Samsung has always built their own notebooks, but in 2012 according to Taiwan’s industry executives said Samsung will outsource an insignificant contract manufacturing of to a Taiwanese ODM. Looks like Samsung is testing the waters and has been asking around Quanta Computer Inc., Compal Electronics…
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3-4M Amazon Kindle’s Shipped, 5M Expected by 2012
We knew that the Amazon Kindle was a popular tablet but just how popular is slowly becoming clear. Water cooler talk in Taipei points to Amazon shipping between 3-4M Kindle Fire’s and they are continuing to increase orders for the popular Android tablet. Suppliers expect…
Quanta to Produce 2nd Generation 7″ Kindle Fire
With reviews of the Kindle Fire emerging all over the web (we’ve got a round up here if you’re interested) its nice to see that Amazon is preparing for its second-generation 7-inch tablet. Quanta has apparently landed orders and is set to release them in…
Amazon Kindle Fire 2 Already has Orders Placed with Foxconn
Amazon is apparently not wasting time getting ready for the release of the next generation Kindle Fire. Sources in Taiwan report, that Foxconn has received the contract for the production of the tablet. The Kindle Fire that we are currently only able to Pre-Order for…
Samsung Rumored to Outsource Ultrabook Development
Looks like Digitimes has published another report that seems a little suspicious, according to a ‘paper’ Samsung is outsourcing development of one of their Ultrabooks to Quanta. Why this news strikes me as odd, is that Samsung has two devices that could be re-purposed into…
Low Demand for RIM PlayBook Tablets Results in Layoffs at Quanta
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet hasn’t sparked consumer interest has much as they expected. Initially, RIM forecasted sales of 4 to 5 million PlayBooks last April, but the actual sales peaked at 800,000 units in the first two quarters of 2011, then sharply dropped to 100,000…
HP’s PC Spin off Plan Could Cost Taiwan a lot of Business
Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to spin off its PC division and the news is causing their partners to brace themselves for change. There have been rumours floating around since Q1 that HP has put out feelers to Samsung to see if they might be interested…
ASUS Reduces Eee PC Volumes Thanks to the Transformer’s Success
ASUS is seeing better than expected Eee Pad Transformer sales and due to its versatile form factor its decreasing its Eee PC volumes to compensate. With its detachable keyboard the Transformer fills the same category as the average netbook, its not surprising that a tablet…
Amazon Tablet Supply Chain Revealed, CPT Steps in with Display
Amazon is rumored to be coming out with a 7 & a 10 inch tablet, the 7 inch is rumored to be enjoying a release date as early as October. We’ve already heard that Quanta will be assembling the 7″ tablet and Foxconn maybe be…
Quanta Makes a 10″ iPod Running Android 3.0
Qualcomm’s press conference left a lot to be desired news wise, but their was a nice little gem in their showcase. We got our hands on a 10 inch Quanta tablet that looks very much like an iPhone or an iPod. It was running the…
Quanta Sets Up Joint Touch Panel Venture with 3M
Quanta Computer, who has gotten its main stream notoriety because their relationship with Apple, has announced plans to set up a joint venture with US-based 3M in Singapore. They are teaming up to develop a capacitive touch technology in order to gain profits from the…
Oh so Sexy Quanta Prototype Netbook Running Wimax
Quanta was at the Wimax Forum here in Taipei showing off its Wimax capabilites. No one is distributing this netbook yet. We wonder why so many companies are coming out with netbooks that have zero innovation when netbooks like these are going stale on the…
Taiwan Gossip Anyone? Quanta makes Sony VAIO M Netbook
Next to Netbook News, Digitimes is one of the few publications out of Taiwan that I’ll trust for industry gossip. We know a lot of the guys over at Digitimes and generally trust their sources because many of them are our sources!
We thought that…
