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Friday 21 January 2011
HP switches netbook orders from Flextronics to Quanta
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has switched some of its netbook orders for the second half of 2011 placed with EMS firm Flextronics International back to Quanta Computer. Quanta is expected...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Asustek details its netbook plan for 2011
Taiwan-based notebook vendor Asustek Computer is aiming to launch 3-4 brand new Eee PC netbooks, not including upgraded models, in 2011 and expects its entry-level price point to...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Taiwan market: Wi-Fi only iPad sees strong sales because of year-end banquet season
Apple's Wi-Fi only iPad has recently been seeing strong sales in Taiwan mainly thanks to Taiwan's year-end banquet culture, which see companies purchasing gifts to be won by employees...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Netbooks to maintain shipments above 30 million in 2011
The netbook market is expected to maintain shipments of about 30 million units in 2011 with the top-three vendors to ship about six million units each, according to sources from notebook...
Thursday 20 January 2011
Acer denies plans to quit netbook market
Acer has refuted market rumors it will quit the netbook market saying netbooks will continue to play an important role in its product lineup.
Friday 14 January 2011
Netbook vendors pushing sales to emerging markets
Acer, Asustek Computer and Samsung Electronics have switched their marketing efforts on netbooks to emerging markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia as netbook sales in the...
Friday 14 January 2011
Acer PC shipments decline in 4Q10, trailing HP and Dell, says IDC
Acer shipped 9.775 million PC products in the fourth quarter of 2010, down 17% on quarter and 15% on year due to a slowdown in netbook shipments, according to IDC. As a result, Acer's...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Over 35 Oak Trail-based netbooks will show up in 1H11, says Intel
Intel, in response to report about notebook brands having no interest in its Oak Trail platform, pointed out that there will be more than 100 new netbook and tablet PC designs based...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Notebook vendors show no interest in Oak Trail
Because Acer and Asustek Computer have both shown their unwillingness to launch Oak Trail-based tablet PCs, Intel has recently been aggressively trying to persuade these vendors with...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
MSI, Gigabyte to outsource notebooks to Pegatron, Clevo, says paper
Taiwan-based notebook makers Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology reportedly will outsource their notebook production to Pegatron Technology and Clevo, respectively,...
Tuesday 4 January 2011
HyDrive seeing weak demand in notebook industry
HyDrive, an optical drive model that features a built-in solid state drive (SSD) and was launched by Hitachi LG Data Storage (HLDS) as well as Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST),...
Thursday 30 December 2010
Taiwan market: Telecom carriers see no impact on netbook sales from tablet PCs
Netbook sales via telecom carriers in the Taiwan market have not been affected much by tablet PCs as the Taiwan telecom channel currently only has a limited choice of tablet models...
Thursday 30 December 2010
AMD readies next-generation netbook/tablet PC platform
AMD is set to announce its Brazos platform, a combination of the company's Ontario APU and Hudson chipset, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. The company has already prepared...
Tuesday 28 December 2010
Taiwan market: Netbook price dropping to a new low
Strong tablet PC demand continues to impact netbook market and several brand vendors in Taiwan have dropped their netbook price further to attract consumers.
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Taiwan market: Tablet PCs may replace 30-40% of netbook demand, says TWM
Taiwan Mobile has received many inquires about launches of tablet PCs, which may take over an estimated 30-40% of demand for netbooks in the Taiwan market, according to the company's...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research