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Rugged Tablets Available with Windows or Android

by Bob Raikes

Aaeon rugged tablets are available from RDS in the UK. The RTC-699A has a display that is a 5.7″ 1280 x 720 LCD and is fitted with Gorilla Glass. The tablet is heat and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 43

CEE to be Difficult for Netflix

by Bob Raikes

Laima Zivatkauskaite said that Netflix has only 2% share in LithuaniaDigital TV Europe has reported speakers at the Digital TV CEE conference in Budapest as being sceptical that Netflix can penetrate the smaller markets …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 43

S[quadrat] Wins Shopping Centre and Meeting Rooms

by Bob Raikes

S[Quadrat] of Schwanstetten near Nuremberg, Germany, said that it has supplied a shopping centre on Posthausen, near Bremen, with a new LED wall with 90 m² of V4 LEDs. The brightness is 8,000 cd/m² …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 43

IDC Surveys on Note 7 Impact

by Bob Raikes

Results from a recent IDC survey, U.S. Smartphone Owners’ Reaction to Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall show that Samsung faces some short-term challenges but nothing that will darken its long-term prospects. IDC surveyed 1,082 …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 43| warranty

VR Content Needs High Power

by Bob Raikes

Lewis Smithington is a US filmmaker that has been very involved in developing 360º VR content since 2014 and has written a blog post for Adobe that highlight his experiences and also detail the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Dell and Apple Increase UK Pricing

by Bob Raikes

The impact of the Brexit vote and the changes in currency are already hitting the technology market. Dell in the UK has increased its prices from 1st November by an average of 7%, although …

Tags:Apple| Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Russian Retail to be Slow

by Bob Raikes

The Russian market has been poor for the last couple of years, but analyst, PMR, which specialises in Eastern Europe, has estimated that the value of retail sales (excluding motor vehicles and fuels) will …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 43

JCD Uses Live Data at Heathrow

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has launched a campaign at Heathrow to display live information about destinations, and synchronised to the opening of departure gates. Data is taken from Heathrow’s own flight information API and from weather data …

Tags:Aviation| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Moscow Airport to Upgrade

by Bob Raikes

Passenger Terminal Today reports that Sheremetyevo International Airport, located around 29km northwest of central Moscow in Russia, has revealed plans for extensive upgrades totalling $865m ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup …

Tags:Aviation| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Visionect Notice Boards in Ljubljana

by Bob Raikes

Visionect has seen its E Ink-based 32″ noticeboards being used in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia and the company’s home town, outside the Town Hall.

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Visionect| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Apple’s TV App Doesn’t Have Amazon or Netflix

by Bob Raikes

We covered the launch of the Apple ‘TV’ app on the Apple TV book last week, (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro) but we didn’t pick up at the time that the app …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 43

D-Book 9 Here in the UK

by Bob Raikes

The UK’s DTG said that it has launched the latest version of its D-Book, D-Book 9. The aim of the new version is to improve the operation of FTA hybrid TV services and builds …

Tags:HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 43