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by Tom Allen
France’s Wiko has presented a smartphone that it claims is the thinnest 4G unit on sale in Germany: the Highway Pure, which is 5.1mm thick and weighs 98g. The phone’s thin profile is possible …
Tags:AMOLED| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22
by Tom Allen
Google has developed another new Android variant – this one for the IoT. The OS, known as Google Brillo, will run devices with as little as 32MB of RAM. The OS also incorporates ‘Weave’, …
Tags:Google| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22
by Tom Allen
The market for Chromebooks will grow to 7.3 million units this year, representing a 27% increase in sales from 2014, says Gartner. Education is the main application for these devices, with a 72% share …
Tags:Chromebooks| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Worldwide
by Tom Allen
Global smartphone shipments will reach around 1.5 billion units this year and approach 2 billion units in 2019, says Taiwan’s MIC. The growth represents a 7.2% CAGR over the forecast period. Several factors drive …
Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Worldwide
by Tom Allen
UltraHD transport at 100fps, using the DVB-T2 platform, has been tested in Spain. The trials were conducted by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in the University’s labs. A scalable coding system based on HEVC …
Tags:4k| DVB-T & T2| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 22
by Tom Allen
Macroblock Inc. of Taiwan has issued a warning about counterfeit drivers that were installed into some displays and shipped to worldwide customers. The company has put together a list of manufacturers certified as using …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| LED Drivers| Vol 22 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
Nanoco Group plc (LSE: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, confirms that Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) have overwhelming voted against a proposed …
Tags:Nanoco| Quantum Dots| ROHS
by Tom Allen
Following several months of campaigning against the possibility of cadmium-based quantum dot use being extended in the European market, Nanoco has welcomed a decision by the European Parliament to reject the move. The European …
Tags:Environment| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
We do not often cover Australian news in Display Monitor, but this bears mentioning. Sharp, according to Channel News AU, has withdrawn from the TV market in the country. Joe Constantino, sales and marketing …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
France’s Dream Vision has launched a follow-up to its 2013 Android DLP projector, the Dreamy Geek (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 29). The Dreamy Geek II brings 3D, HEVC playback, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi …
Tags:DLP Projectors| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
MEN Micro has developed a robust panel PC for railway applications, conforming to the UIC 612 standard (for driver machine interfaces). The DC15 has a 10.4″ LCD display and IP65-compliant housing. It can withstand …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Touch PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 21
by Tom Allen
Although UltraHD TV adoption continues to climb – with panel shipments forecast to reach 15% penetration this year, and 30% in 2018 – resolution continues to be pushed higher. In a new blog post …
Tags:China| IHS DisplaySearch| Japan| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Panels| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 21
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