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Monday 28 January 2013
Acer considering selling Chromebook in countries outside the US
Seeing its Chromebook products enjoy better-than-expected sales in the US, Acer is currently considering to sell the products in other mature markets outside the US, according to...
Monday 28 January 2013
Google to cooperate with Asustek for second-generation Nexus 7
Google is set to announce its second-generation Nexus 7 tablet in May with the cooperation of Asustek Computer. The combined shipments of the company's first- and second-generation...
Monday 28 January 2013
Vizio aims to bump up TV sales to 6.5 million units in 2013, says chairman
Vizio hopes to bump up its TV sales in 2013 to 6.5 million units, up 20% on year, according to company chairman Wang Wei.
Monday 28 January 2013
Amtran hopes to bump up LCD TV and LCD monitor shipments by 20% in 2013, says chairman
Amtran Technology hopes to reach LCD TV and LCD monitor ODM/OEM shipments of seven million in 2013, according to company chairman Alpha Wu.
Monday 28 January 2013
VPEC, Win Semi to enjoy sequential revenue growth through 3Q13
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are expected to enjoy on-quarter sales growth through the third quarter of 2013, driven...
Monday 28 January 2013
Pegatron expects to ship 20 million tablets, 19 million notebooks in 2013
Taiwan-based ODM Pegatron expects to ship 20 million tablets and 19 notebooks, of which about 50% will be produced at its factory in Chongqing, western China, in 2013, according to...
Monday 28 January 2013
Asustek aims to ship 24 million notebooks in 2013
Asustek Computer has set goals of shipping 24 million notebooks and 12 million tablets in 2013, hiking 26.3% and 90.5% respectively from 2012, according to the company.
Monday 28 January 2013
Quanta expects better than industry average growth in 2013, says chairman
The largest Taiwan-based notebook ODM Quanta Computer expects its business operations in 2013 to grow by a larger percentage than the industry average from 2012, according to company...
Monday 28 January 2013
Exquisitely crafted MSI S30 NB hits market
At the beginning of 2013, MSI, which just brought home 11 awards for products from the 21st Taiwan Excellence Awards, has set its sights on the market for NBs with high portability...
Friday 25 January 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan makers to ship less than 7 million digital cameras in 1Q13
Taiwan-based Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical will ship 6.508 million digital cameras in total in the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 14.2% on quarter...
Friday 25 January 2013
iMac shipments fall over 40% in 4Q12, say Taiwan makers
There were an estimated 578,000 new iMacs shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012, dropping 42.8% on quarter and 54.8% on year mainly due to delayed supplies of key components, especially...
Thursday 24 January 2013
LED-backlit LCD TV penetration rate to reach 90% in 2013
As Samsung Electronics has announced plans to halt production of traditional CCFL-backlit LCD TVs and focus on LED-backlit models, market observers believe the penetration rate of...
Thursday 24 January 2013
Acer sets 4 operational directions
Acer has set four directions for its business operations: touch panel PCs, smart hand-held devices, business-use products and government procurement projects, and display-based home-use...
Thursday 24 January 2013
Apple reports record results
Apple has announced financial results for its 13-week fiscal 2013 first quarter, which ended December 29, 2012. The company posted record quarterly revenues of US$54.5 billion and...
Thursday 24 January 2013
Flat screen TV sales in Japan take hard hit during 2012, says JEITA
Flat screen TV sales in Japan during 2012 reached 6.45 million units, down 67.5% on year, according to the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEIT...