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Portugese Pay-TV Rises

by Tom Allen

Anacom, the Portugese regulator, has said that there were 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of Q1’15. The figure represents growth of 194,000 users YoY. 40.2% of the total were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Daktronics Readies UK for World Cup

by Tom Allen

Daktronics is currently installing two large LED displays in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium in London. Erected in preparation for the Rugby World Cup, each is 8m x 2.67m – or 420m² display …

Tags:Daktronics| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 23

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 24

by Tom Allen

HTC has announced its first smartphone with resolution beyond 1920 x 1080. Unfortunately, the HTC One ME currently appears to be exclusive to China. The handset has a 5.2″ display with 2560 x 1560 …

Tags:China| Fingerprint Recognition| Gaze Recognition| HTC| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| sharp| Smartphones| Sunlight Readable Displays| Tobii| Vol 22 - Issue 24

IFA to be Opened by LG Display CEO

by Tom Allen

It has been announced that Han Sang-Beom, CEO of LG Display, will present the opening keynote at IFA 2015, in Berlin. The speech will take place on 4th September. Sang-Beom will ask what comes …

Tags:Back Panel| IFA 2015| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Gigabyte Begins Mobile G-Sync Rollout

by Tom Allen

Gigabyte introduced several new laptops under the Aorus brand; the first and more powerful model took the form of the X7. Like other Aorus models, it is a gaming notebook. The X7 features Nvidia’s …

Tags:Computex 2015| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Indium Recovery Relies on Acid Solution

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeTo address the potential shortage of indium – a component of touchscreens – scientists have developed a new way to recover the metal through recycling. Writing in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry …

Tags:Components| ITO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Recycling| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Day and Night Modes Supported on Optoma’s HD37

by Tom Allen

The HD37 is Optoma’s newest DLP projector for the US market, featuring MHL connectivity and ISFccc certification. The certification recognises that the projector is calibrated for day and night viewing modes. Optoma designed the …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Christie Brings Life to Dead Sea Scrolls

by Tom Allen

Christie technology was used at the California Science Centre Discovery Ball this month, to showcase the Dead Sea Scrolls and their history. A two-storey projection-mapped display – using eight projection screens and 14 projectors …

Tags:Back Panel| Christie| Large Display Monitor| Mapping & Cartography| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

New Motorola Products Expected in Summer

by Tom Allen

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, has said that new Motorola products will be released this year – possibly as soon as the summer. They will include phones and watches, he told The Telegraph.

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Leaked Galaxy S2 Could Claim Thinnest Tablet Title

by Tom Allen

Specifications have leaked for Samsung’s rumoured Galaxy Tab S2 8.0, which (apparently) come from China’s TENAA certification centre. The 8″ model will be 5.4mm thick, with an OLED display and 1536 x 1048 resolution. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Ericsson: Smartphone Penetration to Reach 70% by 2020

by Tom Allen

In its latest Ericsson Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts that 70% of the world’s population will own a smartphone by 2020. Smartphone subscriptions will more than double, to 6.1 billion. 80% of new subscriptions will …

Tags:Ericsson| Market Data| Mobile Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Wearables Vendors Enjoy Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

IDC record the eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth for the global wearable market in Q1’15 – before the debut of the Apple Watch. Shipments grew 200% YoY, to 11.4 million units (from 3.8 …

Tags:Fitbit| Garmin| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wearable Market| Xiaomi