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Friday 2 October 2015
Taiwan market: Toshiba no longer selling consumer notebooks
Toshiba has shifted its notebook marketing focus from consumer to business-use models in Asia, Latin America and Central Europe, and has stopped selling consumer notebooks in Taiwan,...
Friday 2 October 2015
Inventec takes 90% stake in all-in-one PC maker TPV-Inventa
Inventec has increased its investment in TPV-Inventa, raising its stake to 90% in the all-in-one PC manufacturing joint venture with TPV.
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Taiwan market: Acer launches Predator products
Acer has launched a number of gaming products including a tablet, and several notebooks and desktops under its Predator brand. The products will become available in Taiwan starting...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
LCD TV shipment declines to influence panel maker shipments
As LCD TV shipments are expected to be lower than originally estimated for 2015, panel makers are also lowering shipments, which include adjustments for the second half of 2015.
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Acer Taiwan denies layoffs
In response to reports that Acer Taiwan will lay off 10% of its personnel, president Towny Huang for Acer Taiwan regional operations on September 29 clarified that Acer Taiwan's average...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Pegatron lands OEM orders for Asustek gaming notebook
Pegatron Technology has obtained orders for Asustek Computer's gaming notebooks including the GX700 flagship model featuring GTX980 graphics card, a 17-inch Ultra HD panel and water-cooling,...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Digitimes Research: Panasonic aims at automotive lighting revenues of JPY60 billion for FY2018
Panasonic has been transforming its lighting business operations to focus on automotive lighting and aims at revenues of JPY60 billion (US$500 million) from automotive lighting for...
Wednesday 30 September 2015
Targeting niche markets: Q&A with ST Liu, president of Acer handset unit
Notebook vendor Acer aims to ship at least five million smartphones in 2015 and plans to hike the shipments to 10 million units in 2016. But Acer will not spend a lot of money for...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Weak demand causes 5% drop in TV sales in China during Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, says report
Combined TV set shipments of the six major China TV brands – Changhong, Hisense, Haier, Konka, Skyworth and TCL – will total 58.43 million in 2015, according to WitsView...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Worldwide shipments of 3D printers to reach more than 490,000 in 2016, says Gartner
Worldwide shipments of 3D printers will reach 496,475 units in 2016, up 103% from the predicted 244,533 units in 2015, according to Gartner. 3D printer shipments are forecast to more...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Singapore PC market growth driven by mobile PCs in 1H15, says Gartner
PC shipments in Singapore totaled 588,300 units in the first half of 2015, a 12% increase over the same period last year, according to Gartner.
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Acer encouraging staff to transfer to BYOC business
Acer has been encouraging its staff to transfer to the Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business and is planning to adjust its performance evaluation program to boost workers' willingness...
Tuesday 29 September 2015
Notebook vendors gearing up to push new 2-in-1s in 4Q15
Notebook brand vendors including Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell are preparing to launch their new Skylake-based 2-in-1 devices starting October and...
Friday 25 September 2015
China makers to bump up 43-inch TV panel production
LG Display and AU Optronics (AUO) have dominated the 43-inch TV panel segment but may face challenges as BOE and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) as well as Samsung Display...