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Friday 17 August 2012
Taiwan market: Tablets outsell notebooks in May-June
In the Taiwan market, nearly 70,000 tablet PCs were sold in both May and June, more than the corresponding sales of notebooks, according to local retail channels. Of tablet PCs sold...
Friday 17 August 2012
Haier adopts Spreadtrum smartphone solution
Spreadtrum Communications has announced that Haier has adopted its 1GHz TD-SCDMA Android platform, the SC8810. The Haier HT-I617, a smartphone designed to address the needs of the...
Friday 17 August 2012
Chongqing plans to end subsidization of notebook production in 2014
The government of Chongqing City, western China, plans to end exiting subsidies offered for the production of notebooks to offset higher costs than production in eastern China, an...
Friday 17 August 2012
Taiwan TV OEMs look to secure orders from Korea TV vendors
Taiwan-based TV OEMs are looking to secure more orders from South Korea-based TV vendors as Japan-based ones are cutting production and continuing to lay off workers, according to...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Samsung announces the arrival of Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Electronics America has announced the Galaxy Note 10.1 for the US market. The device will be available for purchase from August 16, 2012 across the US at authorized retaile...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Toshiba halting development of Windows RT tablet PCs may cause chain reaction
With Toshiba recently announcing it will halt development plans for Windows RT tablet PCs due to component supply delays, sources from notebook players believe the action could trigger...
Thursday 16 August 2012
HTC lacks brand marketing, CEO says in memo to company
HTC has been facing operating challenges. Company CEO Peter Chou indicated that problems such as lack of brand marketing, cross-department communication and execution have been causing...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Quanta aiming to move all notebook production lines to Chongqing by 2014
Quanta Computer is aiming to move all its notebook production lines except those for Apple's products to Chongqing, China within two years and estimates that its notebook shipments...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Rumored US$199 price for Windows RT Surface expected to squeeze PC vendors out of the market
As Microsoft is reportedly considering selling its Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC at US$199, sources from notebook players are concerned that if the rumor is true, notebook brand...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Apple sees share of tablet market hit more than one-year high in 2Q12
Two years after creating the market, Apple holds the top spot with tablets, with its global market share rising to nearly 70% in the second quarter, putting the company on pace to...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Liteonmobile expects to return to profitability in 4Q12
Liteonmobile, a subsidiary of the Lite-On Group, is expected to see third-quarter 2012 revenues be lower than the second quarter. Nevertheless, the firm expects to add a new mobile...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
China turns out over 621 million handsets in January-July
Makers in China produced 621.021 million handsets in total during January-July 2012, growing 3.4% on year, according to statistics published on August 15 by the Ministry of Industry...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Apple and Samsung remain top consumer and mobile MEMS buyers, IHS finds
Apple and Samsung Electronics remained the two largest buyers of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices for consumer and mobile applications in 2011, according to IHS iSuppl...
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Acer ranks first in 2Q12 notebook shipments, says Gartner
Acer topped the notebook market shipping 7.567 million units in the global market during the second quarter of 2012, according to Gartner.
Wednesday 15 August 2012
Taiwan TV vendors continue to benefit from energy subsidies
Taiwan-based TV vendors Teco and Sampo have reported increased LCD TV sales in July and will continue to see increases throughout August due to energy-saving subsidies issued by the...