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Tuesday 7 February 2012
Vendors dropping ultrabook prices in preparation of second-generation models
As ultrabooks from brand vendors such as Acer, Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all recently seeing price drops in the North America, sources from retail channel believe that the...
Thursday 12 January 2012
Asustek expects notebook shipments in the US to grow 30% in 2012
Despite seeing the PC market experiencing decline, and economies of the US and Europe are weakening, Asustek Computer still expects its notebook shipments in the US to grow 30% in...
Thursday 8 December 2011
White-box players in China quitting tablet PC market
As non-Apple tablet PC players are dropping their tablet PC prices to compete against Kindle Fire, white-box players in China are starting to quit the tablet PC market and can only...
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Asustek strengthens marketing in India
Asustek Computer plans to strengthen its marketing in the India market by setting up marketing bases in 11 cities, increasing the number of sales distributors to 4,000 and establishing...
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Taiwan market: Tsann Kuen November revenues up
Tsann Kuen Enterprise, which operate a 3C retail chain in Taiwan, has reported revenues of NT$2.979 billion (US$102 million) for November, growing 48.36% on month and 18.51% on yea...
Thursday 1 December 2011
PC supply chain to see shipments stay flat or drop slightly in November
PC component makers and ODMs expect their shipments in November to stay flat or drop slightly on month as orders for the year-end holidays are not as strong as expected, according...
Thursday 17 November 2011
Hard drive prices in retail channels may start dropping in December
Several channel retailers are already preparing to dump their hard drive inventory, which was piled up due to concerns over potential shortages, in December as the imbalance between...
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Taiwan market: Channel retailers conservative about demand during IT Month Show in December
Channel retailers are turning conservative about the IT Month trading show in Taiwan in December, which is a show with promotion products that will usually boost consumer demand,...
Thursday 10 November 2011
Asustek, Acer reduce ultrabook orders by 40%
Asustek Computer and Acer have recently reduced their ultrabook orders from 250,000-300,000 units originally to 150,000-180,000 units by the end of 2011 due to the unsatisfactory...
Thursday 3 November 2011
Western Digital and Samsung will not supply hard drives to Taiwan channels in November
As floods in Thailand have seriously impacted the hard drive supply chain, Western Digital recently notified its distributors in Taiwan that the company will not distribute any hard...
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Taiwan market: Retail channels rest hope on Seagate for supply of HDDs
As Western Digital (WD) has given priority to PC vendors for supply of its hard disk drives (HDDs) due to shortages arising from flooding in Thailand, retail channels in the Taiwan...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Microsoft Mango system will rise, says HTC executive
President of High Tech Computer (HTC) North Asia Jack Tung, commenting on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango system, pointed out that the smartphone industry is developing into an...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Rising minimum wage in China to seriously impact PC component suppliers
To counter domestic inflation, several provinces in China including Guangdong and Jilin are set to increase their minimum wage in early 2012, while cities such as Chongqing, where...
Thursday 8 September 2011
Synnex achieves strong revenue performance in August
Channel retailer Synnex Technology International announced consolidated revenues of NT$28.76 billion (US$987.98 million) for August, a new monthly high and up close to 20% on year...
Thursday 25 August 2011
Acer reports losses for 2Q11
Acer has announced preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2011 with consolidated revenues of NT$102.1 billion (US$3.5 billion), down 32% on year, while operating...
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