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Tuesday 13 November 2012
Foxconn Technology sees increased October revenues
Foxconn Technology, whih supplies magnesium-alloy chassis, thermal modules and consumer electronics, had consolidated revenues of NT$19.228 billion (US$656 million) for October growing...
Monday 12 November 2012
Microsoft Surface RT may only achieve 60% of forecasted sales
Microsoft's Surface RT tablet may see sales of only 60% of the company's forecast by the end of 2012 and the device is also expected to have difficulty achieving a good performance...
Monday 12 November 2012
Acer announces over 30% on-month drop in October revenues
Acer has announced revenues of NT$25.53 billion (US$880.8 million) for October, down 32.13% on month, with combined revenues for the first ten months of 2012 reaching NT$306.1 billion,...
Monday 12 November 2012
Notebook brands turn conservative about accumulating orders to inland plants
While notebook ODMs become aggressive about building up their production capacities at plants in inland China to save costs, notebook vendors taken a more conservative stance about...
Monday 12 November 2012
MediaTek expands presence in Brazil
MediaTek's dual-core IC solutions including the MT6577 and MT6517 have been adopted in a number of new Android smartphones, which will be launched in Brazil over the next several...
Monday 12 November 2012
Taiwan market: Price war looming as Foxconn launches 60-inch TV
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Sharp have officially released their 60-inch LCD TV in Taiwan. The unit is priced at NT$38,800 (US$1335) when bundled with Taiwan-based...
Monday 12 November 2012
Apple to trial production of iPhone 5S soon, says paper
Apple is expected to begin trial production of a new version of its iPhone 5, or iPhone 5S, in December with initial production volumes likely to top 50,000-100,000 units, according...
Monday 12 November 2012
Ability Enterprise, Altek post mixed sequential growth in October revenues
Ability Enterprise and Altek, two Taiwan-based digital camera ODMs, had October revenues of NT$4.404 billion (US$150 million) rising 6.75% on month and October consolidated revenues...
Monday 12 November 2012
Notebook ODMs post mixed sequential growth in October revenues
Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, the largest Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, saw revenues for October increase 18.86%, decrease 6.71%, slip 5.12% and rise 6.84%...
Monday 12 November 2012
Pegatron expects to ship 8 million tablets in 4Q12, says CEO
Taiwan-based DMS (design and manufacturing service) provider Pegatron Technology expects to ship eight million tablets, with a large portion being iPad mini and Surface RT, in the...
Monday 12 November 2012
Foxconn October revenues up on month, down on year
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) saw its non-consolidated revenues of NT$275.702 billion (US$9.41 billion) for October grow by 14.62% on...
Monday 12 November 2012
HTC, Apple settle patent dispute
HTC and Apple have jointly announced that they have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current lawsuits and a 10-year license agreement.
Monday 12 November 2012
Coretronic ships 5.77 million BLUs in October
Taiwan-based Coretronic shipped 5.77 million BLUs (backlight units) in October, up 1% on month and resulting in January-October shipments of 55.80 million BLUs, which increased on...
Monday 12 November 2012
MEMS mics proliferate in smartphone market, says analyst
Speaking at the MEMS Executive Congress US 2012, IHS iSuppli senior principle analyst for MEMS Jeremie Bouchaud indicated that more MEMS companies have tapped the market for MEMS...
Friday 9 November 2012
Tsann Kuen, E-Life October revenues hit year low
Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall, two operators of IT and consumer electronics retail chains in Taiwan, posted revenues of NT$1.748 billion (US$59.6 million) and NT$954 million...