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Thursday 14 June 2012
Taiwan ODMs show no interest in ultra-low price handset market
China-based second-tier smartphone brand vendors have recently been pushing their ultra-low price smartphones, priced at only CNY500 (US$79), in the retail channel, but since these...
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Foxlink to expand retail chains in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong
Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry), a Taiwan-based maker of electronic connectors, had 2011 consolidated revenues of NT$81.597 billion (US$2.70 billion) hiking 43% from 2010 mainly...
Tuesday 12 June 2012
Taiwan market: Lenovo releases second-generation ultrabooks
Lenovo on June 11, announced its second-generation ultrabooks in Taiwan, featuring Intel's Ivy Bridge processors with 13-inch IdeaPad U310 is priced at NT$28,900 (US$966) and IdeaPad...
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Asustek to start selling WoA tablet PC in October
Asustek Computer has announced its latest 10.1-inch Windows-on-ARM (WoA) tablet PC – Tablet 600, which is expected to start shipping in September and will be available in retail...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Rumblings of tight Intel Pineview supply in IPC supply chain
Intel's Atom D525 (Pineview) processor, which has been adopted in industrial PC (IPC) products such as point of sales (POS), digital signage, gambling machines and industrial automation...
Thursday 24 May 2012
PC shipments may only see slight sequential growth in 2Q12
As Dell reported weaker-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter 2012 (February-April), some PC brand vendors pointed out that their orders from Europe's retail channel...
Thursday 10 May 2012
HP launches several ultrabooks and ultra-like notebooks
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced several ultrabooks including the Envy Spectre and EliteBook Folio 9470m, featuring Intel's latest Core i7 processors, as well as ultra-like notebook...
Thursday 19 April 2012
China market: IT brand vendors turn to strengthen online shopping platforms
Facing strong competition from China-based retail chains such as Gome and Suning as well as online shopping platforms, IT malls in China have started to lose their popularity, forcing...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Notebook ODMs to see 10-20% on-month shipment drop in April
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs are expected to see their shipments in April to suffer on-month drops of 10-20% as brand vendors are busy digesting their Sandy Bridge-based model inventories...
Monday 9 April 2012
Two retail chains post mixed sequential growth in March revenues
Tsann Kuen Enterprise and E-Life Mall, two operators of retail chains in Taiwan, saw revenues for March increase 4.96% and decrease 0.79% respectively on month, according to the co...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Foxlink reports strong growth in 2011 revenues
Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink, which has also been aggressive about the retail channel business, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$81.6 billion (US$2.77 billion) for...
Tuesday 3 April 2012
Intel to push StudyBook tablet PC for emerging markets
Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC, according to sources from PC players...
Thursday 29 March 2012
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new consumer DSCs; targeting to become the 3rd-largest vendor
Samsung Electronics on March 28, launched several new mid-range and high-end consumer digital still cameras in Taiwan, pushing its Smart Camera concept, which connects its DSCs with...
Thursday 22 March 2012
First-tier motherboard makers drop 7 series motherboard prices
First-tier motherboard makers have recently dropped their Intel 7 series motherboard prices to compete for market share, although Intel has not yet officially announced the chipset,...
Thursday 23 February 2012
Taiwan market: Sandy Bridge notebooks expected to see 20% price drops at the end of March
As Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processor is set to launch in the near future, retail channels in Taiwan reportedly expect to see a wave of price drops by the end of March or early April...