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Wistron’s February Growth is 22.5% Rise on Year

by Alan Spencer

Last month Wistron shipped 140,000 servers, 200,000 LCD TVs, 800,000 desktops and 500,000 LCD monitors. Revenues for Wistron fell 9.65% in February on month, but rose 22.5% on year to reach US$1.6 billion. Wistron …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 09

UHD Alliance Applies HDR Premium Logo to Mobile

by Bob Raikes

The UltraHD Alliance had hoped to release its mobile specification for the Mobile HDR Premium logo at the CES show (UHD Alliance Focusing on Mobile HDR) but couldn’t get all the sign-offs completed, so …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Porsche Develops Designer Notebook

by Bob Raikes

Porsche Design has developed a new convertible notebook, the Book One, working with Microsoft and OEM maker, Quanta Computers. The unit is a convertible PC using a 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7500U processor and 16GB …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Outlook for Personal Computing Devices Mainly Negative

by Alan Spencer

IDC is forecasting that global shipments of personal computing devices, including tablets, will decline from a total of 435.0 million units in 2016 to 418.2 million units at the end of 2021. This represents …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Microsoft Increases UK Surface Prices

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has joined the increasing list of companies that have increased their pricing for Surface products in the UK following the drop in the value of sterling since the UK Brexit vote. The prices …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 06

HP

HP to be Top Notebook Vendor in 2017

by Alan Spencer

HP is expected to be the world’s top notebook vendor this year, replacing Lenovo that held this position in 2016. Although, global notebook shipments fell under 150 million units in 2016, and will fall …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Razer Can Drive UHD in Notebook

by Bob Raikes

After initially deciding not to offer the Blade Notebooks in Europe, Razer is now offering the Blade notebook. The notebook is a full power device ith an Intel Kaby Lake Core i7 i7-7700HQ that …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Razer| Vol 24 - Issue 06

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Acer Focuses on Slim and Gaming Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

The Taipei Times reported that Dave Lin, Operations President of Acer will focus on slim notebooks and gaming notebooks as the company has seen 10% and 30% growth, respectively, in the two market segments. …

Tags:Acer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Quanta Maintains Position as Largest Notebook ODM for HP

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes and industry sources, Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will continue to be the largest ODM for HP for notebooks to be launched this year. Quanta Computer has been allocated 35% of HP’s planned …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Taiwan Notebook ODMs see Rises and Falls

by Alan Spencer

There were mixed results for notebook shipments for Taiwan ODMs for January this year and for 2016. Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in January, up 18.18% on 1.1 million shipments for January 2016. Shipments …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 06

ASUS Announces ZenBook UX430 and UX530

by Bob Raikes

Asus has launched two new ultraportable notebooks, the UX430 (14″) and UX530 (15.6″). Both units feature FullHD displays with anti-glare coatings and Asus highlighted the 7.18mm bezel of the 14″ unit, which is 15.9mm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Samsung Refreshes A Series Phones – boosts QD Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Samsung refreshed its A3/A5/A7 range of smartphones at CES. They all have Super AMOLED displays in 4.7″ (HD), 5.2″ (FHD) and 5.5″ (FHD) and feature 3D glass with a metal frame. They use A-53 …

Tags:CES 2017| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 02