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Intel Teams up with New Balance on Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

Smartwatches have declined in sales and with the demise of Pebble (Fitbit/Pebble Deal is Confirmed), a supposed decline in Apple Watch sales and key Android Wear partners deciding to back away, Intel believes we …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 24 - Issue 04

German Display Specialist Available

by Bob Raikes

We know of a very experienced display product and marketing manager in Germany that is looking for a new opportunity. Contact [email protected] to be put in touch.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Lots and Lots of LEDs

by Bob Raikes

Well, we got the CES report done this week, but then had to get straight on to a visit to the BETT education show in London. The show was lively. Initially, I thought that …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Vive Forecasts VR Headset Cycles

by Bob Raikes

In an interview with the RoadtoVR blog, Alvin Wang Graylin, HTC’s China Regional President of Vive and the Vice-Chairman of Industry of VR Alliance and President of the VR Venture Capital Alliance, said that …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Hannspree Tablet Has Big Screen

by Bob Raikes

Hannspree has a new addition to its HannsPad Tablet PC series, the 116 Poseidon with an 11.6″ IPS display with 1366 x 768 resolution and five point touch. It has an MT1863 processor (Arm …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Magnetic 3D Gets OOH in NYC

by Bob Raikes

Magnetic 3D which continues to offer and develop autostereo 3D (AS3D) launched a new Out-of-Home Media platform called “Magnetic Networks” and will debut at the New York Waterway Terminals in New York City & …

Tags:3D| Autostereo 3D| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Samsung Galaxy S8 To Launch in March (Rumour!)

by Bob Raikes

A well known, and sometimes accurate, commentator, Evleaks of VentureBeat has suggested that the Samsung S8 will be launched in New York on March 29th, and will ship on April 21st and will be …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 04

LG WebOS 3.5 Supports 360º Video

by Bob Raikes

A feature that we didn’t spot at CES that is included in the latest version of the LG WebOS, V3.5, is support for 360º videos using the remote control to move around. The remote …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Remote Controls| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Cisco Has UHD Spark Board

by Bob Raikes

Cisco has launched the Spark Board, an interactive edge-lit 55″ LCD with UltraHD (well Cisco said 4K, but we think it doesn’t understand the difference!) with contrast of 4,000:1 and brightness of 350 cd/m². …

Tags:Cisco| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Most Smartphone Users Spend Nothing on Apps

by Bob Raikes

Over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (paid-for downloads and in-app transactions) *, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. However, end-user spending on in-app transactions continues to rise. …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Pioneer Has Two New 4K UHD Blu-ray Drives for PCs

by Bob Raikes

Pioneer has launched two new UltraHD Blu-ray players for building into PCs in Japan. The disks are large and in a 5.25″ format for desktop PCs. The BDR-S11K is a ‘standard’ player, while the …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 04

Sky To Move Q to OTT

by Bob Raikes

Sky is to move to offering its full TV service over IP for the first time. Up to now, although Sky has offered a limited service (Now TV) over IP only, it has been …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Sky| Vol 24 - Issue 03