MacNN | Wintek News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Wintek, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Apple tablet due in Feb. with PA Semi chip, 3G? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/apple.tablet.part.details.appear/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/appletablet-mockup.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's frequently rumored tablet received more details on Tuesday with an apparent leak of production plans. Taiwan's Economic News claims the touchscreen hardware is now slated for February and that companies will start shipping parts in December. The publication reiterates the presence of a near 10-inch touch display but now insists the tablet will be based on a custom processor (likely ARM-b... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/15/apple.tablet.part.details.appear/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:50:00 GMT Apple touch netbook due in October for $800? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/apple.touch.netbook.oct/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/macbookpro13inch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Rumors of a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/13/apple.touch.netbook.oct/ Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:05:00 GMT Wintek workers demand Apple response by May 31st http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/wintek.staff.set.deadline/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/WintekDispute.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wintek workers say they are growing more aggravated by a lack of Apple response to labor rights complaints, and are now asking the latter company to publicly acknowledge workplace violations by May 31st. The employees have been pressuring Apple to enforce its ethics standards, charging Wintek with cutting salaries, neglecting safety problems and demanding unpaid overtime, as well as firing 600 peo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/29/wintek.staff.set.deadline/ Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:00 GMT Wintek to make Apple tablet's touchscreen? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/22/wintek.apple.tablet.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/appletabletpatent.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Contract manufacturer Wintek has been tapped by Apple to supply touchscreens for a tablet device, Taiwanese integrated circuit designers claimed on Friday. They describe the device as an "e-book form factor netbook" but provide few other details, including when the panels would ship. The news, however, parallels earlier reports of Wintek providing 10-inch touchscreens for the second half of 2009... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/22/wintek.apple.tablet.rumor/ Fri, 22 May 2009 11:15:00 GMT Taiwanese labor rights groups put pressure on Apple http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/21/apple.in.taiwan.labor.row/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/taiwanprotest.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has become the focus of a conflict over worker rights in Taiwan, local reporters say. Labor groups today carried banners and microphones outside of Apple's Taipei office, hoping to put indirect pressure on Wintek, a major supplier of flat-panel displays. The latter is accused of firing over 600 workers in December without warning, moreover cutting salaries, and forcing some of its people t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/21/apple.in.taiwan.labor.row/ Thu, 21 May 2009 21:15:00 GMT Rumored Apple netbook to get 10in screen? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/apple.netbook.10in.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/macbookair.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The purported Apple touchscreen netbook has gained a minor amount of corroboration on Tuesday from sources of Dow Jones. The trading outlet echoes the earlier claims that Wintek is producing a touchscreen for an Apple computer assembled by Quanta but adds that the screen will measure between 9.7 and 10 inches diagonal, or roughly in line with existing netbook sizes. Other details are still "unde... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/apple.netbook.10in.rumor/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:10:00 GMT Apple prepping touchscreen netbook for summer? http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/apple.touch.netbook.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is gearing up suppliers to build a touchscreen netbook that would ship in the summer of this year, according to Taiwan's Commercial Times. Following a confirmation by local display maker Wintek that it's developing touchscreens for new Apple products, the Times said that at least some of these panels are destined for a netbook that would ship sometime during the summer. A regular supplier ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/09/apple.touch.netbook.rumor/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:45:00 GMT Innolux nabs new Apple touchscreen orders http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/innolux.apple.touch.orders/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-multitouch.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Taiwan display maker Innolux has landed new orders for touchscreens from Apple, say claims from those inside the industry. While few details are available, the company is expected to start shipments soon; the company itself declines to either confirm or deny orders from Apple but says it will soon ship a production run of touch panels using capacitive input like that of Apple's handhelds.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/26/innolux.apple.touch.orders/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:35:00 GMT