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Acer Chooses Freesync

by Tom Allen

The XG270HU is Acer’s tear-free gaming monitor, set to be released in March. The 27″ unit utilises AMD’s Freesync technology to synchronise the screen’s refresh rate with that of the GPU, eliminating tearing and …

InfoSonics’ Phablet is Low Cost

by Tom Allen

US-based Infosonics has stepped up a size with a 6″ phablet: the S6001 Cyprus. A mid-range product, the Cyprus features an IPS panel with 1280 x 720 resolution. It also has dual SIM slots, …

Tags:LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Snapdragon Rival Coming to LG

by Tom Allen

Phone Arena claims that LG is to back away from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip in favour of its own device. The chip will be a quad-core ARM unit, with four Cortex-A72 cores and four …

Neptune Reverses Watch/Phone Paradigm

by Tom Allen

Start-up Neptune has an interesting take on the smartphone/smartwatch combination, with its new product(s): the Neptune Duo. The Neptune Duo consists of two devices: the Neptune Hub (a smartwatch) and Neptune Pocket (a phone-style …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearable Market

IDC: Record Smartphones Cannot Keep European Mobiles From Stagnation

by Tom Allen

Total mobile shipments fell 5.2% YoY in Western Europe throughout 2014 – the second consecutive year that the market has shrunk. Total shipments reached 174.1 million units. Feature phones continued to plummet, with shipments …

Sony Intends to Head UltraHD IP Alliance

by Tom Allen

Sony plans to form a group called the IP Life Consortium, say Asian sources, to boost IP-based UltraHD video broadcasts. Ten companies, including Cisco and Rohde & Schwarz, will be members.

Orange Achieves Double-Digit TV Rise

by Tom Allen

Orange had almost 7.2 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of Q4 – a 10.4% YoY increase.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 08

German HD Climbs Rapidly

by Tom Allen

More than 3 million households were subscribed to SES’ HD+ platform in Germany at the end of last year. 1.65 million were paying for the service as of 31st December: a 17% increase compared …

Panasonic’s Prototype Headset Uses OLED Display

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has shown a VR headset prototype, with an OLED display, at a private show in Japan. The unit shows an omnidirectional image that follows head movements, similar to the Oculus Rift. Panasonic’s prototype …

Park Implies Wireless Charging for S6

by Tom Allen

Seho Park, Samsung’s lead IT and mobile engineer, has written a blog post (http://tinyurl.com/nzvhwbz) on wireless charging – heavily implying that the technology will be a feature of the Galaxy S6. He writes that, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wireless Charging

ViewSonic Boosts Business Warranty

by Tom Allen

ViewSonic has extended its commercial monitor warranty to four years, to better match its customers’ PC replacement cycles. Warranties can be extended for a cost.

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 22 - Issue 08| warranty

ISE Breaks Records Before Moving to Four Days

by Tom Allen

ISE 2015 was the show’s final year as a three-day event, with the 2016 show (9th – 12th February) set to run over four days. The change was made due to ISE’s growing popularity, …

Tags:Digital Signage| ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08