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iPhone 6 Bolsters High-Resolution Smartphones

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The price of in- and on-cell smartphone modules with 1280 x 720 and 1920 x 1080 resolutions has fallen significantly this year. The lower prices began to appear in Q2, says DisplaySearch. Adoption is …

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Jolla’s Sailfish Tablet Funded in Hours

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Jolla, a spin-off from Nokia that pushes a mobile OS called Sailfish, has successfully crowdfunded a tablet. Actually, the company smashed its $380,000 target on Indiegogo. At the time of writing the campaign still …

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Kronos Publishes Results of Wearable Use Survey

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Kronos the workforce management service provider which advertises its services with “Workforce Innovation that Works” has worked with Harris Poll to create a study of the use of wearable devices at work and at …

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Kyocera Handles Direct Sunlight

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Kyocera has developed two new TFT-LCD display modules for use in bright environments, such as direct sunlight. Because of this, they are suited for use in industrial, medical, aerospace and similar applications. An LED …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| Kyocera| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Lengthening Life Puts Brakes on Tablet Growth

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The worldwide tablet market will slow massively in 2014, falling to just 7.2% YoY growth – from 52.5% in 2013. IDC believes that the core reason for the slowdown is that 2014 will represent …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Lenovo Confident of Making Motorola Profitable

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In October, Lenovo completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google and has now said that it believes it can return the business to profitability within 18 months. No official announcement has been made …

Tags:Lenovo| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Lufthansa Takes Off With Surface Pro 3

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German airline Lufthansa will begin equipping its pilots with the Surface Pro 3 tablet from next year, replacing the existing cockpit laptops. More than 5,000 tablets have been ordered, as well as special docking …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Microvision Receives Second Component Order

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Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43), Microvision signed a $1.5 million agreement with a Fortune Global 100 customer. The customer has now followed this with an additional $1.9 million purchase order …

Tags:Back Panel| Microdisplays| Microvision| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Microvision Result 14/11/14

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Microvision Inc. narrowed its third quarter net loss to $3.3 million from $3.6 million a year earlier, while turnover was little changed year on year at $968,000 compared with $964,000. The company’s net loss …

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Motorola Mobility Loses Price-fixing Appeal

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A US court has rejected an antitrust lawsuit brought by Motorola Mobility against several Asian LCD manufacturers. Many companies have pleaded guilty and been fined in the price-fixing cartel which operated between 2001 and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Motorola| Vol 21 - Issue 47

N1 is Nokia’s Android Surprise

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The Nokia brand is known for Windows and Windows Phone products – especially since the acquisition of the smartphone unit by Microsoft. Now the Finnish company has surprised everyone by releasing a high-end Android …

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New Metric for Absolute Color Accuracy

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A new display color accuracy metric was developed by DisplayMate and used by the lab, to help identify the mobile display panel with the best absolute color accuracy. The lab made famous by its …

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