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Komsa To Sell Moto and Lenovo

by Bob Raikes

Komsa of Germany has agreed a distribution deal with Lenovo, for its latest lines of Moto smartphones, Yoga tablets and Think notebooks. Komsa showed the Mota products on its booth at IFA. Countries include …

Tags:Distribution| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Poland| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Omega to Sell Maxdata & ProWorx

by Bob Raikes

In Austria, broadliner Omega has acquired rights over the Maxdata and ProWORX PC brands from S&T.

Tags:Austria| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Amazon Fire TV Stick Available

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started shipping its Fire TV stick for $40 in the US and also available in Europe. The unit supports the Alexa voice technology as it now has a quad core processor and …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Spotify app launches on 2015 & 2016 Samsung Smart TV

by Bob Raikes

Spotify said that the new version of its app for Samsung Tizen-based smart TVs is improved and can now support both paid and free subscribers. The company also supports Android TVs, Roku, Chromecast, Boxee …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Pronto TV Wins Shell in Norway

by Bob Raikes

Pronto TV, part of ZetaDisplay Group, said it has signed a framework agreement for the delivery of digital signage with Shell Smart Fuel AS in Norway. The agreement runs for five years and deliveries …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Norway| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Collaboration in the Experience Center at Telkom SA

by Bob Raikes

Barco, through its local partner, Questek, has supplied an OSV-711F collaboration video wall and six ceiling-mountedBarco laser phosphor projectors (PGWX-62L) which project images onto the floor, to guide visitors through the Telkom National Network …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Samsung Looks to LG Chem for Batteries

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Nikkei and the Maeil Business Newspaper suggest that Samsung has approached LG Chem about the supply of batteries for its next range of smartphones, to diversify its supplier base.

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Samsung Stops Note 7 Parodies

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has had a sense of humour failure as well as a battery problem. The company has got some bad press over attempts to stop youTube videos that featured versions of Grand Theft Auto …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 42| warranty

The First 50% of a Web Project….

by Bob Raikes

This week, we introduced a new front end for our website that is intended to make our content easier to read online. The displaydaily.com website has all of our content since mid-2014 when Meko …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

And Finally…. Virgin’s trainers

by Bob Raikes

Virgin America decided to try to recreate the “experience of first class flight” with a pair of trainers including a miniature screen for ‘in shoe entertainment”. Only one pair of the trainers (size 42/8) …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Floating Pixels Developed in the UK

by Bob Raikes

Groups from the Universities of Sussex and Bristol have developed a display that uses ultrasound acoustics to suspend physical pixels in mid-air while using electrostatic force to rotate the pixel to show different colours. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 42| Volumetric Displays

New Acer Predator Monitor Has QHD

by Bob Raikes

Acer has added the XB241YU to its Predator XB1 range of gaming monitors. The 23.8″ 2560 x 1440 unit has 350 cd/m² of brightness and has a claimed response time of 1ms from a …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42