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Taiwan notebook ODMs
Taiwan notebook Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) account for more than 90% of global notebook production and Digitimes is there to provide daily updates on shipments, supplier contracts and financial data on the more than 10 Taiwan makers involved in notebook manufacturing.
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Wednesday 31 October 2012
Acer unveils new ultrabooks with touch panels
Acer has unveiled its latest ultrabook products, the M series, offering 10-point touch, frameless HD displays, Intel Core processors, and more than 8 hours of battery life.
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Notebook brands competing over touch panel supply
Acer, Lenovo and Asustek Computer have all recently launched touchscreen notebooks with Windows 8, but due to tight supply of touch panels, the brand vendors have reportedly stationed...
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Acer announces Aspire V5 touch notebook
Acer has announced its latest Aspire V5 series touchscreen notebook, featuring a 10-point touch display and a large trackpad, designed to enhance multi-gesture content consumption...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Notebook brands plan limited shipments of Windows RT tablets
Notebook brands that were originally aggressive about pushing Windows on Arm (WoA) tablets have mostly cooled down following the launch of Microsoft's Surface RT. While players such...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Convertible products to raise hinge prices
Notebook brand vendors have started launching convertible products that can be transformed between tablet and notebook input modes, and the special hinge designs for convertibles...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Digitimes Research: Surface tablet to mainly devour notebook demand in the short term
Microsoft's recently launched own-brand Surface tablets have raised the question of whether Surface will devour consumer demand for tablets or notebooks, or maybe even both. In terms...
Monday 29 October 2012
Catcher suffers sequential drop in 3Q12 revenues
Catcher Technology reported consolidated revenues of NT$8.82 billion (US$301.44 million) for the third quarter, down 8.6% sequentially and 18.2% on year, while combined consolidated...
Monday 29 October 2012
Insyde announces profit for 3Q12
Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced its third-quarter result with revenues of NT$280 million (US$9.57 million), while its net profit reached NT$34.17 million...
Thursday 25 October 2012
Some Taiwan-based notebook component makers will not move into western China
As notebook vendors and Taiwan-based ODMs have established operational bases in Chongqing and Chengdu, western China, some of their components makers have set up, or will set up,...
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Asustek to offer Windows 8 tablet at US$499
Asustek Computer hosted a launch conference for its Windows 8-based products on October 24 in New York, showcasing several new machines including the dual-screen Taichi, which is...
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Apple introduces 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display and new iMac systems
Apple has introduced an all-new version of its 13-inch MacBook Pro featuring a Retina display and all flash storage in a new compact design. At 0.75-inch and 3.57 pounds, the 13-inch...
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Apple introduces iPad Mini and 4th-generation iPad
Apple has introduced iPad Mini, a new design that is 23% thinner and 53% lighter than the third-generation iPad. The new iPad Mini features a 7.9-inch multi-touch display, FaceTime...
Monday 22 October 2012
Auras to push non-notebook business
Taiwan-based cooling module maker Auras has been adjusting its notebook and non-notebook business proportions to avoid from putting all the focus in only a single segment and currently,...
Monday 22 October 2012
Notebook ODM shipments expected to see on-month drop in October
As Microsoft is ready to launch its latest Windows 8 operating system and brand vendors are prepared to push for year-end holiday demand, sources from notebook ODMs have pointed out...
Friday 19 October 2012
Weak demand for notebooks to remain until 1Q13
Intel's financial performance for the third quarter of 2012 reflects a stagnant global notebook market mainly due to fast growing demand for tablets and smartphones, and because Apple,...