Inventec to ship Apple TVs

Inventec Appliances will serve as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the Apple TV, which debuted at the Macworld Conference & Expo on Tuesday morning. The manufacturer will ship the first batch of Apple TVs later this month, which serve as a multimedia content hub for up to five computers. Inventec will ship its first batch of 100,000 Apple TVs in late January, amounting to associated revenue of around NT$500 million. Inventec sources said Apple accounted for 70 percent of the company's appliance sales in 2005, and that Apple was responsible for 65 percent of the company's Appliance sales in 2006. Inventec is planning to reduce the proportion further in 2007 to lessen its reliance on a single customer, according to DigiTimes.

by MacNN Staff