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Wortmann Speeds Monitors to 2ms

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The Terra LED 2235W and 2435W are new displays in Wortmann AG’s Green Line Plus series. They are identical, aside from their size: the 2235W is 21.5″ and the 2435W is 24″. Using TN …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Apple Watch Will Arrive Later Than Thought

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A leaked video transcript, apparently from Apple SVP Angela Ahrendts, shows that the Apple Watch will not be launched until spring next year. Until this point speculation had been for a February release. 9to5Mac …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44

BOE Looks to Local Vendors

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BOE is looking to Chinese vendors for growth, say Asian reports, following Samsung’s disappointing smartphone sales. Lenovo, Huawei, ZTE and Coolpad are among the vendors named. BOE is also expanding its LTPS TFT-LCD capacity …

Tags:BOE| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Bureau Veritas Laboratory Offers Testing for Wearable Devices

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Bureau Veritas Laboratory, which claims to be the global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC), has announced a new service centered around wearable devices. Veritas Labs already offers many testing and certification services …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables

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

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

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

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

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

Exertis Takes Samsung

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The Galaxy Tab Active tablet from Samsung is now being distributed by Exertis in the UK.

Tags:Exertis| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Chinese Reed Smartglasses Shown at International Industrial Design Fair

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According to CRIEnglish.com, a Chinese news portal, an unnamed Chinese company has developed augmented reality smartglasses that are more stylish and powerful than Google Glass. The new headset will also cost only about one …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

CastAR Shows New Augmented Reality Headset Prototype

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We have reported before on the CastAR headset from Technical Illusions and its successful Kickstarter campaign. Now Venture Beat reports on an interview with Jeri Ellsworth on the status of the CastAR headset prototype. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47