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Friday 5 June 2009
Prices for premium- and value-brand LCD TVs converging, says iSuppli
The price differential between LCD TV sold by premium brands and value brands is narrowing as marquee nameplates vie to capture a wider consumer base by offering less expensive models,...
Thursday 4 June 2009
Will grid parity change everything for solar industry? asks iSuppli
Many in the solar power industry and the investment community believe the arrival of grid parity – the point when cost of electricity generated by a rooftop photovoltaic (PV)...
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Flat panel TV shipments in US and Canada up over 17% on year in 1Q09, says iSuppli
Shipments of flat panel TVs in the US and Canada amounted to 7.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009, up 17.3% from 6.6 million during the same period in 2008, according to...
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Android-powered HTC Lancaster handset to be available in US via AT&T in 3Q09
HTC (High Tech Computer) is expected to launch its third Android-powered smartphone, the HTC Lancaster, in cooperation with AT&T in the US market in the third quarter of this...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
US and China threaten European solar supremacy, says Frost & Sullivan
Increased competition and the global economic crisis have cast clouds upon the Western European solar energy market, according to Frost & Sullivan. Falling polysilicon and solar...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
US market: RIM unseats Apple in smartphone ranking, says NPD
An aggressive "buy-one-get-one" promotion by Verizon Wireless helped RIM's BlackBerry Curve move past Apple's iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the...
Monday 27 April 2009
MSI to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, says paper
Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to ship 4.5 million notebooks in 2009, up 50% from its upward-revised figure of three million units for 2008, according to a Chinese-language...
Friday 24 April 2009
Clearwire to sign cooperation pacts with two Taiwan WiMAX licensees
US-based WiMAX operator Clearwire is expected to sign cooperation pacts with two Taiwan WiMAX licensees, Vastar Cable TV System and Global Mobile, according to market sources in Taiwan...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Taiwan LED makers gearing up output of LED T-bar lights
A number of Taiwan-based LED chipmakers as well as packaging companies, including Ledtech Electronics, Opto Tech, Genesis Photonics, Harvatek and Wellypower Optronics, have all ventured...
Thursday 23 April 2009
Over 50% of US LCD TV buyers cite green factors as an influence, says iSuppli
More than half of US LCD TV buyers say that environmental issues influenced their decision when selecting a set to purchase, according to iSuppli.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
LGE to begin mass production of mobile DTV chips in June
LG Electronics (LGE) has announced that mass production of mobile digital television (DTV) receiver chips will begin in June, setting the stage for widespread availability to the...
Friday 17 April 2009
HP takes the lead in the US PC market, says IDC
While the economic crisis continues to unfold, low-cost portable PCs continue to appeal to consumers and support growth in the PC market. Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop...
Thursday 16 April 2009
US market: SanDisk may lose ground to Taiwan competitors
Taiwan's flash memory device manufacturers as well as US-based Kingston Technology are expected to grab a slice of the US NAND flash market now that the US International Trade Commission...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
More Taiwan LCD TV makers caught up in Funai patent dispute in the US
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld a patent infringement charge filed by Japan-based Funai and has issued a limited exclusion order to ban imports of digital LCD...
Monday 6 April 2009
Korea vendors may have 50% US handset market in 2009, say sources
Korea handset vendors, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics (LGE) and Pantech, are likely to take up a 50% share of the US handset market in 2009, according to an estimate...