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Monitor Promotions Continue, but TV Panels Remain Steady

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its pricing data for large display panels at the end of May. Panel vendors promoted all sizes of LCD monitor panels with aggressive prices, in order to sustain volume on …

ZTE Uses Thin Bezels for Phone Control

by Tom Allen

ZTE has unveiled its new flagship phone, launched in China last month, for the US market: the Nubia Z9, featuring a ‘borderless’ screen. Information is currently very thin, but we understand that Nubia uses …

Nubia Uses Thin Bezels for Phone Control

by Tom Allen

nubia www.nubia.cn, a high-end Android smart phone manufacturer, unveiled today its flagship 2015 device in the U.S., the nubia Z9 – a leap forward in borderless styling and ease of use for Android smartphones. …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Narrow Bezels| Smartphones| USA

AUO AMOLED Takes Best in Show

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeAUO’s circular 1.4″ AMOLED display, which is now in mass production, has won the 2015 SID Best in Show award (AUO Enters Circular AMOLED Production).

Preparing for Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Infocomm 2015 takes place in Orlando, Florida this month (13th – 19th June). Here, we have stories from a selection of the companies you can expect to see on the show floor. (We’ll be …

Espial Claims Sharp Win

by Tom Allen

Espial has said that its HTML5 Client software is being used in Sharp’s new XU30 LCD TVs (Sharp Converts Up and Down to Raise Quality), which will go on sale in Japan in July.

‘PoWiFi’ Enables Wireless Charging and Internet Access

by Tom Allen

A prototype Wi-Fi router can be used to charge devices wirelessly. Engineers at Washington University in the USA developed the ‘PoWiFi’ routers and have installed them in six homes. They use a technology called …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wireless Charging

Signage Sentiment Rises in Western and Eastern Europe

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe continues to release results from its Digital Signage Business Climate Index for the May/June period. The DBCI tracks sentiment in the digital signage industries in several European markets. Sentiment rose again in …

Apple Watch Reaches Stores

by Tom Allen

Apple has said that the Apple Watch will be available to buy in-store from 26th June. The Watch could only be purchased online when it was launched.

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Retailers| Vol 22 - Issue 24

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 26

by Tom Allen

Ever felt that your flagship smartphone just wasn’t powerful enough? Do you crave more cores, to the detriment of every other spec? Take a lesson from Intel’s lead engineer, François Piednoel. At a benchmarking …

ITRI and Orbotech Sign Flexible Display Agreement

by Tom Allen

Orbotech of Israel signed a co-operation agreement with Taiwan’s ITRI, to develop solutions for the production of flexible displays. As part of the agreement, ITRI will use Orbotech’s inspection technology to identify production bottlenecks …

Prism Sees Use in E Ink Sculpture

by Tom Allen

An interactive sculpture was constructed in Chicago for the SEGD Nexpo (4th – 6th June), using E Ink’s Prism colour-changing product (E-Ink Shows Prism Displays for Architectural Applications). ‘eFlow’ was built by Ueberall International, …