BATTERY CRISIS FOR LAPTOP MANUFACTURERS

Fire at a chief battery manufacturing unit (LG Chem.) in South Korea has caused this universal shortage. Tough times laze ahead for the notebook manufacturing industry as 2 leading PC makers have publicized notebook battery shortage. The principal reason for this is the recent fire which broke out in the manufacturing unit of their key battery supplier LG Chem. Chem is the 2nd biggest South Korean battery producer. The fire contributed to a universal battery shortage that could affect up to 40% of 2nd-quarter shipments for ASUS. It goes exclusive of saying that LG Chem. challengers like Samsung SDI & Sony Corp. will do immense business in the next few months. LG Chem. anticipates its battery manufacturing plant to recommence production in the next 2-3 months.

EEE PC ACCESSORIES TO SHUT THE MEORY SHORTAGE CRISIS

Official EEE PC accessories are calendared for launch later this year but evidently A-DATA seems to have trampled ASUS to it. The Taiwan-based memory & storage merchandise manufacturer has launched a novel range of storage merchandises to be used along with EEE PCs explicitly. Storage is the biggest moan for lots of EEE PC possessors, so A-DATA has introduced the EEE PC savor in their new S-701 USB flash drive and SDHC memory card. A-DATA SDHC memory card and S-701 USB flash Drive are offered in 8GB capacity. This if and Red Dot honor-wining pen drive will come in white peripherals (to match with Pearl White EEE PCs) with leather clutching strap.