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Toshiba and Lenovo have reportedly signed deals with contractor Quanta Computer in producing new tablets based on Windows 8 on ARM architecture. Unnamed sources within the industry said that Quanta will be handling the tablet production for both companies. So, we are to expect the first models to be released early next year. Windows 8 [...]

Although Quanta declined to comment, industry watchers say that shipments of the 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet PCs from the said manufacturer to Amazon have reached 3-4 million units. It is further said that Amazon has continued to increase its orders for Kindle Fire to reach five million units by the end of this year or early January. [...]

Don’t you think it’s about time that notebook power supplies became standardized? Some Taiwan notebook makers including Acer, Asus, Quanta, Compal and Pegatron think so. This is according to sources from Taiwan’s computer industry being cited in a recent report by DigiTimes. The report notes that the notebook makers have indicated support for the standardization [...]

There’s an interesting filing at the FCC spotted by Wireless Goodness recently. This one is for an odd-looking tablet PC that has a curved front edge that will remind you of the Lenovo Skylight.  This tablet bears the Quanta brand and if you’re not familiar with it, they are the ODM manufacturer of Apple, Acer, [...]

Well, it looks like Apple has finally figured out how to make “a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk.” Why? A new report from the Chinese-language Commercial Times is said to contain info regarding an upcoming Apple netbook. It cites companies WinTek and Quanta, besides Apple, as among those involved in the making [...]