Vendors plan to launch laptops and ultrabooks without an ODD
Hewlett Packard, Dell and Asustek Computers are planning to launch a 15-inch or larger notebooks without the internal ODD (Optical Disk Drive).
The move is following Apple’s plan to drop the internal ODD of its current MacBook Pro laptops. Non-Apple vendors are [...]
No significant impact of New iPad to notebook shipments
According to Digitimes Research’s senior analyst, Joanne Chien, the notebook industry was in the decline recently but went into unprecedented recovery in March after the hard drive problem was able to be resolved. The recovery was also influenced by a rising consumer demand as well as [...]
Samsung sets to join major players in PC market
According to Digitimes, Samsung Electronics has set a target to achieve a 30% on-year growth for notebook shipments by 2012 whereby about 30 per cent of the total volume set for the year would be for ultrabook shipments.
Samsung expects its ultrabook proportion [...]
Acer seeks to regain lost market share
Acer Inc. (2353) is currently working hard to recover its lost market share, eyeing a return to the world’s number three notebook brand by quarter 4 2012, according to the company’s corporate president Jim Wong.
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Taiwan based retailers to offer ultrabook-like PCs in second quarter
Because of the delays in the shipment of the Ivy Bridge processor, (some sources speculate until June) and the relatively high price of Sandy Bridge-based ultrabooks in the market, had propelled some Taiwan retailers to offer ultrabook-like notebooks which is similar in size [...]
Samsung announces its Series 5 Ultrabooks
In my previous post, I did a review on Samsung’s latest super-slim notebook, the Samsung Series 9, which is unveiled at the CES show in Las Vegas. At the same time and place, Samsung also announced its Siries 5 ultrabook, a staggeringly sexy and slim ultrabook.
The [...]
Toshiba will be unveiling its Regza AT700 Tablet
Toshiba recently announced that it will launch the slimmest tablet in the world (10-inch) at the Consumer Electronics Show which will be held next week.
A spokesman from Toshiba said, “This is the thinnest tablet and the lightest in the list of products to be introduced at the show.” Toshiba will also be announcing its new range of products such as the LCD TV and its Ultrabook [...]
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