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Friday 9 May 2014
Supply chains see increased orders for 2-in-1 notebooks
Supply chains are seeing increased orders from notebook vendors for 2-in-1 units. Lenovo, Asustek Computer and Acer are all putting in orders to supply chains for the units as they...
Friday 9 May 2014
The market for Bluetooth chipsets will be a cumulative 19 billion over the next 5 years, says ABI Research
Bluetooth shipments broke an annual two billion shipments in 2012 and are set to surpass three billion shipped during 2015 and four billion during 2018. "Cumulatively, over 19...
Friday 9 May 2014
Pegatron expects sequential growth of up to 5% in 2Q14 notebook shipments
Pegatron expects ODM notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2014 to grow up to 5%, and motherboard and desktop shipments to decline 15-20%, company CEO Jason Cheng said at a...
Friday 9 May 2014
Compal expects over 10% sequential growth in 2Q14 notebook shipment, says president
Compal Electronics shipped 8.9 million notebooks in the first quarter of 2014 and expects an on-quarter increase of over 10% in the second quarter, company president Ray Chen said...
Thursday 8 May 2014
Asustek, Acer, Lenovo snatching notebook market share from Samsung and Sony in Europe
Asustek Computer, Acer and Lenovo are expected to see their notebook market shares in Europe grow as both Samsung Electronics and Sony are paying less attention on their notebook...
Thursday 8 May 2014
China vendors to rely on Taiwan high-end TV panels, says Innolux president
As China's panel industry is expected to see significant increases in TV panel production capacity by 2015, many market observers claim Taiwan's TV panel industry is likely to be...
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Asustek sees profit drop in 1Q14; ships 4.9 million notebooks
Asustek Computer has announced net profits of NT$4.36 billion (US$144.69 million) for the first quarter, down 23% on quarter and 28% on year with EPS reaching NT$5.87. Asustek shipped...
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Altek sees increased April revenues
Digital camera ODM Altek has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.819 billion (US$60.1 million) for April, growing 15.68% on month and 20.05% on year, and January-April consolidated...
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Taiwan market: Sony launches SmartBand SWR10
Sony Mobile Communications has announced the launch of SmarBand SWR10 smart bracelet in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$3,990 (US$132).
Tuesday 6 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone application processor shipments in China dip over 4% sequentially in 1Q14
Shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China slid 4.2% sequentially but grew 10.8% on year in the first quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 5 May 2014
Exhibitors show mixed expectations for Computex 2014
Computex 2014 will be hosted from June 3-7 at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taiwan. Some exhibitors are concerned that the show may not be as attractive to visitors this year (2014)...
Monday 5 May 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan sees large decrease in 1Q14 digital camera shipments
Taiwan-based ODMs shipped 2.367 million digital cameras in the first quarter of 2014, decreasing by 30.4% on quarter and by 58.6% on year, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 5 May 2014
Inventec aims at 2014 gross margin of over 5%, says chairman
Inventec aims to see its gross margin exceed 5% in 2014, compared with 4.95% posted for 2013, according to company chairman Richard Lee.
Friday 2 May 2014
Acer expects 2-digit growth in 2014 AIO shipments
Acer expects its AIO (all-in-one) PC shipments in 2014 to increase on year by a 2-digit percentage, with business-use systems to be the main source of growth, according to the comp...
Friday 2 May 2014
Taiwan market: Leica to launch digital camera T-System
Leica will launch its T-System digital camera in the Taiwan market in late May at a recommended retail price of NT$65,000 (US$2,149) for the body alone, according to the vendor's...