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JDI Cuts Smartphone Panel Prices

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Smartphone panels costing $20+ have been to cut to below $20 by Japan Display, says Chinese newspaper UDN. According to the source, the move was taken to spur orders from handset vendors and meet …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small & Medium Displays| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 21 - Issue 48

FES…And Similar Model is Rumoured at Sony

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Sony is developing a watch made of ‘electronic paper’, says Bloomberg, which could be released next year. Both the face and strap will be able to function as a display, as they will both …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Fitness Wearables to Treble in Four Years

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Juniper Research has published a new report, predicting that fitness wearable use will rise by almost 300% by 2018. About 19 million such devices are in use today. Fitness products will dominate wearables to …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearable Market

Ginsbury Expands With Kingtech

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Chinese LCD manufacturer Kingtech has signed a distribution agreement with Ginsbury for the UK and Ireland. The company will supply Kingtech’s TFT-LCD displays (1.44″ – 10.2″), as well as touchscreen and driver card solutions.

Tags:Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

AMD’s Omega Upscales to UltraHD for FullHD Display

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AMD has announced a new driver for its GPUs and APUs that challenges Nvidia technologies. Replacing Catalyst 14.9, the Catalyst Omega driver is said to raise GPU performance by up to 19% on high-end …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| AMD| Chips| Game Playing| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Infoquest Introduces Own Phones

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Infoquest is now distributing its own Android phone brand, Bitmore, in Greece.

Tags:Android| Distributors| Greece| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Alienware Alpha Heralds ‘New Era of Gaming’

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The Alienware Alpha PC gaming console (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 32) is now available in the USA, starting at $550. Although technically a Steam Machine, the device runs Windows 8.1 natively and boots …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Steam Consoles| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Windows

Ingram Brings Kyocera to LATAM

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Kyocera has taken on Ingram Micro Mobility to distribute its mobile phones in Latin America. The first will be the rugged Duraforce smartphone.

Tags:Distributors| Ingram Micro| Kyocera| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Intel Collaborates with Luxottica Group on Wearable Tech

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Just after we reported on the use of Intel processors for the second generation Google Glass device, Intel announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration on wearable tech with the Luxottica Group. …

Tags:Eyewear| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Intel Maintains Mobile Subsidies

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Intel will continue to subsidise its mobile device processors, and will even expand the coverage from 10″-and-smaller devices to all devices of 12″ and smaller. Supply chain sources say that Asus, Acer and Lenovo have …

Tags:CPUs| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Intel Mini-PC Details are Leaked

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Website Myce.com has leaked details of Intel’s future Quark processor family – a step towards a smaller PC, like the Raspberry Pi. Two 289ets, Liffy Island and Seal Beach, are named in the leak. …

Tags:Chips| CPUs| GPUs| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Windows

ITO Demand to Slow This Year

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Demand for ITO films will rise 25.6% this year, say Taiwanese sources, down from the 40% rise seen in 2013. The sources indicated that the ITO film market will reach 31.4 million m² this …

Tags:ITO| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47