Devices that let you watch Netflix and other streaming video services on a big TV screen are popular, but there are limits to what you can watch. NBC, for instance, didn't make its Olympics apps compatible with Roku, Apple TV and Google's ...
Tags: new device, support for ultra-high-definition video, professional apps
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 demonstrated some new trends of the tablet industry: tablets with phone functions are starting to catch attention from brand vendors; some major brand vendors are developing tablets for the niche market, ...
With Acer rumored to be planning to outsource its tablet OEM orders to China-based makers, Asustek Computer has reportedly also been seeking partnerships with China component makers to strengthen its competitiveness in the mobile device ...
Tags: Intel, OEM orders
Price competition in the global tablet market is expected to become keener in 2014, which will not only further squeeze the profitability of first-tier vendors but also force white-box makers in China out of the market, according to ...
Tags: Tablet Market, Electronics
Taiwan-based vendor Acer has cooperated with China-based IC designer SIM Technology to develop smartphones for launch in the China market in 2014, while Taiwan-based HTC and Asustek Computer are looking to work with SIM, and two other ...
Tags: taiwan, Smartphone, Electrical, Electronics
Global brand motherboard shipments are expected to reach 75 million units in 2013, down slightly from 80 million in 2012, while shipments in China are estimated to fall slightly to about 30 million units, according to sources from the ...
Tags: Motherboard, Computer Products
Worldwide tablet shipments grew to 47.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. While slightly below the firm's forecast, the number still represents 7% ...
Tags: Tablet Market, Android
In order to strengthen its presence in the Myanmar market, Acer will have the Acer Foundation donate PCs to the country through an APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC) Project led by Stan Shih. A donation ceremony will be held at the ...
Despite the failure to raise touchscreen notebook demand in 2013, several notebook brand vendors including Acer and Asustek Computer are still planning to release more products in 2014, hoping to increase the proportion of total shipments ...
Tags: Touchscreen Notebooks
MediaTek is expected to see its shipments of tablet solutions double in 2014 from 15-20 million units projected for 2013 and account for 30% of the non-iPad tablet chipset market, according to an industry estimate. MediaTek has launched ...
Asustek computer now ranks third in the tablet market, however, rival lenovo is challenging its status. IDC report that in the second quarter of 2013 lenovo shipped 1.5 million tablet computers, in the third quarter shipments is expected to ...
Tags: Tablet, Lenovo, Computer Products
Weaker-than-expected sales of Google's second-generation Nexus 7 may cause Quanta Computer, the manufacturer of the tablet, to be unable to reach its tablet shipment goal of 20 million units for 2013. Quanta declined to comment on its ...
Tags: Tablet Shipments, Electrical
Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Device
The size of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market exceeded the region's portable PC market for the first time in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. IDC has announced that tablet shipments for the quarter were up 208% on ...
Tags: Tablet Market, PC Market
Acer has dismissed rumor that certain investment banks plan to invite Lenovo or Asustek Computer to merge with Acer. The vendor said no investment banks have contacted its management to inquire about the possibility of a merger and Acer ...