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Monday 13 April 2009
ECS lands netbook order from FET; in talks for Nokia netbook, says paper
Taiwan-based Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has recently gained orders from Taiwan-based telecom provider Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to manufacture FET's own-brand netbooks,...
Friday 10 April 2009
Softex Taipei: Show attracts fewer visitors on first day
The number of visitors to the first day of the five-day Softex Taipei show totaled about 53,000, down slightly from comparable figures from last year, according to the show organiz...
Thursday 9 April 2009
MSI netbook selected by China Mobile, says paper
China-based telecom provider China Mobile has recently announced six netbook suppliers that the company will work with including Taiwan-based Micro-Star International (MSI), according...
Thursday 9 April 2009
Acer announces new Aspire PC products
Acer has announced several Aspire series products including nettop, all-in-one PC, netbook and notebook devices.
Thursday 9 April 2009
Acer expects notebook shipments to grow 25-30% sequentially in 2Q09
Acer chairman JT Wang expects notebook shipments in the second quarter to grow 25-30% sequentially thanks to netbooks and the company's new Timeline ultra-thin notebook series.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Mildex to begin medium- and large-size touch panel mass production in 4Q09
Taiwan-based Mildex Optical has introduced several medium- and large-size touch panels and will start mass production in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the company.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Taiwan market: Samsung aims to sell 150,000 LCD monitors in 2009
Samsung Electronics aims to become a top-three monitor vendor in Taiwan in 2009, with a shipment goal of 150,000 units, or 15% of the local market, according to Samsung Taiwan.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Increased outlook for low-price all-in-one PCs not enough to lift desktop display market, says DisplaySearch
The LCD monitor market is projected to show negative growth on a yearly basis from 2008 to 2009 for the first time, according to DisplaySearch.
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Asustek keeping 8.9-inch netbook for procurement market, says paper
Asustek Computer has decided to keep its 8.9-inch netbook line instead of the original plan of phasing it out, but only for the procurement market. The company will push 7-inch models...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Netbook LCD panel shipments to nearly quadruple by 2012, says iSuppli
Shipments of low-cost netbook panels will nearly quadruple to 47.4 million units in 2012, up from 13.1 million units in 2008, as consumer demand for the inexpensive, small form-factor...
Tuesday 7 April 2009
Memory module maker A-Data taps white-box market in China
A-Data Technology has announced it is tapping the China white-box handset and netbook markets with key product lines including flash cards, DRAM modules and solid state drives (SSD...
Monday 6 April 2009
Prices for smaller TV and 15.6-inch LED-backlit notebook panels rise in 1H April, DisplaySearch says
Some LCD panel segments, including smaller-size TV and 15.6-inch LED backlit notebook applications, have increased for the first half of April, according to the latest pricing data...
Monday 6 April 2009
Compal Communications reportedly to develop Android-based netbook, says paper
Taiwan-based handset ODM Compal Communications reportedly plans to develop Android platform-based netbooks, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.
Monday 6 April 2009
Gigabyte negotiating supply to white-box netbook makers in China, says paper
Gigabyte Technology has recently revealed plans to cut into the white-box netbook market in China and is currently in supply-negotiations with three major local white-box netbook...
Friday 3 April 2009
Netbooks eroding Intel's lucrative notebook market, says The Information Network
Netbook manufacturers are adding bells and whistles to their products that are blurring the lines between a netbook and a notebook, but the problem is the netbook market is migrating...