Taiwan shipped 10.95 million digital cameras in the first quarter of 2012, down 9.8% on quarter and 11.8% on year.

Shipments of Taiwan's OEM and own-brand handsets both declined in the first quarter of 2012 due to product transition during the weak season.

Taiwan notebook shipments decreased 5.7% sequentially but increased 2.5% on year to reach 42.06 million units in the first quarter of 2012.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, Taiwan's handset shipments were impacted by the launch of Apple's iPhone 4S and saw an unexpected on-quarter decline of 18.2% and on-year decline of 20.5%.

Taiwan's notebook shipments, affected by the global economic turmoil and hard drive shortages, dropped 5.7% on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Taiwan's digital still camera (DSC) shipments reached 12.22 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, down 21.8% on quarter and hitting the lowest quarterly level since the second quarter of 2009.

Taiwan's handset shipments only saw a single-digit sequential growth in the third quarter of 2011.

Taiwan's notebook shipments in September grew slightly as brand vendors restocked their inventory, but demand in the end market remained weak.

Taiwan's digital camera shipments reached 16.78 million units in the third quarter of 2011, growing 11.7% on quarter partly because for seasonal factors.

Taiwan's handset shipments saw a double-digit sequential growth in the second quarter of 2011 driven by strong demand for HTC (High Tech Computer) smartphones.

Shipments of both network interface cards (NICs) and wireless routers (WRs) had a slight increase in the second quarter of 2011.

Concerns about possible shortages in the wake of the March 11 disasters in Japan sent notebook makers aggressively stockpiling optical disc drive (ODD) in the second quarter of 2011, resulting in strong growth of Taiwan's ODD shipments.