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Monday 17 June 2013
Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
Although Wistron and Inventec are both aggressively trying to reduce their notebook business revenue contributions to minimize the impact of the weakening notebook industry, since...
Monday 17 June 2013
Coolpad becomes top 3G handset vendor in China
China-based handset vendor Coolpad has reportedly become the number-one local brand in China's 3G handset market, overtaking Lenovo due to sales of its 4-inch smartphones, according...
Monday 17 June 2013
Acer, Asustek to continue posting losses in smartphone business
Acer and Asustek Computer will continue to post losses in their smartphone businesses in 2013 as the two vendors have failed to ramp up their shipment volumes in cooperation with...
Monday 17 June 2013
Order visibility from BlackBerry extends to 2-3 quarters, say suppliers
Order visibility from BlackBerry has been extended to 2-3 quarters compared to a mere one quarter previously as the Canada-based smartphone vendor plans to release 3-4 new models...
Monday 17 June 2013
Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom mulls partnership for 4G investment
Taiwan-based Vibo Telecom is considering seeking partners for joint investment in next-generation mobile communication (4G) operation, company chairman Rock Hsu has revealed.
Monday 17 June 2013
Wistron to step into medical inspection instruments
Wistron will step into production of non-invasive medical examination instruments by establishing a medical business group by the end of 2013 as well as investing in or acquiring...
Friday 14 June 2013
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors to key strategic partners. Shipped as a chip scale package (CSP), the Cavendish...
Friday 14 June 2013
Advantech steps into intelligent services with long-term outlook
Industrial PC maker Advantech has stepped into providing intelligent services and expects the business to begin to substantially generate revenues and profits in five years, company...
Friday 14 June 2013
China-based white-box 2013 tablet shipments likely below forecasts
China-based white-box tablet vendors' shipments in 2013 were originally forecast at 120 million units, but actual shipments may fall short due to strong competition from inexpensive...
Friday 14 June 2013
Inventec aims to ship 30 million PC-products in 2014
Inventec aims to ship 20 million notebooks and other PC-related products in 2013 and expects shipments to increase 50% to 30 million units in 2014 as the company will start shipping...
Friday 14 June 2013
Taiwan market: FET aims to be first to start 4G operations
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, also aims to be the first to begin commercial operations of 4G mobile communication,...
Friday 14 June 2013
China market: 4-inch smartphones to replace 3.5-inch models to become mainstream
In the China market, mobile telecom carriers have stopped subsidizing 3.5-inch smartphones and instead are looking to launch more 4-inch or above models, which are expected to become...
Friday 14 June 2013
Pegatron to start shipments of inexpensive iPhone, next-generation iPad mini in August, say Taiwan makers
Pegatron has landed orders for an inexpensive iPhone with plastic chassis and next-generation iPad mini from Apple and will begin shipments in August, according to Taiwan-based supply...
Friday 14 June 2013
Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
Advantech (TWSE: 2395.TW) today announced the availability of a new 6U CompactPCI board based on fourth generation IntelR Core i5 and i7 processors. The MIC-3396 is designed for OEMs...
Friday 14 June 2013
Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
Advantech (TWSE: 2395.TW) today announced the Q2 availability of a new product line based on the CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial standards, responding to a growing customer demand for...