Taipei, Dec. 4, 2012 (CENS)--Asustek Computer Inc. yesterday pledged to become the world's No.2 supplier of mobile computers in 2013 by shipping 12 million tablet PCs and 24 million laptop PCs, which will represent a 90% and 7.6% increase, ...
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The latest predictions from researcher IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016,according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. IDC raised its estimate for the ...
MediaTek Inc.has recently received notification to send the sample of its MT6589 quad-core processors to be tested at Sony Mobile,likely breaking Qualcomm Inc.'s monopoly in the Sony Mobile supply chain. Although Sony Mobile has not yet ...
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IDG News Service-Lenovo has delayed shipment of the highly anticipated ThinkPad Tablet 2,which will now become available to buyers in December. The 10.1-inch tablet,which comes with Microsoft's Windows 8 and an Intel Atom Z2760 ...
Taipei, Nov.6, 2012 (CENS)--A market research firm IDC's global NB shipments report in the third quarter shows Lenovo Group Ltd. replacing Hewlett-Packard (HP) to become the world's largest NB maker; while Taiwan's Asus Computer Inc. posted ...
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Wintek Corp., a Taiwanese supplier of touch panels, cooperates with Quanta Computer to fill orders for Win8 products from brand vendors including HP, Dell, and Lenovo for the first time; along with growing design projects with Nokia, ...
Tags: Wintek, Q4 Gross Profit, Win8 Orders
Taiwan’s HTC Corp. sold 2.8 million smartphones in mainland China in the third quarter of 2012, nearly double the amount it sold a quarter earlier in the mainland, according to market consulting firm Canalys, Meanwhile, the sale ...
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We just finished our first full Ratings of Windows 8 computers, including 23 laptops and nine desktops. The great news for consumers: We've identified Best Buys in almost every category of Windows 8 laptop, including 13-, 14-, and 15-inch ...
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Lenovo,already China's top PC seller,is expected to take the title for the country's top smartphone vendor in 2013,Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo's swift growth in China's smartphone market has exceeded the research firm's ...
Tags: Lenovo, top smartphone, good differentiator, China
Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion charge as a result of what it called serious accounting improprieties that occurred at U.K. software company Autonomy before it acquired the firm in 2011. Taking the charge into account, HP ...
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HP has reported almost across-the-board declines in revenue in its fourth-quarter and full-year results,which were capped by claims of accounting irregularities at Autonomy,the intelligent-search software vendor it acquired ...
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Emirates has started rolling out in-flight Windows 8 tablets that enable cabin crew to access core customer relationship management(CRM)and human resources(HR)information to improve customer service. Kevin Griffiths,senior ...
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IDG News Service-Apple's iPad shipments for China nearly doubled in the third quarter,after Apple settled in July a lengthy dispute over the iPad trademark name that once threatened to ban the device from store shelves in the country. ...
Tags: Ipad Shipments, trademark dispute, tablet market, Android tablets
Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)is preparing to cut up to 30 per cent of its workforce. The struggling firm is expected to announce between 2,200 and 3,300 of its 11,100 staff could go after lower than expected sales and ...
Tags: AMD, cut up staff, cloud, Leak Atom system-on-a-chip
Lenovo's CEO said on Thursday he expects the market will gradually move away from entertainment-focused tablets in favor for convertible PCs,which he said can strike a balance between the functions of touch-based tablets and the ...
Tags: Lenovo, convertible PCs, Yang Yuanqing, tablets