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 should arrive later this year for devices that are built on Intel processors. However, there are also reports that suggest companies will take much longer to prepare the ARM-based alternative hardware and software.

Besides the ARM hardware, Lenovo is said to be preparing other tablets as well, using Intel’s Medfield as well as Clover Trail chips, which are also expected to arrive later this year.

Lenovo and Toshiba would still have to discussed specific plans for Windows on ARM tablets. Meanwhile, we can expect for Toshiba and Lenovo’s new tablet models to have better specs and better performance in order to suit the users needs.

via electronista

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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. No wonder the Kindle Fire is already the number two tablet after only two weeks on the market, according to IHS iSuppli.

A major supplier of touch panels for Kindle Fire, Wintek, has recently raised its internal forecast of shipments to Amazon to 3-3.5 million before January.

Sources of Digitimes, however, pointed out that some makers in the supply chain have built up inventory of needed parts and components steadily, and OEM Quanta has also kept its shipments regular to avoid over stockpiling of inventory in case there is a reverse in order visibility.

Sources:   Netbooknews, Digitimes

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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 of power supply units for notebook PCs (which include netbooks), after the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) recently established a dedicated team for the initiative.

PSU standardization for notebooks will be beneficial in several ways, not the least of which is that consumers will no longer need to buy or rely on new power supplies every time to purchase a new netbook or notebook PC. They can just use their old PSUs from older netbooks, as is possible with cellphones that come from the same manufacturer. But this PSU standardization is going to apply to the whole market if it becomes successful, and not just one brand, so it will be even better.

Via DigiTimes

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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, Dell and Lenovo.

The said device measures 11-inch long and 8.5-inch wide and it will feature Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n courtesy of its Atheros WiFi chip.

Aside from this, nothing else is known about this tablet. But since it has passed through the FCC already, keep an eye for any announcement regarding a tablet PC possibly from Quanta or the other brands it supports.

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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 of an Apple netbook. If this report is to be believed, then we will be seeing a touchscreen-equipped little notebook from Apple by the second half of this year. There isn’t really a definite release date for the product, but that is when it’s expected to start shipping. No word on any specs or pricing, either, but that should come once Apple finally announces the thing. Unless someone else leaks all the info ahead of them, that is.

Digitimes Via Electronic Pulp

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DigiTimes has breaking news on Quanta’s completion of a new 1-2cm thin notebook that it should be delivering to consumers within the year or so. It is said that Quanta still hasn’t started on mass producing this sleek new notebook, but the work on it is done and what’s more, it will have an entry level price. No additional details were given out by DigiTimes, citing their industry sources, but we should be hearing about it in the next few weeks once its maker (Asus? Apple? Acer? Dell?) comes out from the woodwork.

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With the impending launch of the 10.1-inch Acer Aspire 103, Acer is said to be considering phasing out its currently existing and much-loved 8.9-inch netbook, the Acer Aspire One. This move is said to be scheduled for the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from DigiTimes citing notebook industry sources.

Quanta Computer is the company responsible for producing the 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One netbooks, and if the same report referenced above is correct, the company will receive an order for another netbook, an “enterprise model” that will have a 10.1-inch screen. Could this be a separate model from the Acer Aspire 103? Seems so, since it was specified that the 10.1-inch Acer Aspire one will be manufactured by Compal Electronics. But what exactly this “enterprise model” netbook with a 10.1-inch screen remains a mystery. Perhaps we’ll learn more about it in the following weeks.

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