's plant in Taiwan have reached an economic scale of 150,000-200,000 a month with shipments to be ready as early as February, according...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
RIM focuses on QWERTY BlackBerry models in 2011, say Taiwan makers
Research in Motion (RIM), although other vendors have adopted or will adopt touch solutions for almost all of their smartphone models, will still focus on QWERTY input for BlackBerry...
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom launches BlackBerry Torch 9800 through cooperation with RIM, Vodafone
Chunghwa Telecom on January 24 announced the launch of BlackBerry Torch 9800, a 3G smartphone model featuring BlackBerry 6 operating system, for contract-bundled sales in the Taiwan...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Taiwan market: CHT to carry BlackBerry, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will officially announce on January 24 that the company will begin distribution of BlackBerry smartphones in Taiwan to further develop the enterprise segment,...
Monday 17 January 2011
Tablet PCs to not bring impact on sales of smartphones, says RIM VP
While the global demand for tablet PCs emerged in 2010 and will witness growth momentum in 2011, it will not bring competitive impact on the global demand for smartphones because...
Friday 14 January 2011
RIM extending focus to mobile PCs and solutions, says VP
Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) has extended its business focus from smartphones to mobile PCs and solutions through offering tablet PCs and much more application programs,...
Friday 14 January 2011
RIM to ship 1 million PlayBook tablets in 1Q11
Quanta Computer has begun volume production of RIM's PlayBook tablets with shipments in the first quarter of 2011 expected to top one million units competing head-to-head with the...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Taiwan component makers bullish on RIM orders in 2011
Taiwan-based component makers expects Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) to increase procurement orders in 2011 thanks to strong sales of the Blackberry smartphones and increase...
Friday 7 January 2011
CES 2011: RIM showcases PlayBook tablet PC
RIM is showcasing its PlayBook tablet PC at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 and the company will mainly push the device's multi-tasking capability as the main promoting point...
Thursday 6 January 2011
CES 2011: Smart TVs, 3D TVs and tablet PCs to be the spotlights
Samsung Electronics and Sony are both preparing to promote their smart TV businesses at CES 2011, which will start on January 5. Samsung is displaying its smart TV advertisement on...
Friday 31 December 2010
Dell and RIM pushing development of business tablet PCs
The market for business-use tablet PCs is gradually emerging with Dell and Research in Motion (RIM) the most active brand vendors in the segment, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Handset vendors prefer notebook to handset makers for outsourcing tablet PCs, say Taiwan handset makers
With handset vendors stepping into tablet PCs, priority is being given to notebook ODMs rather than handset makers for outsourced production, according to Taiwan-based handset make...