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See Our Top Picks of ISE

by Tom Allen

While at ISE 2016, we recorded videos of some of the highlights of the show, as they relate to the display trade. As well as two roundup videos, we interviewed Antoine Doublet of micro-LED …

Xiaomi Takes to Global Stage

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has a reputation as ‘The Apple of the East’, but its prices are far below the Cupertino-based company. Although it had no stand at the show, the firm used MWC to launch its …

Asahi Etches Glass for Fingerprints

by Tom Allen

Asahi Glass was showing a new cover glass product, on the CrucialTec stand, with a recess to house a fingerprint sensor. It is called ‘Glass on Top with Shine’. Today’s fingerprint sensors can read …

Verge-Accommodation Conflict ‘Solved’

by Tom Allen

Chinese researchers have developed a new display with ‘comfortable’ 3D effects, which is claimed to eliminate the sensation of nausea that some people suffer from when using 3D displays. The technology can be used …

Haier Builds on MWC ’15

by Tom Allen

Haier was presenting four new smartphones, two in the existing Voyage series, which debuted at last year’s show, and two in the new Leisure series. The Voyage V6 is Haier’s flagship: a 7.6mm-thick model …

Nokia Will Re-Enter Smartphone Market

by Tom Allen

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, confirmed the company’s plans to re-enter the smartphone market at MWC. This did not come as a huge shock, of course – we have been reporting on rumours to …

Innolux Recovers From Quake Damage

by Tom Allen

Innolux has fully restored production at eight factories in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, which were damaged in an earthquake in early February (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base). A G5 and G6 factory were …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Wearable Growth in Triple Digits

by Tom Allen

The worldwide wearable market jumped forward in Q4’15, says IDC, due to the rising popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. 27.4 million units were shipped in Q4, 126.9% higher than Q4’14. For …

Kyocera and SunPartner Boost Solar Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Kyocera primarily produces smartphones for the US and Japanese markets. The company is now expanding to Canada and Latin America, as well. In the USA, the company’s focus is on rugged models: from waterproof …

Tags:Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Solar Panels| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Epson Ditches LCD for OLED in Moverio

by Tom Allen

It has been several years since we saw the first Moverio headset from Epson – a look through our archives shows that the product was first revealed in November 2011. The Moverio is an …

Restructuring Halts Toshiba Product Launch

by Tom Allen

Wearvue grew out of the Toshiba Glass concept, first seen in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41)An augmented reality product from Toshiba, called the Wearvue TG-01, has been scrapped – just one week …

Panasonic’s Tiny Tablets Are Smallest Toughpads Yet

by Tom Allen

Panasonic was showing off its connected IoT products, as well as a rugged smartphone in the Toughpad line. Although officially described as a tablet, the device is 4.7″, supports dual SIM cards and can …