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Tuesday 9 July 2013
Innolux in discussions with Toshiba and Panasonic to provide Ultra HD TV panels
Innolux is reportedly in discussions with Toshiba and Panasonic to provide wide color gamut (WCG) Ultra HD TV panels, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Compal, Inventec see sequential June revenues increases
Compal Electronics has reported June consolidated revenues of NT$57.001 billion (US$1.89 billion) increasing on month by 7.51% but decreasing 9.27% on year, while fellow maker Inventec...
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Taiwan retailers stocking fewer notebooks for summer 2013
Seeing that notebook demand may be weaker than expected during the summer, Taiwan channel retailers have prepared less inventory for the summer. Inventory for the back-to-school season...
Monday 8 July 2013
Sony to give Quanta over 90% of its notebook orders for 2014
Sony has reportedly given over 90% of its 2014 notebook orders to Quanta Computer, leaving only a small portion to the vendor's other ODM partners Wistron and Foxconn Electronics (Hon...
Monday 8 July 2013
LCD TV panel demand expected to drop in China during 3Q13
LCD TV panel shipments in the China market are expected to drop 5% on year in third-quarter 2013 to around 13 to 13.3 million units, according to market observers.
Monday 8 July 2013
Mobile device shipments grow 9.7% on year in Japan in 1Q13, says IDC
Total shipments of mobile devices, including PCs, smartphones, tablets, e-book readers and data communications (including mobile cards and personal routers), in Japan totaled 13.6...
Monday 8 July 2013
Automotive diode maker Actron 2Q13 revenues hit record high
Taiwan-based automotive diode maker Actron Technology has announced revenues of NT$266 million (US$8.85 million) for June, down 14.4% on month but up 8.2% on year. Second-quarter revenues...
Monday 8 July 2013
Foxconn pushes FoxKPC for the industrial control application market
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is showcasing its new FoxKPC series products through a subsidiary at KE Show 2013 in Kunshan, China. The FoxKPC product line will mainly...
Monday 8 July 2013
Apple new iPad set for September; still adjusting new iPad mini
Apple is expected to announce its fifth-generation 9.7-inch iPad in September as scheduled, while its next-generation iPad mini reportedly may receive further upgrades in specifications,...
Monday 8 July 2013
TV panel pricing expected to drop in July
Pricing for TV panels sized 42-, 50- and 55-inch are expected to drop 2% in the first half of July 2013 while panels sized 32-inch are expected to remain below US$100, according to...
Monday 8 July 2013
Taiwan 100Mbps Internet-access deployment, cable TV digitization in 2013 short of targets, says NCC
The Taiwan government originally aimed to have all households covered by a 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband Internet-access network, and to digitize cable TV networks to cover 50% of...
Friday 5 July 2013
Foxlink enters the smart watch industry
Taiwan-based Foxlink has entered the smart watch industry by landing orders from US-based Pebble whose Pebble smart watch is ready to enter retail channels in the near future, according...
Friday 5 July 2013
Notebook vendors concerned about Apple application for USB/SD hybrid port patent, say Taiwan makers
Apple has filed a patent application with the USPTO for a hybrid USB/SD port which combines a USB port with SD card slot to save space to make notebooks slimmer. Ultrabook vendors...
Friday 5 July 2013
Samsung expects record operating profits in 2Q13, but misses market expectations
Samsung Electronics expects to report record operating profits for the second quarter of 2013, but its guidance figures are well below market expectations.
Friday 5 July 2013
Foxconn setting up Cybermart in northwestern China
Although Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is facing some issues entering Taiwan's retail channel, the company continues to expand its malls in China, and is establishing...