As LG has been contracted to supply 60% of the LCD screens used in iPad minis, TSMT is tantamount to filling most of iPad minis need for backlight light bars with LG's contracts. AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) supplies the remaining 40% of the ...
Tags: TSMT, LG, LED Light Bar PCB Contract
According to the International Data Corporation, Android tablet shipments rose significantly in Q3 2012, while Apple saw their tablet market share drop. The tablet market grew 49.5% year-over-year in Q3 2012 with global tablet shipments ...
Simplo Technology Co.,Ltd.,maker of battery packs and modules in Taiwan,saw revenues in November up 1.5%from October to NT$5.76 billion(US$192 million),a new historical high for the seventh consecutive month.However,based on Simplo's ...
Tags: Simplo Technology, battery packs, module, revenue
Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S.and the U.K. Consumer Reports,in the U.S.,and Which,from the U.K.,have recently run dozens of tablets through ...
Tags: Apple, iPad, iPad Mini, consumer watchdogs
Even though sales of some mobile devices are booming,overall confidence in the tech sector continues to erode as economic weakness puts downward pressure on the computer market. The Nasdaq Computer Index slumped Friday afternoon,hitting ...
Tags: Wall Street, Chips, mobile devices, IHS
A US court is to review a jury's decision to award Apple$1bn in damages in its patent dispute with rival Samsung. Samsung wants the verdict overturned or the damages reduced,while Apple wants to increase the amount and ban some of ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, patent dispute, Galaxy Tab, Smartpgone
Computerworld-Every time a new iPhone launches,AppStore downloads soar--and app developers cheer. After the iPhone 5 launch on Sept.21,the number of daily App Store downloads in October reached 5.4 million,creating a 33%spike over all ...
Tags: Iphone 5, AppStore, mobile device, iPhone 4S
Apple today announced it has sold three million iPads in just three days since the launch of its new iPad mini and fourth generation iPad—double the previous first weekend milestone of 1.5 million Wi-Fi only models sold for the third ...
Tags: Apple, iPads, Consumer Electronics
Australian Startup Tabi today announced availability of the Tabi Stand. This is a brilliant little stand that you can throw in your bag. It provides instant support, at the angle you want, without any fuss. Very light but strong, there are ...
Tags: iPad Stand, Christmas, Consumer Electronics, Australian Startup Tabi
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 ...
Global shipments of lithium-ion battery cells are estimated to reach 4.59 billion units,and the volume is expected to continue to rise 9%in 2013 with annual production value increasing 6%to US$12 billion,according to the Industrial ...
Tags: lithium-ion battery cell, 3C product, shipments, smartphones, tablet PC
Computerworld-Apple today announced that it will start selling the iPad Mini,fourth-generation iPad and iPhone 5 in China over the next two weeks,putting those new products on shelves in time for the January 2013 kick-off of Chinese New ...
Tags: Ipad Mini, iPhone 5, reservation, Apple
Computerworld-More than half of next year's expected 5.7%increase in global IT spending will be driven by sales of smartphones,tablets and e-readers,IDC said in a forecast published Friday. IDC projects that mobile device sales will make ...
Tags: smartphones, Mobile Devices, IT Spending, IDC
Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--To further expand touch-module production capacity at its Vietnamese factory, Taiwan-based Wintek Corp. is raising NT$10 billion (US$333.3 million) in a syndicated bank loan, saying it is scheduled to raise ...
Tags: touch-module production, small-and medium-sized touch panels
Computerworld-Tablet trade-in queries plummeted by 45%when Apple introduced its new iPad Mini,hinting that the smaller Apple device is not significantly cannibalizing sales of the larger tablet,an electronics recycling firm said today. ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Tablet trade, brick-and-mortar, retailers