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by Tom Allen
Worldwide tablet shipments (including both slates and detachables) shrank 12.3% YoY in Q2, says IDC, to 38.7 million units. Vendors are beginning to ‘refocus’ their product lines and consumers are delaying purchases. 65% of …
Tags:Amazon| Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide
by Tom Allen
The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …
Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Resolution| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
Analytik & Messtechnik GmbH Chemnitz (AMC) is a German company that has just launched a new 12.1″ industrial panel PC. The TPC-1282T features five-wire resistive touch and IP66 protection on its front. AMC has …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Touch PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
A report by Reuters claims that the European Commission is set to approve the merger of the Dutch operations of Liberty Global (Ziggo) and Vodafone (Liberty and Vodafone (Finally) Go Ahead). People familiar with …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Netherlands| Vodafone| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
Highlights from the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony were played on the channelJapan began 8k broadcasts on the 1st August – five days before the Olympic Games. NHK is running the satellite channel, …
Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| NHK| Olympics| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
HTC says that eight new firms have joined the VR Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA), which aims to support the growth of the VR industry. The VRVCA’s funding is now expected to increase from $10 …
Tags:HTC| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
During its recent financial results announcement, Innolux said that it shipped more than 7 million m² of panels in Q2’16, increasing 24.4% QoQ, with ASPs of $289 per m². 472,800 m² were small- and …
Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
Eurogamer has run tests on a simulated Playstation Neo to assess the console’s UltraHD gaming performance. Of course, the console has not launched yet, so Eurogamer used an AMD RX 480 GPU (likely the …
Tags:4k| | Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
A quiet revolution is taking place in the projected capacitive touchscreen market. Rapid industry developments are delivering touchscreens that are thinner, more reliable, lower cost and offer higher performance. The impetus behind many of …
Tags:Graphene| ITO Replacement| | Silver Nanowire| Touch Interfaces| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
The use of 2.5D cover lenses (replacing 2D) in smart devices has been growing since 2014, as a means of differentiation. In 2016 – says IHS in a research note – this glass is …
Tags:Glass| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
Nanoco has signed a worldwide material supply and licensing agreement with Merck. Under the terms, Merck will immediately begin marketing Nanoco’s quantum dots, and will eventually establish its own production facility. Financial details have …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Merck| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Quantum Dots| Vol 23 - Issue 30
by Tom Allen
The Japanese subsidiary of JCDecaux, MCDecaux (85% owned by JCDecaux and 15% by Mitsubishi) has won a tender for the supply of advertising on bus shelters in Tokyo. The tender, which will run for …
Tags:DOOH| Japan| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30
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