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US Demand Fuels Tablet Growth in Q3

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Worldwide tablet shipments were up 11.5% YoY in Q3’14, reaching 53.8 million units. IDC says that shipments were also up 11.2% QoQ, driven by back-to-school promotions and connected tablet demand in the USA – …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Vivo Has Ambitious Smartphone Plan

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A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Will Wearables Sales Explode This Christmas?

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More than 1 million wearable devices will be sold in the UK this Christmas, Samsung has predicted – reaching a value of

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21| Wearable Market

HP Offers Stylus With Procap Tablet

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HP is preparing to launch a large tablet for business users. Hardware security is integrated and managed through HP’s Touchpoint Manager and Managed Mobility Services. Third-party security software is also available as an option. …

Tags:HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Huawei’s Honor Brand Charges in to Europe

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Huawei’s Honor brand is available online only. Savings from this business strategy are said to be passed on to consumers directly. A new addition to the lineup is the Honor 6, available through Amazon …

Tags:3G & 4G| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Motorola Makes Big Battery Claims With Droid Turbo

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A new smartphone has been added to Motorola’s line of premium Droid-brand smartphones. The Droid Turbo will be available exclusively through Verizon in the USA, with a major selling point in its battery life. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Oppo Beats Gionee and Adds Motors to N Series

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China’s Gionee’s S5.1 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) didn’t hold on to its title of ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’ for long. Domestic rival Oppo has beaten the 5.1mm phone with its Oppo R5, which …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Panasonic Completes 7″ Toughpad Range With Android

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Panasonic’s 7″ Toughpad range has been completed, with a new Android 4.4.4 model – the Toughpad FZ-B2 – joining existing Windows units. A fanless tablet, the Fz-B2 is IP65-compliant, meets the MIL-STD-810G standard and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Samsung Goes After Mid-Range Market

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Late last month a new line of entry- to mid-range Galaxy smartphones appeared online, called the Galaxy A series. We wrote about them, but Samsung put out an official release just before we went …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Shanda Uses Hybrid Display for Week-Long Smartwatch Life

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Shanda, a Chinese manufacturer, has unveiled two smartwatches with battery life of up to a week. Using a hybrid screen, which switches between (transflective) LCD and E Ink modes, the Geak Watch 2 and …

Tags:China| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Tracking Deformation for Tablet Input

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Microsoft Research has developed a transparent sensor surface for tablet PCs, called FlexSense. The work was performed in partnership with the Institute of Surface Technologies and Photonics of Joanneum Research and the University of …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Sony and Samsung Pricing

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I was thinking about the TV market and it seems to me that we are at something of a turning point for the entire industry. We had a period of good growth, with the …

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