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AOC Looks to Commercial and Consumer Use

by Tom Allen

With 2560 x 1440 resolution and a 1ms response time, AOC’s new 27″ monitor, the Q2778VQE, is firmly aimed at the high end. Intended for both consumer and professional use, the product is compliant …

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

Blue Light Shift Protects Users, Says AG Neovo

by Tom Allen

Built with AG Neovo’s ‘Opticom’ technology, the new LE series of desktop monitors lower blue light emissions by up to 90%, by changing the wavelength of the light itself and moving it out of …

Tags:Blue Light| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10

LG Display Suspected as Sole Apple Watch Supplier

by Tom Allen

JJ Park, an analyst with JP Morgan, claims that LG Display is the sole supplier of the plastic OLED screen used on the Apple Watch. Park believes that as many as 29 million Apple …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Vaio Narrows Light Angle to Save Power

by Tom Allen

Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z …

Beacons and Bright Screens Trialled in Berlin

by Tom Allen

Deutsche Bahn has launched a pilot project at the Berlin Südkreuz railway station, trialling high-brightness touch screens and beacon technology. Six dual-sided totems, each with 3,000 cd/m² of brightness and 1920 x 1080 resolution, …

LG to Avoid Competition With April Launch

by Tom Allen

An LG source has told Pocket-Lint that the G4 smartphone will not be launched at MWC next month; instead, the company’s next flagship will not make an appearance until April. LG will use the …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Lenovo Declines to Ramp Production

by Tom Allen

Notebook shipments at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics, a joint venture between Lenovo and Compal, will not be ramped higher in the next fiscal year, say sources in the supply chain. The decision was taken due …

Qualcomm Sets Up Local 4G to Stream UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android …

Kyocera’s European Smartphone Survives Rugged Use

by Tom Allen

Marking the company’s entrance into the European mobile phone market, Kyocera’s Torque smartphone (KC-S701) is a rugged model meeting the MIL-STD-810 standard in 11 categories. These categories include dust, shocks, vibrations, humidity and immersion. …

Tags:Kyocera| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 08

GDS Concentrates on Colour

by Tom Allen

Global Display Solutions entered a partnership with E Ink following ISE 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 9), and has been developing products for the last two years. At ISE 2014, it showed two …

Feature Phones Cannibalise Smartphones in Japan

by Tom Allen

According to data from MM Research Institute, shipments of flip-phones rose in Japan last year, for the first time in seven years, while smartphone shipments fell. Flip-phones were up 5.7% YoY, to 10.6 million, …

Vestel Speeds Betting Sector

by Tom Allen

Vestel is one of the largest OEMs in Europe, and is deeply involved in Turkey’s Fatih Project. However, the company was at ISE to talk signage. The newest of Vestel’s displays on show was …