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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 25 May 2011
Inventec lands 2012 orders for 11-12 million notebooks from HP
Inventec has obtained orders for 30-33 models of business-use notebooks for shipments in 2012 from Hewlett-Packard (HP), with a total order volume of 11-12 million units, according...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Acer to start selling Intel/Android tablet PC in July
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Acer is set to launch a tablet PC featuring the Intel Oak Trail platform and Google Android 3.0 operating system with the device already going under...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Windows 8 on ARM expected to appear by the end of 2011
Tablet PCs that adopt Windows 8 and ARM-based processor are expected to appear by the end of 2011, but due to the platform lack of system performance, the platform will be mainly used...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
LED TV industry facing oversupply concerns
Although the second quarter is the traditional strong season in the TV industry, April sales continued to stagnate for LED TVs. The appreciation of Taiwan's currency and weak demand...
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Toshiba reportedly abandoning ideas for developing Wintel-based tablets and Chromebooks
Japan-based notebook brand vendor Toshiba reportedly has abandoned ideas for developing Windows 7-based tablet PCs and Chromebooks as the two devices have already disappeared from...
Friday 20 May 2011
China market: Asustek business PC shipments increasing
Asustek Computer's shipments of business-use PCs, including notebooks, desktops, all-in-one (AIO) PCs as well as server products to the China market have gained a boost recently due...
Friday 20 May 2011
Flextronics hints at withdrawal from OEM notebook market
Flextronics International will probably not tender bids to win OEM notebook orders in 2012 and beyond due to low margins, company CEO Mike McNamara indicated during a recent global...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Taiwan market: Lenovo launches enterprise notebooks
China-based Lenovo, on May 18, launched its new enterprise-based ThinkPad X, T and Edge series notebooks in Taiwan, while the company pointed out that its new ultra-thin notebook ThinkPad...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Notebook partners optimistic about Intel changing mobile CPU strategy
Facing strong pressure from ARM-based processors, Intel, at a recent investors conference, has pointed out that the company will implement a significant change to its CPU R&D strategy...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Fujitsu to launch 7-inch Android tablet PC in 3Q11
Japan-based notebook brand Fujitsu has recently launched its self-developed 10.1-inch LifeBook TH40/D tablet PC featuring Windows 7 in Japan, the US and Europe, and the company is...
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Computex 2011: Coby Electronics introduces 10-inch tablet PC
Coby Electronics, a US-based firm that produces consumer electronics, has announced the launch of new tablet PCs, the Coby Kyros series, available with 7-inch and 8-inch touchscreen...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Notebook players blame Android unsatisfactory performance on lack of content
Commenting on Nvidia CEO Huang Jen-hsun recently blamed Android's unsatisfactory sales to some tablet PC players' marketing and pricing strategy, sources from notebook players pointed...
Tuesday 17 May 2011
HP places strong notebook orders in May and June
First-tier notebook brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently notified its upstream component partners that its component shortage issues have already been resolved with its notebook...
Monday 16 May 2011
HP 2012 main ordering returns to ODM makers, say Taiwan makers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has sent RFQ (request for quotation) notices to potential makers for its notebooks to be launched in 2012 and is negotiating orders, with main placement of orders...
Thursday 12 May 2011
Clevo sees strong notebook shipments in April and May
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook maker Clevo, after shipping 410,000 notebooks in the first quarter of 2011, foresees its notebook shipments remaining strong in the second quarter...