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Thursday 28 April 2011
Pegatron sees net losses in 1Q11
Pegatron Technology has announced net losses of NT$559 million (US$19.38 million) for the first quarter of 2011 with EPS of negative NT$0.25 and gross margin of only 1.8%, all historical...
Thursday 28 April 2011
Wistron estimates over 10% growth in notebook and LCD TV shipments in 2Q11
Wistron chairman Simon Lin, at the company's investors meeting on April 27, pointed out that the company's revenue performance in the first quarter of 2011 was lower than expected...
Monday 25 April 2011
Acer reduces netbook orders and replaces them with tablet PC orders for April
Taiwan-based notebook brand Acer has recently notified its upstream partners that the company is gradually reducing its Aspire One netbook orders and will turn to increase its Iconica...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Despite strong 1Q11 performance, partners concerned about Intel impact from tablet PC
Intel announced first-quarter revenues of US$12.8 billion, up 24% on year with net profits of US$3.2 billion, up 21% on year, both new historical records. However, sources from PC...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Intel pushes Android plans
Intel, in the third quarter of 2011, is set to announce a new plan for tablet PCs – PRC Plus, pushing an Intel/Android 3.0 platform, after nearly half of year of negotiations...
Thursday 14 April 2011
Intel adjusts netbook strategy
Intel has recently adjusted its netbook strategy and is set to cooperate with its partners including Asustek Computer and Acer to launch netbook devices priced below US$199 in regions...
Monday 11 April 2011
Taiwan market: Vendors further drop netbook prices; NT$6,999 models may appear soon
Taiwan-based netbook brand vendors including Asustek Computer and Acer are both dropping their netbook prices to defend from the assault of tablet PCs. Close to 90% of netbook models...
Friday 1 April 2011
Acer to initiate corporate restructuring, chairman says
The emergence of tablet PCs has made a strong impact on sales of consumer notebooks and netbooks, making Acer's strategy ineffective, and therefore Acer has to initiate a corporate...
Thursday 31 March 2011
Google and ARM reportedly plan to establish standardization for Android/ARM platforms
Google is reportedly considering a push for standardization of its Android 3.0 hoping the new strategy will help resolve the drawbacks of the operation system; meanwhile, Google may...
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Vendors to mass ship Chrome OS notebooks in 2H11
First-tier notebook vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Sony and Samsung Electronics are all set to launch Chrome OS-based notebooks featuring Intel or Nvidia processors, 10-...
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Intel to debut Cedar Trail at Beijing IDF
Intel will introduce Cedar Trail, its new platform specifically designed for use in netbooks (Cedar Trail-M) as well as nettops and entry-level all-in-one PCs (Cedar Trail-D), at...
Thursday 17 March 2011
Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June
Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...
Friday 11 March 2011
Dell increases PC market lead over Acer in 4Q10, says iSuppli
Dell's competitive position is improving in the global PC market, thanks to strong corporate sales as well as an unlikely helper: Apple's iPad, according to IHS iSuppli.
Thursday 10 March 2011
Motherboard players see revenue drop in February
Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Notebook brands to compete against Apple with tablet PC-featured netbook
Global notebook brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), facing strong competition from Apple's iPad, are changing...