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Tuesday 7 January 2014
O-Film visits Amazon, HTC in hope of landing more touch panel orders
China touch panel maker O-Film has reportedly sent new samples to Amazon and HTC for use in products set to be released in 2014, according to industry supply chain sources.
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Primax lands orders for CCMs used in Amazon smartphones, say sources
Primax Electronics has obtained orders from Amazon for compact camera modules (CCMs) for use in smartphones to be launched in first-half 2014, according to sources with Taiwan's supply...
Tuesday 10 December 2013
Quanta November notebook shipments up 19%
Quanta Computer shipped 4.4 million ODM notebooks in November, increasing 18.9% on month, according to the company.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Supply chains see increased orders from Amazon for 7-inch tablets
Upstream supply chain makers are seeing increased orders from Amazon as the company gears up for expected sales of 7-inch tablets during the year-end holidays.
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Digitimes Research: Amazon changes strategy for 3rd-generation Kindle Fire
Amazon recently announced three third-generation Kindle Fire tablets, one 8.9-inch and two 7-inch models. In addition to new hardware, Amazon also updated many of its apps and services,...
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Amazon orders over one million 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets monthly for October, November
Amazon has asked Taiwan-based ODMs to ship more than one million 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets monthly in October and November to meet expected demand, according to sources with the...
Thursday 26 September 2013
Amazon unveils Kindle Fire HDX and cheaper Kindle Fire HD
Amazon has introduced the third generation of Kindle Fire - the new Kindle Fire HDX. The Kindle Fire HDX tablets combine the latest hardware, the newest version of Fire OS, and new...
Wednesday 14 August 2013
BlackBerry likely to be sold in parts as it looks for strategic alternatives, say sources
The chance is low for BlackBerry to be acquired by any rival companies after the Canada-based smartphone vendor announced recently that it has formed a special committee to explore...
Monday 12 August 2013
Tablet brand vendors preparing for competition in September
First-tier tablet vendors including Apple, Samsung Electronics and Amazon, have all geared up for the next-generation tablet competition in September, while Intel and Google are also...
Thursday 8 August 2013
MediaTek lands tablet chipset orders from Amazon, says paper
MediaTek reportedly has landed orders for its MT8135 quad-core solutions from Amazon for its new entry-level Kindle Fire tablets, and shipments of the chipsets will begin in 2014,...
Monday 29 July 2013
MediaTek to push sales of next-generation tablet CPUs to Google, Amazon
MediaTek aims to push sales of its next-generation ARM big.LITTLE-based tablet processor, the MT8135, to Google, Amazon and Sony in addition to branded notebook and tablet vendors,...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
Touch panel maker Wintek is expected to reach NT$8 billion (US$267.47 million) in revenues during the third quarter of 2013 due to orders from Google and Amazon, according to industry...
Tuesday 11 June 2013
China market: Local e-book reader vendors bracing for Amazon competition
Amazon has recently entered the China e-book market and prompted local e-book reader vendors to release new products to counter the US-based vendor's advance, according to sources...
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Global tablet sales in 2Q13 may fall 20-30% sequentially, say Taiwan makers
Global tablet sales in the second quarter of 2013, due to off-season effects and consumers deferring purchases in anticipation of new models to be launched in the third quarter, are...
Friday 29 March 2013
Innolux to supply panels for use in Amazon smartphones
Innolux Corporation has been selected as a supplier of TFT-LCD panels for use in Amazon smartphones, according to Taiwan-based supply chain sources.