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The Mobile Device Market on the Move – Again

by Norbert Hildebrand

Market research firms have been reducing their tablet forecast since the sales growth has been slowing in 2014. The latest numbers from IDC, which we reported on earlier, show a 6% decline in the …

Tags:Market Data| phablets| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 22

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Mitsubishi Announces Next Generation FLEXConnect In-Car Infotainment System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Mitsubishi Electric has announced its latest generation of the FLEXConnect In-Vehicle Infotainment systems (IVI) in a press release. The latest system provides a cost effective three screen user interface. The displays contain touch and …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

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WayRay Announces Holographic Head Up Display for Later This Year

by Norbert Hildebrand

WayRay, a three year old Swiss based developer in the connected car space announced that it will be releasing its first two products later this year. In the middle of 2015 the company plans …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

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Kim Dae-hyeong (IBS, Korea) Develops Flexible QLED Cell

by Norbert Hildebrand

Kim Dae-hyeong, a researcher at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed a flexible LED cell called QLED that refers to a “quantum dot light emitting diode”, as reported by The Korea Times. …

Tags:display technology| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 21

BAE Focuses on Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

BAE has announced a partnership with the University of Birmingham with the goal of developing augmented reality systems. The new “augmented reality systems could revolutionize complex emergency response and military battlefield operations, by drastically …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Fujitsu AR headset

Fujitsu Works on Smartglasses in Different Forms

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we had a chance to see a smartglass device that was developed by Fujitsu for the vertical markets(Fujitsu Looks to Industrial Apps and Iris Recognition). Now Fujitsu …

Tags:Fujitsu| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 21| Wearables

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Exhibition Highlights from Streaming Media East

by Norbert Hildebrand

Streaming Media East also had a small exhibition area with 47 companies showing off their offering related to content creation and streaming video. While there were some acquisition-related exhibitors, most exhibitors offered management and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Media East 2015| Streaming Video| Test Equipment| Testing| UltraHD| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Magna Global Worldwide Programmatic Ad Spend

Programmatic Video Advertising at Streaming Media East

by Norbert Hildebrand

One cannot discuss the economics of TV and video without considering advertising. Most platforms today use mixed modes of advertising and subscription to provide an economically viable platform. Streaming video platforms are being offered …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Media East 2015| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Streaming Media East Podium discussion

OTT versus Linear TV at Streaming Media East

by Norbert Hildebrand

One of the hot topics at Streaming Media East was, of course, how streaming will affect the existing TV infrastructure. There was no debate about whether streaming video could challenge existing platforms, but observations …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Media East 2015| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 20

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4K/UHD at Streaming Media East

by Norbert Hildebrand

While streaming media may be seen as a format for mobile devices, it does include all forms of streamed video including streaming UHD content to TVs and is, in fact, the only way the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Media East 2015| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 20

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Rockioo Opens Kickstarter Campaign for Smartwatch

by Norbert Hildebrand

Rockioo has opened a Kickstarter campaign for a new smartwatch aimed at exercise enthusiasts. The device sports a very modern design, not dissimilar to the Pebble Steel smartwatch. The Rockioo smartwatch has a 1.63″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 20

C3Nano and Nissha Partner on Silver Nanowire Conductive Film

by Norbert Hildebrand

Silver nanowires (AgNW) are one alternative for ITO conductive films, offering low sheet resistance as well as low haze. This makes them a great solution for touch panels. C3Nano has announced that it is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Silver Nanowire| Vol 22 - Issue 20