Notebook ODM / EMS is still Pegatron’s core business. It is estimated notebooks will contribute to 40% of Pegatron’s FY11 sales. But, without gaining orders from tier-1 notebook OEMs, achieving operating margin targets could be problematic.
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Tag Archives: Acer
Economic, scale challenges for Pegatron notebook business
Wistron’s hope for a good year gets delayed
Wall Street has given up on Wistron for 2011 and is looking for better results from the ODM in 2012 which counts Dell; Acer, Lenovo, IBM and Sony as key customers. Meanwhile, Wistron has invested in after-sales centers in China and Brazil.
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Taiwanese ODMs get toothache from Apple
Apple’s iPad and increasing market share in notebooks are stirring trouble for ODMs Compal, Wistron, Acer and Quanta serving tablet and netbook markets. Consumer notebook demand to remain weak in the US and Europe but the situation for commercial purchases…
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No. 10 Ranked EMS provider Venture avoids iPad tablet threat with enterprise computing strategy
Singapore-based EMS provider Venture uses enterprise computing strategy to combat threat from Apple iPad / tablets, while HP and Dell have divergent PC fortunes.
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Palm acquisition benefits and HP’s EMS universe
Low risk for Hewlett Packard with huge payoff potential. Acquisition catapults HP into Mobile devices. Microsoft and Google relations could sour. EMS currently serving HP include Flextronics, Jabil Circuit, Sanmina-SCI, Hon Hai…
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Apple iPad vs. netbooks, notebooks, smartphones
This is not just another review of how the iPad bridges the world of smartphones, netbooks and notebooks. Read this cost analysis of 3G enabled netbooks vs. the 3G iPad. How will Dell, HP, Acer respond? Some say the iPad is a game changer with a whole new category of OS and will no doubt cause the definition of PC to be revised. iPad could change everything. How will it change you?
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PC market share viewpoint: Acer rises and Dell dives
Tables 1 and 2 display ranking of the top 5 PC makers. Hewlett-Packard retained its No. 1 ranking in the fourth quarter of 2009, with shipments of 17.2 million and a market share of 19.4%. The top 5 include …
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