6-K

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of October 2005

NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Name of the Registrant)

116 Main Street
3^rd Floor
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F   X     Form 40-F

(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).)

Yes        No   X  

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to
Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

Yes        No   X  

(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with
Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-      )

Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) is furnishing under the cover of Form 6-K:

Exhibit 99.1: a press release dated October 17, 2005, announcing that the Company will release its third quarter results on October 31, 2005 and noting the payment and record dates for its third and fourth quarter dividends.

SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.
Date: October 18, 2005	By:     /s/ Joseph Li
	Name:  Joseph Li
	Title:    Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

NAM TAI ELECTRONICS, INC.
To Release Q3/05 Results on Monday, October 31, 2005

VANCOUVER, CANADA — October 17, 2005 — Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (“Nam Tai” or the “Company”) (NYSE Symbol: NTE) today announced that it will release its unaudited third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2005 on Monday, October 31, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

An analyst conference call will be held on Monday, October 31, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time for analysts to discuss the third quarter results with management. Analysts who wish to receive the toll free dial-in number for this conference call are invited to contact the Investor Relations Office at 1-800-661-8831 no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, October 28, 2005. Shareholders, media, and interested investors may listen to the live conference call over the Internet by going to www.namtai.com and clicking on the conference call link or over the phone by dialing (651) 291-0618 just prior to its start time. Users will be asked to register with the conference call operator.

Third and Fourth Quarter Dividends

The Company will pay the third quarter dividend of $0.33 per share on or before October 21, 2005 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2005. The record date for the fourth quarter dividend of $0.33 per share is December 31, 2005 and the payment date is on or before January 21, 2006.

About Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.

We are an electronics manufacturing and design services provider to a select group of the world’s leading OEMs of telecommunications and consumer electronic products. Through our electronics manufacturing services operations, we manufacture electronic components and sub-assemblies, including LCD panels, LCD modules, RF modules, FPC sub-assemblies and image sensors modules. These components are used in numerous electronic products, including cellular phones, laptop computers, digital cameras, copiers, fax machines, electronic toys, handheld video game devices and microwave ovens. We also manufacture finished products, including cellular phones, palm-sized PCs, personal digital assistants, electronic dictionaries, calculators, digital camera accessories and Bluetooth^TM wireless headset accessory for use with cellular phones.

Nam Tai has two Hong Kong listed subsidiaries, Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited (“NTEEP”) and J.I.C. Technology Company Limited (“JIC”). Interested investors may go to the website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong at www.hkex.com.hk to obtain the information. The stock code of NTEEP and JIC in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong are 2633 and 987, respectively. Investors are reminded to exercise caution when assessing such information and not to deal with the shares of the Company based solely on reliance of such information.