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Intel plays Ultrabook matchmaker to boost production

Chris Davies, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel is matchmaking vendors and manufacturers in an attempt to ensure the success of its ultrabook segment, pushing brand names into the embrace of ODMs promising ultraportables as cheap as $599. Epson, Onkyo, ViewSonic, Mustek, Motion Computing, WiPro and Positivo have all placed orders with Pegatron and ECS, DigiTimes reports, after Intel put them altogether for notebook speed-dating . Read The Full Story

Quanta Suing AMD for faulty laptop chips

Christen McGregor, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) ended 2011 on a high note. AMD stayed competitive against companies like Nvidia and saw sustained sales. It saw a bright year ahead for 2012 with its December launch of the AMD Radeon HD 7970. However, a sticky situation is brewing for AMD to start off the new year. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Google cash-in continues with Quanta Computer

Chris Burns, Oct 13th 2011 Discuss [1]

As you may have heard, Microsoft has a rather large patent portfolio, and over the past few months, they've been pressuring groups working with Google-based operating systems to sign licensing deals with them to avoid patent suits. The newest of these up until today was the Microsoft/Samsung deal which included Android devices and a play to have Samsung paying Microsoft per device produced. A similar situation is now occurring with Quanta Computer Inc, this time the agreement including both Android and Google's Chrome OS. Read The Full Story

RIM kills PlayBook and future tablet plans claims analyst [Update: RIM denies]

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [9]

RIM has reportedly frozen production of the BlackBerry PlayBook and axed development of future tablets, according to one analyst, faced with lackluster sales of the QNX slate. The rumor comes from Collins Stewart analyst John Vinh, BGR reports, who cites unnamed sources at Quanta, RIM's manufacturing partner, for the intel. Although Quanta had already confirmed that PlayBook production had been scaled back, this is the first sign that RIM may be rethinking its entire tablet strategy. Update: RIM has called Vinh's checks on the supply chain "pure fiction"; more after the cut Read The Full Story

RIM slashes PlayBook production amid growing stockpile

Chris Davies, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [7]

RIM's plan to cut PlayBook prices next month to stimulate sales of the slate hasn't filled production partner Quanta with confidence: the company has axed 1,000 staff in its northern Taiwan plant. The Canadian company has drastically slashed its orders, according to DigiTimes' sources, after reporting just 200,000 unit shipments of the BlackBerry tablet in Q2. Read The Full Story

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Computex 2011: Day One Wrap-Up

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

Hard to believe it, given the torrent of tech yesterday, but Computex 2011 only really kicked off properly in Taipei this morning. Intel delivered the biggest keynote, announcing its Ultrabook platform which, the chip giant hopes, will supplant generic ultraportables and grab 40-percent of the market by the end of next year. Sandy Bridge and, in 2012, Ivy Bridge processors will be inside, with slick sub-0.9-inch chassis and price tags under $1k on the outside. Read on for the rest of our Computex day one wrap-up.

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Qualcomm dual-core Honeycomb tablet outed [Video]

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm's own Uplinq conference may be starting later today in San Diego, but that hasn't stopped the chip company from turning up at Computex with some hardware to play with. Quanta had prepared a 10-inch tablet running on Qualcomm's latest dual-core Snapdragon, NetbookNews reports, running Android 3.0. Read The Full Story

$499 BlackTab BlackBerry tablet incoming in September?

Satsuki Then, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

The RIM "BlackTab" BlackBerry tablet will apparently be manufactured for the Canadian company by Quanta, with production expected to ship in September 2010 according to DigiTimes. Expected to be priced at $499, it will have both WiFi and Bluetooth, the latter used to tether with a BlackBerry smartphone and access the handset's 3G mobile connectivity. Read The Full Story

Quanta unveils DST touchscreen tech at Computex

Shane McGlaun, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Touchscreens are the norm today after the iPhone debuted years ago and brought the tech into the mainstream in a huge way. Since then touch screens have been evolving and the number of devices with touchscreens continues to boom. Quanta Computer and 3M have announced a new codeveloped technology at Computex called DST. Read The Full Story

MeeGo gets serious: Wistron, Quanta & CZC tablets spied [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel are going full steam ahead with MeeGo at Computex this week, with multiple name-checks for the open-source OS during the keynote and several manufacturers implicated in pushing out MeeGo-based devices. In among the Oak Trail/Canoe Lake information was confirmation that Acer will be developing MeeGo tablets and netbooks, while there are brief details on Quanta's Redvale MeeGo tablet, together with the Wistron W1 and CZC P10T tablets spotted by Carrypad on show at the Intel booth. Demo video after the cut Read The Full Story

2011 BlackPad tablet using BlackBerry OS after RIM junk Android intentions?

Chris Davies, May 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

After yesterday's whisperings of a RIM tablet for launch sometime in 2011, The Street is claiming that the touchscreen device is in fact the Canadian company's second approach to an iPad rival. They quote Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, who believes RIM first planned to launch an Android based tablet later in 2010 but scrapped the device after "taking a second look at that product roadmap ... it has to compare favorably to the iPad." Read The Full Story

Quanta looks to iPhone style computer to spur growth

Shane McGlaun, Jan 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's easy to see why manufacturers are rushing to launch devices that look and feel like the iPhone. The iPhone is massively popular and quickly became one of the top smartphones on the market globally with only a few carriers offering the device. Quanta has plans to maintain its growth and they involve an iPhone-like computer. Read The Full Story