Where are the sub-$300 Windows RT tablets? That's a question that might not be answered until Friday, when tablet makers finally put them on sale. During the Windows 8 launch presentation here, Microsoft's corporate vice president of ...
IDG News Service - New Windows RT tablets announced at the IFA trade show in Berlin have intensified competition among ARM-based chip makers, which are adding unique capabilities to processors so tablets become more attractive to buyers ...
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Apple retained the top spot in a survey released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. The satisfaction rate for ...
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Samsung on Thursday afternoon sent out press invitations proclaiming that "the next big thing is here" and told reporters to save the date of Oct. 24 for an event in New York. Samsung Mobile, which sent the invitations, did not provide ...
Tags: Samsung, Mobile, Galaxy Note 2, U.S.
Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
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Acer on Thursday announced the Oct. 26 availability of the Iconia W700 tablet, which will come with an 11.6-inch screen and Windows 8, and will start at $799. The Iconia W700 is less than 0.5 inches (1.27 centimeters) thick and weighs ...
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Asustek's latest Transformer Pad TF300TL has a quad-core processor and LTE capabilities to go along with a 10.1-inch screen, the company said on Friday. Asus is selling the tablet in the U.S. for $449 for a model with 16GB of storage; a ...
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Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Contrasting most of their peers having carried out layoffs and unpaid furloughs to counter global economic doldrums, Asustek Computer Inc. and Acer Inc., Taiwan’s top two PC brand vendors, both have moved ...
Apple retained the top spot in a survey released by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. The satisfaction rate for computers, ...
Tags: Apple, top spot, customer satisfaction
Taipei, Dec. 12, 2012 (CENS)--Thanks to robust shipment of laptops and notebook PCs, the Taiwan-based Asustek Computer Inc., one of the world’s top five PC brand vendors by market shares, posted NT$39.6 billion in non-combined revenue ...
Tags: Asustek Computer, laptops, notebook, Computer
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, ...
Tags: Asustek, Samsung, Lenovo, computer, mobile computer, laptop PCs, tablet PC
Taipei, Oct. 31, 2012 (CENS)--Asustek Computer Inc. scored record quarterly after-tax net income of NT$6.7 billion (US$231 million at US$1: NT$29), or NT$8.92 per share, in the third quarter, surging 39% from the second quarter, according ...
Tags: Asustek Computer, global touch-screen laptop sector, tablet PC segment
Taipei, Oct. 24, 2012 (CENS)--LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. vows to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market next year. The company predicts to outperform other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
Tags: LED, LCD panels, backlights, PCs, laptops, tablet PC
Taiwan LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has targeted to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market in 2013. Unity Opto attributes its advantage outperforming other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
Tags: LED Backlight
IDG News Service-Samsung Mobile on Wednesday said it would start rolling out Android 4.1,code-named Jelly Bean,to Galaxy S III smartphones in the U.S. Galaxy S III smartphones run on Android 4.0,code-named Ice Cream Sandwich.The Jelly ...
Tags: Samsung, Android 4.1, Smartphones