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Monday 18 November 2013
Prices of Windows 8 touchscreen controller chips to continue to fall in 2014
Prices of Windows 8-enabled touchscreen controller ICs are expected to continue to fall in 2014 even though prices of these devices have declined 50% since 2013, according to industry...
Thursday 7 November 2013
Atmel achieves Windows 8 certification for XSense, the innovative flexible touch sensor material
Atmel Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, announced the company's groundbreaking XSense flexible touch sensor has achieved Windows...
Thursday 31 October 2013
Windows 8.1 tablet sales 20-30% below expectations
Channel retailers are seeing their Windows 8.1-based tablet sales in October 20-30% below than their original expectations, despite strong price/performance ratios.
Monday 28 October 2013
PC brand vendors release new Windows 8.1 products
Asustek Computer recently released its Transformer Book T100 2-in-1 device featuring Windows 8.1 and Intel Bay Trail-T processor, priced at US$349 for a 32GB model and US$399 for...
Friday 18 October 2013
Microsoft announces global availability of Windows 8.1
Microsoft has announced the global availability of Windows 8.1, an update to its Windows 8 operating system. Beginning October 17, consumers with a Windows 8 device in more than 230...
Friday 18 October 2013
Windows 8.1 models unlikely to ignite PC demand
The PC market is unlikely to reverse its decline in 2013 and 2014 despite the arrival of new Windows 8.1 devices, sources in the supply chain have commented.
Friday 4 October 2013
Notebook ODMs ramping shipments of Windows 8.1 models
Having enjoyed strong shipments in September, notebook ODMs have seen their shipments remain robust in October as notebook vendors prepare to roll out new Windows 8.1-based models,...
Tuesday 1 October 2013
Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek said to offer price cuts for Windows tablets
Acer and Asustek Computer are reportedly considering cutting prices of their Windows 8-based tablets in Taiwan by 15-20% with Acer's 8-inch model likely falling below NT$10,000 (US$338)...
Friday 27 September 2013
App developers to not give up BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8, say sources
Most of mobile application developers participating in BlackBerry Jam Asia 2013 have indicated that they will not quit BlackBerry 10 or Windows Phone 8 developments mainly because...
Friday 27 September 2013
Pegatron to make Dell 8-inch Windows 8 tablets
Pegatron Technology will be responsible for ODM production of an 8-inch Windows 8 tablet expected to be unveiled by Dell in early October, according to Taiwan-based supply chain ma...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Microsoft new Surface shipments to reach 3 million units in 2014, sources estimate
Microsoft has unveiled its second-generation Surface tablets, but sources from the upstream supply chain estimate the devices' sales will reach only three million units in 2014, accounting...
Friday 6 September 2013
Catcher, Simplo announce August results; Windows 8.1 to provide limited help attracting demand
Taiwan-based chassis maker Catcher has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.23 billion (US$108.5 million) for August, down 5% on month, but up 19% on year, with combined consolidated...
Wednesday 4 September 2013
Windows phones challenging Android for Vietnam smartphone market, says IDC
A total of 5.8 million mobile phones were shipped to Vietnam in the second quarter of 2013, in which shipments of feature phones contracted 25.8% sequentially due to aggressive shipments...
Tuesday 3 September 2013
Record share for Windows phones, says Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, for the three months to July 2013, showed Windows Phone posted its highest ever level of 8.2% across the five major...
Monday 2 September 2013
Windows and BlackBerry face challenges to become 3rd-largest mobile OS ecosystem, says ABI Research
ABI Research's recent smartphone research shows Android accounted for 80% of all smartphones shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2013. The next largest ecosystem, Apple's iOS,...