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Monday 22 April 2013
Compal lands orders for 10-inch tablet from Acer
Compal Electronics has obtained orders for an inexpensive 10-inch tablet model from Acer, with shipments to begin in August 2013, according to sources with the Taiwan-based supply...
Friday 19 April 2013
China market: Apple shares over 71% of 4Q12 consumer tablet sales, says Analysys
Apple occupied 71.6% of consumer tablets sold in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to China-based Analysys International.
Friday 19 April 2013
Intel promotes Android convertible notebooks, say vendors
Viewing that Windows 8 has been unable to stimulate global demand for notebooks, and global sales of Android tablets have been increasing, Intel has begun to promote Android tablet-convertible...
Friday 19 April 2013
Windows 8 expected to trigger global growth in touch-enabled notebooks, says DisplaySearch
The penetration of touch screens in notebooks was under 3% in 2012, but is expected to grow to more than 12% in 2013. This compares to touch-screen penetration of 77% in mobile phones...
Friday 19 April 2013
Mobile devices, SSDs propelling NAND flash sales in 2013, says IC Insights
Increasing HD video content, social networking, shared data via the cloud, low power consumption and instant-on features continue to drive growth of devices that use NAND flash memory...
Friday 19 April 2013
iPad mini shipments expected to fall to 10-12 million units in 2Q13, say Taiwan makers
Shipments of iPad mini, mainly due to competition from several 7- to 8-inch tablets, are expected to drop from 13-15 million units in the first quarter of 2013 to 10-12 million units...
Friday 19 April 2013
Early 3D printing adopters could gain innovation advantage over rivals, says Gartner
3D printing is disrupting the design, prototyping and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries, according to Gartner. Enterprises should start experimenting with 3D printing...
Thursday 18 April 2013
China market: Shipments of inexpensive tablets likely to reach 100 million units in 2013, say China makers
As demand for inexpensive entry-level tablets in the China market is growing fast and retail prices have dropped to below US$100 currently, 100 million tablets are likely to be shipped...
Thursday 18 April 2013
TV supply chains expected to benefit from demand in China during 2Q13
China-based TV supply chains are optimistic about their performances in the second quarter of 2013 due to expected TV sales in China during the time period, according to industry...
Thursday 18 April 2013
Intel recommends 3 touch solution providers to ultrabook ODMs
Intel, in line with boosting touch screens in third-generation ultrabooks, has recommended three touchscreen solution providers, Cambrios Technologies, FlatFrog and UniPixel, to ODMs,...
Thursday 18 April 2013
Smartphone panel order visibility through until 3Q13, say sources
Order visibility for smartphone panels is already through until the third quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. With smartphone vendors launching devices with bigger screens,...
Thursday 18 April 2013
OGS technology bottlenecks keeping touch notebook prices high
Notebook vendors hope they can sell touch panel notebook products cheaper in 2013 but may not be able to due to high costs in using one glass solution (OGS) technology as a result...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Apple reportedly stops placing Mac component orders
Apple has reportedly stopped placing component orders for its Mac series products recently and related upstream suppliers so far have not yet received any word about when the US-based...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
LG Display March 32-inch TV panel shipments exceed 2 million units
Demand for TV panels has been rising due to China's Labor Day holidays and LG Display (LGD) reported March shipments of 32-inch TV panels exceeding two million units. BOE saw monthly...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Foxconn to pay Microsoft for production of Android/Chrome devices
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on April 17 signed contracts with Microsoft to acquire authorization for patents used in the production of Android- and Chrome-based...