Wistron of Taiwan Exclusively Supplies 10-inch Tablet to Dell

Taipei, Dec.17, 2012 (CENS)--Dell Computers’ CEO Michael Dell recently indicated that PCs and tablet PCs equipped with Windows 8 are in high demand. An industry source revealed that Dell’s 10-inch tablet Latitude 10 will be exclusively supplied by Taiwan’s major NB contract manufacturer Wistron Corporation, which will ship over 500,000 units in the fourth quarter. Dell is also predicted to be the world’s largest supplier of servers within a few seasons.

Dell’s major Taiwanese contract suppliers Compel Electronics Inc. and Wistron are expected to remarkably benefit from the firm’s optimism towards Windows 8 products.

Dell’s Latitude 10 tablet has been launched in North America and will be released in other markets gradually in the first quarter of 2013, for which orders have been secured by Wistron into the first quarter of next year.

A representative of Wistron estimates that the firm’s tablet PC shipments will reach 2.5 million units in 2012, and as high as six million units in 2013 due to increasing customers.

Dell has also announced to quit the smartphone market. The firm’s consumer sales manager Jeff Clarke noted that Dell will not tap the said market in the near future.