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Thursday 31 October 2013
Notebook market achieves sequential growth in 3Q13, but annual plunge continues, says IHS
Mobile PC shipments worldwide are estimated to have reached 47.9 million units in the third quarter, up 6% from the second quarter. This represents the largest sequential growth since...
Thursday 31 October 2013
Despite weak quarter, Apple remains on top of tablet market in 3Q13, says IHS
Apple in third-quarter 2013 remained king of the tablet business as it held onto its lead in shipments, even though it lost shipment market share in the quarter.
Thursday 31 October 2013
Taiwan market: Asustek launches Transformer Book Trio TX201
Asustek Computer has launched the Transformer Book Trio TX201, a convertible notebook, tablet and desktop, in the Taiwan market at a retail price of NT$39,900 (US$1,353).
Thursday 31 October 2013
Wireless networking remains a strong IC market driver, says IC Insights
Wireless networking is now a standard capability in many electronic systems, such as notebooks and desktops, smartphones and residential gateways, according to IC Insights. Built-in...
Thursday 31 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan to see decreased digital camera shipments in 4Q13
Taiwan-based ODMs Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Asia Optical will ship a total of 4.05 million digital cameras in the fourth quarter...
Thursday 31 October 2013
Windows 8.1 tablet sales 20-30% below expectations
Channel retailers are seeing their Windows 8.1-based tablet sales in October 20-30% below than their original expectations, despite strong price/performance ratios.
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Intel to cooperate with China white-box players for mobile devices
Intel has started turning to seek business opportunities from China's white-box market and has cooperated with several China-based vendors such as Ramos and Teclast to release Intel-based...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
PC vendors aggressive about releasing new convertible products
PC brand vendors such as Acer, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all been aggressively releasing new convertible products in 2013, aiming to boost overall consumer...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Coretronic nets NT$1.64 per share for January-September
Backlight unit (BLU) and DLP projector maker Coretronic posted net EPS of NT$1.64 (US$0.056) for January-September 2013, the company said at an October 30 investors conference.
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Apple orders new MacBook Pro in large volumes, say Taiwan makers
Apple has placed orders for new MacBook Pro models unveiled in October in large volumes due to expected good sales in the fourth quarter. The orders have filled up some of its suppliers'...
Wednesday 30 October 2013
iPad mini with Retina display may see shortages due to limited supplies of Sharp panels, say sources
The availability of the iPad mini with Retina display may not be enough to meet market demand because Sharp's supply of 7.9-inch Retina display panels based on its Oxide TFT process...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Non-iPad tablets account for over 50% of global shipments in 3Q13
In the third quarter of 2013, global tablet shipments reached 35.68 million units, up 15.3% sequentially and 34.6% on year, driven mainly by non-iPad tablet shipments, which reached...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Global notebook shipments expected to drop almost 7% in 2014
Global notebook shipments are expected to drop 13% on year in 2013 and decline further by 6.6% in 2014 to reach only 159 million units, as tablets continue to outshine notebooks.
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Apple revenues up, net profit down in fiscal 4Q13
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2013. The company posted quarterly revenues of US$37.5 billion and quarterly net profit...
Tuesday 29 October 2013
LG Display aims at 30% share of global Ultra HD TV panel shipments in 2014
LG Display (LGD) has started production of 49-, 55-, 65- and 84-inch Ultra HD TV panels, with a goal of shipping 1.8-2.0 million units for a global market share of 30% in 2014, according...