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Rumour: Sony Developing Metal-Body Smartphones

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Sources in the Taiwan supply chain claim that Sony is developing smartphones (plural) with a metal-alloy chassis. These phones will be produced by Foxconn, with the chassis likely to be supplied by Foxconn Technology. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 35

Intel Enters Octa-Core Market With Enthusiast Chips

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Intel’s Haswell technology has finally reached the highest-end markets that the company operates in. Three chips, known collectively as the Core i7 Extreme Edition, have been launched for overclockers and other enthusiasts. Intel claims …

Tags:Chips| CPUs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Fujitsu Decodes HEVC, Encodes H.264

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The MB8AL2030 (aka HD62) is a SoC supporting HEVC decoding, from Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe. It is intended for use in home entertainment and in-care infotainment systems. An H.264 encoder is also built in. The …

Tags:Chips| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Peerless AV Chooses Ingram Micro

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Ingram Micro in Germany is now distributing wall and ceiling mounts for video systems from Peerless AV.

Tags:Display Mounts| Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Peerless AV| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Hsieh Sees State of the Supply Chain

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David Hsieh looks after the Chinese market for DisplaySearch and is also responsible for the panel supply data. Hsieh is always an interesting speaker and he started by talking about “Smart Displays”. Hsieh defined …

Tags:China| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Panel Session Debates Quality and Containers

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Following the talks by Semenza and Hsieh, there was a panel session that was introduced by Paul Gray who asked, “Why UltraHD?” Looking at TV by region: * China – there is no clear …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

The Market for Wearables

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Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wearable Market

QD Vision Bullish on TCL Demo

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QD Vision was at IFA on the booth of one of its customers, TCL of China. TCL was showing a 55″ prototype TV using the QD Vision technology to give >100% NTSC colour gamut …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Wearables Panel Session

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Simon Forrest from Imagination, Ruth Hutchinson from Fitbug and Ulrich Schulze-Althoff from Medisana joined the panel session on wearables. Simon Forrest is from Imagination Technologies which believes it has lots of the elements needed …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| NPD IFA Conference 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wearable Market

There’s a Sparkle at IFA…

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We’re not talking metaphorically, here – Philips really did make the walls glow. But more on that later…IFA, so far, has been the normal rush of meetings, press events and elbow work (to get …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

DirekTek Signs Wearables Deal

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In the UK, consumer electronic and digital photo specialist DirekTek has signed distribution deals with Garmin and Soleus to supply wearable technology products from each manufacturer.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Wearables

Exertis to Acquire Sweden’s CapTech

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Exertis says it is to acquire CapTech Distribution AB, Sweden’s largest independent technology distribution business. The company said last year that its strategy was to expand its geographic footprint across Europe as it aims …

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21