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The PowerClaw Will Burn You Up

by Tom Allen

The PowerClaw is a set of haptic gloves that promise to make users feel not just touches, but wider sensations in virtual reality. Having recently launched an IndieGogo campaign, a prototype version was at …

Tags:Back Panel| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Wearables

Robust Panels from Innolux at Touch Taiwan

by Tom Allen

As well as the mid-size panels that we covered last week, Innolux has shared news about the automotive displays that it is showing at Touch Taiwan (24th-26th August), which are designed for the Internet …

Tags:Automotive| Industrial Monitors| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Taiwan 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Pierga Takes Exertis in France

by Tom Allen

Exertis has appointed Fabrice Pierga as its new country director in France. Pierga will manage all of Exertis’s operations in France aside from Exertis CUC, which handles cables and connectors. Pierga was CEO of …

Tags:Exertis| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 33

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 33

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Data Display Group has launched a new version of its 55″ LCD video wall display. This model has lower brightness and a thicker bezel than its previous screen, at 500 cd/m² (vs 700 …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Germany| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| sony| Video Walls| Vol 23 - Issue 33

AOC Enters HMD Market – Quietly

by Tom Allen

AOC has shown off a new VR headset at Gamescom in Cologne. Stefan Sommer, director of marketing and business management EMEA, said that the entry into the HMD market is a “natural step” for …

Tags:Events| Game Playing| Germany| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Customisable Monitors From Touch International

by Tom Allen

The OFM-Series of open frame touchscreen monitors, from Touch International, features procap touch, steel frames and are customisable for multiple applications. The 10.1″ and 12.1″ displays are optically-bonded as standard. Options include higher brightness …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

ZTE Readies Products for IFA

by Tom Allen

ZTE will launch new Nubia smartphones just before IFA this year. Nubia co-founder Felix Fu will speak at an event at the Humboldt Carré on Behrenstraße, Berlin, on the 31st August. Nubia will be …

Tags:Events| IFA 2016| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 33| ZTE

Tru-Vu Brings Military Monitors to Public Use

by Tom Allen

Tru-Vu’s new VMMOB-19 Series of daylight-viewable 19″ monitors were originally designed for the US military. They have been tested to withstand extreme heat (85°) and cold (-30°), as well movement across rugged terrain. All …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 33

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V-Nova Brings Perseus to IBC

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has announced that its Perseus compression software will be demonstrated at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam (stand 14.K17). These will include mobile VoD platforms; live 1920 x 1980 sports over mobile at sub-1.5Mbps; IPTV …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| IBC 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Wisechip Promises Transparent PMOLED in 2016

by Tom Allen

Wisechip has said that it will show flexible (40-60mm bend radius) and transparent PMOLEDs at Touch Taiwan. Mass production will begin this year. Image: OLED-Info

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Taiwan 2016| Transparent Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 33

The Dragon is Awake: Chinese Dominate Mobile Phone Rankings

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales are slowing, they still grew 4.3% YoY in Q2’16, to 344 million units, says Gartner in its recent report on the mobile phone market. Total mobile phone sales, including featurephones, were …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Worldwide

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E Ink Expects Quarterly Rise

by Tom Allen

E Ink Holdings has said that it expects its revenues for this quarter to grow by 20% compared to Q2, although YoY growth will be mostly flat (from NT$4.3 billion ($135.8 million) in Q3’15). …

Tags:E Ink| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33