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Monday 11 June 2012
China market: ZTE launches first Windows Phone smartphone, says report
China-based vendor ZTE has launched V965W, its first Windows Phone 7.5 smartphone, for contract-bundled sale by China Unicom, according to China-based tech.163.com.
Thursday 7 June 2012
Touch panel makers gearing up for Windows 8 devices
Touch panel companies are all gearing up for new demand created by Windows 8 ultrabooks. Demand for 11.6- to 15.6-inch touch panels is set to boom driven by rollouts of new ultrabooks...
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Microsoft to release Windows Phone 8 on June 20
Microsoft plans to release its new platform for smartphones, Windows Phone 8 (codenamed Apollo), on June 20, but most branded smartphone vendors, with the exception of Nokia, will...
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Touch panels for Windows 8 devices to start shipping in 3Q12
On the heels of Intel's announcement at Computex Taipei 2012 that its upcoming ultrabooks designs will support touch panels, market observers predict that demand for 13.3- to 15.6-inch...
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Windows 8 success will initially depend on demand from North America, says JT Wang
The initial success of Windows 8 will depend on the North America market, according to Acer chairman JT Wang. Wang stated that although PC demand is currently being affect by a sovereign...
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Windows and Intel, but not Wintel, take center stage at Computex
Computex Taipei is set to open today with Intel and Microsoft again taking center stage, much as they have done in previous years. However, while in the glory days of the computing...
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Expanding the motherboard market: Q&A with Gigabyte sales and marketing
Following the recent launch of Intel's new Ivy Bridge platform, new announcements from AMD, and the growing anticipation for Windows 8, Computex 2012 will provide PC players from...
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...
Thursday 31 May 2012
Windows 8 launch to ramp up sales of controller ICs, ambient light sensors and proximity sensors
The launch of Windows 8 in the second half of 2012 is to bring increasing revenues for Taiwan-based IC design houses, and vendors such as Elan Microelectronics, Capella Microsystems,...
Thursday 31 May 2012
Wistron drops 2Q12 notebook shipment forecast
Wistron has reduced its notebook shipment forecast for the second quarter from a growth of 0-5% sequentially to staying flat and or even a slight drop.
Thursday 31 May 2012
Asustek, HTC back off from new Chromebook
Although Google recently unveiled its second-generation Chromebook device, jointly developed with Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer and High Tech Computer (HTC), seeing Acer and...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Notebook ODMs starting to reduce component orders for June
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, although still maintaining their shipment forecast for the second quarter, have recently started decreasing their orders to upstream component makers and...
Friday 25 May 2012
Microsoft reportedly considers raising Windows 8 licensing fees
Microsoft is reportedly considering upward adjusting licensing fees for OEM versions of Windows 8, and with Intel reluctant to lower quotes for processors for use in ultrabooks, the...
Friday 25 May 2012
Computex 2012: Acer to showcase Windows 8 tablet PCs
Acer will exhibit Windows 8-based tablet PCs at Computex Taipei 2012 to take place during June 5-9, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 22 May 2012
AMD prepares low-voltage CPUs for Windows 8 tablet PCs
AMD, seeing Microsoft is ready to launch Windows 8 before the end of October, is set to release its Hondo processors, featuring 40nm Bobcat architecture with power consumption of...