Well, with all the discussion about the Mac mini, the iPod Shuffle, iLife ’05, iWork, and other miscellaneous Apple-related announcements, you may be interested in this intelligence from DigiTimes.
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Taiwan contract manufacturers for Apple |
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Product |
Contract maker |
Estimated shipment volumes for 2005 |
Delivery date |
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iPod shuffle |
Asustek |
400k-500k/month |
Available now |
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iPod/iPod Photo/iPod Mini |
Inventec Appliances |
Combined shipments of the three items totaled over 10 million units in 2004 and are expected to increase substantially in 2005. |
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iBook/iBook G5 |
Asustek |
1.3-1.5 million/year (combined shipments of the two series) |
iBook G5 to start shipping in 2Q 2005 |
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PowerBook G5 |
Quanta Computer |
30k-50k/month |
2Q 2005 |
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Mac mini |
Foxconn |
>100k/month |
Available Jan 22 |
Source: compiled by DigiTimes, January 2005.
As usual, the MacWorld keynote address by Steve Jobs is a state-of-the-art marketing event. (Read: Uncanny ability to manufacture techno-lust – are you sure you don’t need a Mac mini?) Spend an enjoyable two hours watching the streaming video here.
Perhaps they actually meant to type “G4” up there instead of “G5?”