Asustek Computer is targeting both smartphone and tablet users with its new Padfone Infinity and Fonepad devices, which can be converted between the two formats. The Padfone Infinity device is a 5-inch smartphone that can morph into a ...
Tags: Asustek Computer, smartphone, tablet
Apple may introduce the new iPad mini with resolution of 2,048 by 1536, and that would increase the device's production cost by more than US$12/unit. If the prices and specifications of all other components stay the same, the new iPad mini ...
Tags: Apple, iPad mini, Retina Display
Producers of 3C products such as computers, communications items and consumer electronics, and food retailers, manufacturers in Taiwan have signed an agreement with the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to minimize packaging. ...
Acer is trying to adapt to the slowdown in the PC market by shutting down its eMachines unit and refocusing Gateway and Packard Bell to offer new products that are "beyond the PC." Earlier this week, Acer took charges to the tune of ...
Tags: Acer, PC market, eMachines unit
Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto recently received an order for 20,000 street lamps from Europe, therefore, the firm expects first-quarter 2013 revenues to show an on-year increase of 60%. In addition to the street lamp orders, ...
Tags: LED packaging house, Unity Opto, LED applications, LED light bulbs
Taiwan's Asustek is in talks with Microsoft about using the company's Windows Phone 8 OS in a smartphone, according to a report. The company, perhaps best known as a manufacturer of laptop and tablet computers, is looking to expand its ...
Tags: Asustek, Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, smartphone
Asustek has lowered starting prices for Android tablets, announcing the $149 Memo Pad tablet, which has a 7-inch screen and Android 4.1. Android tablet prices from top vendors hit lows last year, with Google's 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet and ...
Tags: Asustek, Android tablets, Memo Pad tablet
IDG News Service - Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by ...
Tags: Windows 8, operating system, PC sales, company news
Asustek is aiming for the TV market with the introduction of an Internet streaming box called Qube, which will run on Google TV software. The box will enable streaming of movies and TV shows from Google Play, Netflix, Amazon and HBO, Asus ...
Tags: Asustek, TV market, Internet streaming box, Qube, Google TV software
IDG News Service-Asustek Computer on Tuesday introduced the VivoTab Smart,a tablet computer with a 10.1-inch screen that will be available with Windows 8 starting at$499. The tablet resembles Asustek's existing Transformer Pads,which have ...
Tags: Windows 8 Tablet, Asus, Microsoft's surface
Asustek has delayed U.S. shipments for its dual-screen Taichi ultrabooks, which were available for order from retail sites like Amazon, Newegg and TigerDirect. The Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid has an innovative design with two screens, one ...
Tags: Asustek, Taichi ultrabooks, electronical product, US
IDG News Service - Asustek's innovative laptop-tablet hybrid called Taichi is now on sale in the U.S. starting at $1,299. At first glance, the Taichi looks like a standard ultrabook with an 11.6-inch touch screen when in laptop mode. ...
Tags: Asus, Taichi tablet laptop, laptop, Taich
Pegatron Corp. has begun shipping iPhone 5 in the last week of 2012 as the latest contract assembler of the newest Apple smartphone phones and is estimated to fill around 15% of world shipment of this phone in 2013. Apple released the ...
Tags: Pegatron, iPhone 5, last week, 2012, Apple, smartphone
Asustek is shipping its upcoming Vivo Tab RT tablet starting at US$599, which will cost more than Windows RT tablets from Microsoft and Dell, which have an entry price of $499. Asus is shipping the tablet with a dock accessory. Buyers ...
Tags: Asustek, Vivo Tab RT tablet, Windows RT tablets, Microsoft, Dell
Computerworld - Google's decision to cut 20% of the workers from its Motorola Mobility unit re-ignited fears that Google was primarily after the 17,000 patents Motorola held when it was acquired in May. "Everyone at Motorola is asking [if ...
Tags: Motorola Mobility, Google, smartphone, tablet