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Tuesday 27 April 2010
China market to witness fast growing sales of e-book readers, says PVI chairman
The sales volume of e-book readers in the China market as a percentage of the global total sales rapidly increased from less than 10% in 2009 to 23% in the first quarter of 2010 and...
Monday 26 April 2010
Nook outnumbers Kindle in March, says Digitimes Research
Manufacturers' e-book reader shipments to Barnes & Noble surpassed those to Amazon in March 2010, as demand for nook was picking up, according to Digitimes Research.
Monday 19 April 2010
PVI to invest US$500 million to expand EPD business in China
Prime View International (PVI) has announced to invest US$500 million to expand its electrophoretic display (EPD) business in China and to cooperate with China-based fanshu.com and...
Wednesday 14 April 2010
E-paper shipments up 417% on year in 2009, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of e-paper increased to five million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of e-book readers, particularly Amazon's Kindle,...
Monday 12 April 2010
Qisda solves e-book reader volume production issues, 2010 shipment projection unchanged
Qisda has found solutions to issues regarding its panel materials and manufacturing processes, the company said recently. It expects a full recovery from the production glitches seen...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Wistron to produce 6-inch e-book readers for Hong Kong publisher
Wistron is cooperating with a Hong Kong-based publisher to tap China's e-book market, and plans to launch a 6-inch e-book reader in June 2010, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
E-book reader, cloud computing and 3D to be spotlights of Computex 2010
Computex Taipei 2010, which will take place during June 1-5, is expected to have a total of 1,750 exhibitors and 4,700 booths, up from last year's 1,700 and 4,495, respectively, while...
Wednesday 31 March 2010
SiPix signs with China-based publisher to tap China e-book readers market
SiPix Technology, an EPD subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), on March 30 signed an agreement of strategic cooperation with China-based Shanghai Century Publishing Group in Shanghai...
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Worldwide e-book reader shipments to reach 28 million by 2013, says Digitimes Research
Global e-book reader shipments will increase from 700,000 units in 2008 to 28 million units in 2013, representing a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 386%, according to a recently...
Friday 19 March 2010
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Thursday 25 February 2010
CeBIT 2010: MSI to showcase notebooks and e-book readers
Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to showcase about 30 of its latest notebook models as well as e-book readers at CeBIT 2010 in Germany, from March 2-6.
Friday 5 February 2010
Qisda reports January revenues of almost NT$7 billion
Qisda has announced January revenues of NT$6.73 billion (US$210.08 million), down 3.6% sequentially from NT$6.98 billion, but up 22.4% on year from NT$5.5 billion.
Thursday 4 February 2010
Global e-book reader shipments may exceed 10 million units in 2010, says PVI chairman
Prime View International (PVI) chairman Scott Liu has said he expects global e-book reader shipments in 2010 will have a chance to surpass 10 million since over 50 new vendors are...
Monday 1 February 2010
iPad will not impact China e-book reader market, says Hanwang chairman
The launch of Apple's iPad will not impact China's e-book and e-book reader market, and may actually help to further promote the market, according to China-based e-book reader vendor...
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Taiwan market: BenQ launches e-book platform in cooperation with eBook Japan
BenQ has announced the launch of eBook Taiwan, an online integrated digital content platform for e-book readers, in the Taiwan market. The company also recently launched the own-brand...