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Here's how the US lobbied India to reverse laptop licensing policy

US officials have often been concerned about India's sudden policy changes which they say create an uncertain business environment

HP Spectre x360 2024 review: All-round premium laptop with portable design

The HP Spectre x360 is not intended for gaming or content creation, although it can manage casual gaming and multimedia editing

ASUS launches 2024 Zenbook S 13 OLED, Vivobook 15 laptops in India: Details

Both the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED and Vivobook 15 are powered by Intel Core series processor, with Core Ultra 7 offered in Zenbook S 13 OLED

PC, laptop imports from China surged by 11.3% to $276 million in December

In December, China's share increased to 89.4 per cent in total shipments of the items to India compared to 76.4 per cent share during April-December period of FY24

PrimeBook Wi-Fi review: Android-powered laptop good for learning and work

Priced at Rs 12,490, the Primebook Wi-Fi boots Android 11 operating system-based PrimeOS UI with Android apps optimised for laptop-like windows interface

Redington expects demand for AI-enabled PCs powering tech upgrades

Redington has been sharpening its focus on its cloud services business to expand beyond gadget distribution, which brings in a bulk of its revenue

Lenovo to expand manufacturing capacity, begin laptop exports in 2 years

Smart devices maker Lenovo plans to expand production capacity of Motorola mobile phones and laptops to meet domestic requirements as well as serve export markets, senior company officials said on Wednesday. Speaking with reporters at Lenovo Tech World event here, the company's executive vice president and president for international markets, Matthew Zielinski, said that the company also has plans to make servers in India. "Our goal is to continue to expand capacity, increase capacity on the PC side. It also makes sense to export PCs to other parts of the world (from India). Then the third part is producing and manufacturing servers locally which I think is the next version of the PLI 3.0 that we're currently exploring," Zielinski said. He was responding to a question on the export potential of Lenovo products from India. At present, Lenovo's mobile phone division Motorola exports devices from India. The company has a laptop manufacturing unit in Chennai from where it meets 35 per

Lenovo anticipates surge in PC demand fueled by AI, Windows 11 in H2 FY25

Lenovo is among the 27 companies eligible for IT hardware production linked incentive (PLI) scheme in India

HP unveils 2024 Spectre x360 laptops in India: Know price, details and more

The HP Spectre x360 is offered in 14-inch and 16-inch display sizes with up to 2.8K resolution in 16:10 aspect ratio

Wistron Corp to set up laptop making unit in Karnataka for Rs 1,500 cr

The proposed plant is expected to create around 3,000 jobs and also produce electric vehicle-related parts, a statement from the government said

'Samsung plans to start making laptops at its Noida factory this year'

Korean electronics major Samsung plans to start manufacturing laptops at its Noida factory in India this year, a senior company official said on Monday. Terming India as its important manufacturing base, Samsung Electronics President and Head of Mobile eXperience (MX) Business TM Roh told reporters here that the preparation for the laptop manufacturing is in progress in India. "We will start manufacturing laptops this year at the Noida factory. Preparations are already underway," said the official, who is on an India visit. Roh said India is an important manufacturing base for the company, and it has received support at various levels from the state and central governments. The company will continue to cooperate with the government to strengthen manufacturing in India, he added. The company has recently launched its flagship Galaxy S24 series smartphone with a key focus on artificial intelligence capability in the device. Samsung has announced that it will also manufacture Galaxy

R-Day sale 2024: Smartphones, PCs, and electronics fly off e-com shelves

Beginning January 13, e-commerce majors Amazon and Flipkart rolled out their Republic Day sale events in India, with various bank offers and discounts on gadgets and electronic items

ASUS launches Zenbook 14 OLED laptop in India: Know price, specs, and more

The ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED will be available for purchase on e-commerce platform Amazon India and Flipkart, starting January 31

Lenovo launches Legion 9i 16-inch gaming laptop in India: Know price, specs

The Lenovo Legion 9i laptop features integrated liquid cooling, dedicated AI chip and forged carbon body

With online monitoring system going live, PC imports turn a trickle in Nov

Inbound shipments drop on monthly and yearly bases

Decision on laptops and tablets import system after September data

In October last year, India put in place an import management system under which importers of these products have to seek authorisation from the government

US to India: Ensure personal computer import rules don't hurt trade

The DGFT clarified that the present monitoring would apply to five specified products and not to all other items, such as desktop computers

Lenovo debuts Intel 14th Gen chips-powered LOQ laptops in India: Details

Starting at Rs 59,990, the Lenovo LOQ laptops are now available for purchase at Lenovo online store and select e-commerce platforms

CES 2024: Acer announces AI laptops, monitors, graphic cards, and more

Acer at CES 2024 announced Swift Go AI PCs with Intel Core Ultra Processors, two new routers in collaboration with Qualcomm, gaming monitors, and Predator BiFrost and Nitro Series Graphics Cards

Govt eases norms for shifting of used IT hardware goods to tariff areas

The government has relaxed curbs for shifting of used IT hardware goods like laptops and desktops by a company in special economic zones (SEZs) to outside these duty free-enclaves or domestic tariff areas. SEZs are treated as deemed foreign territory for customs laws and bringing goods from these zones into the domestic tariff area (DTA) or domestic market is tantamount to imports. In general, a company from DTA needs a licence for imports of these goods from SEZs. Easing these curbs, Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification has said that used IT assets (laptops, desktops, monitors, printers) can be moved from SEZ by a company to DTA without a license for the purposes of further use in their DTA operations "only". However, these equipment should have been used in SEZ units for two years and should not be older than five years from the date of manufacturing. "Import policy of used IT assets (laptops, desktops, monitors, printers) from SEZ to DTA has been ...