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Friday 31 May 2013
Global tablet shipments to grow 62% in 2013, says MIC
There will be 182 million notebooks shipped globally in 2013, decreasing 5.3% on year, while tablet shipments will increase 62.2% to 228 million, according to the Market Intelligence...
Friday 31 May 2013
Mobile computing devices to spur SSD market growth, says LSI
A fundamental shift from PC computing toward computing on mobile devices will create huge demand for related devices, such as smartphones and tablets, and data centers for cloud computing...
Friday 31 May 2013
Garmin to offer after-market in-car navigation multimedia device
Garmin will offer the Navtune 7190, an in-car 7-inch touchscreen GPS navigation device integrated with several multimedia functions including mobile TV and multimedia playback, for...
Friday 31 May 2013
New power management IC from ams targets China smartphone market
Austria-based ams, formerly austriamicrosystems, has introduced a new power management (PWM) IC. Acknowledging continued growth in China's smartphone and tablet markets, ams is looking...
Thursday 30 May 2013
China government ends subsidies for TV purchases
The China government has reportedly decided to discontinue subsidies for TV purchases from June 2013.
Thursday 30 May 2013
Taiwan market: Intel to cooperate with retail channels to show Haswell-based WiDi, touch control technologies
In order to promote its Haswell platform, Intel will cooperate with retail network operators in the Taiwan market to showcase Haswell-based Wireless Display (WiDi) and touch control-supporting...
Thursday 30 May 2013
Edison Opto enters LED TV backlight market
Taiwan-based high-power LED packaging house Edison Opto plans to provide products for TV backlight applications in 2013. According to industry sources, Edison Opto's TV backlighting...
Thursday 30 May 2013
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen to open pastry store
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, which operates an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, has announced it has invested NT$50 million (US$1.67 million) to establish a French pastry...
Thursday 30 May 2013
Touchscreen notebooks to challenge 15% penetration rate in 2H13, says WitsView
The development of touchscreen notebooks is expected to heat up in the second half of 2013, which is likely to push up the penetration rate of the technology to 15%, according to...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Sony, Microsoft said to be planning price drops for PS3 and Xbox 360
Sony and Microsoft are reportedly planning to offer price drops for their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games consoles in July or August, as consumers are waiting for the next-generation...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Notebook supply chain sees trouble satisfying downstream demand in China
As Lenovo's PC manufacturing joint venture in Hefei, eastern China is set to ship 10 million products in 2013, sources from the notebook supply chain are concerned that they may have...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
LG may not cooperate with Google on Nexus 5
South Korea-based brand LG has no plans regarding the development of Google's next Nexus smartphone, according to company executives.
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Worldwide tablet shipments to surpass portable PC shipments in 2013, total PC shipments in 2015, says IDC
According to a new forecast from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments are expected to grow 58.7% on-year in 2013 reaching 229.3 million units, up from 144.5...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
PC outlook falls as market increasingly looks to tablets, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to fall by 7.8% in 2013 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The new forecast reflects a shift in PC buying trends as users...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Global tablet sales in 2Q13 may fall 20-30% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
Global tablet sales in the second quarter of 2013, due to off-season effects and consumers deferring purchases in anticipation of new models to be launched in the third quarter, are...