Citigroup: Amazon plotting smartphone to challenge Apple's iPhone in 2012
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - Not content with entering just the tablet market, Amazon is planning to release a smartphone in the fourth quarter of next year, in a move that will challenge Apple and its bread-and-butter iPhone, says one analyst. ( 81 comments )
Foxconn may produce Amazon 10.1" tablet after having passed on Kindle Fire
Thu, Sep 29, 2011 - After passing on orders for the new Kindle Fire from Amazon, Foxconn Electronics is believed to have won the contract to produce the Internet retailer's rumored 10.1-inch tablet and could begin shipping the device from factories by the end of the year, according to a new report. ( 39 comments )
Samsung considering purchase of HP’s PC business - report [u]
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 - Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing notebook production to Taiwan-based OEMs, a move which sources attribute to the company’s unofficial interest in purchasing HP’s PC business [updated with Samsung response]. ( 27 comments )
Chinese newspaper says Apple building a netbook
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 - The Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting Monday that a well-known touch-panel supplier will begin delivering displays for an Apple 'netbook' sometime later this year. ( 142 comments )
Mystery Apple boxes; Safari JavaScript boost; thinner 3G iPhone?
Thu, Jun 5, 2008 - Stacks of unmarked boxes are appearing at a Quanta distribution center just days before WWDC. Meanwhile, the WebKit team plans a major performance boost to JavaScript in Safari; the company has released a security configuration guide; and a report claims the 3G iPhone's dimensions are smaller than case makers have previously thought. ( 21 comments )
Report: Quanta lands MacBook Air contract
Thu, Jan 17, 2008 - Taiwanese notebook manufacturer Quanta Computer has been awarded the contract to build Apple's new super-slim MacBook Air, a deal which will push the Mac maker's share of Quanta's yearly output beyond 20 percent, according to a published report. ( 8 comments )
