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Acer Still Sees Opportunities in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

At a supply chain conference in January, Acer CEO Jason Chen said that the company will continue to look for business opportunities in the smartphone market. The smartphone business is not profitable for Acer …

Quarter of a Billion Connected Cars by 2020, Says Gartner

by Tom Allen

There will be more than a quarter of a billion connected cars on the road by 2020, making them a major element in the Internet of Things, says Gartner. The IoT will grow 30% this …

Tags:Automotive| Gartner| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

TCO Cancels Hyundai Certificate

by Tom Allen

TCO Certified, with Hyundai IBT, has cancelled a certificate granted to Hyundai’s P227D 21.5″ LCD monitor. The monitor was certified as compliant with TCO Certified Displays 6 in October 2013, at which point Hyundai had …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Environment| Large Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Chemsec Quits RoHS Group

by Tom Allen

The International Chemical Secretariat, Chemsec, has left the European Commission working group charged with updating the list of banned substances in the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) in electronics. Chemsec said that it left the …

Vestel Celebrates Fatih Success

by Tom Allen

Being heavily involved with Turkey’s Fatih Project, Vestel has seen great success with its 65″ interactive whiteboard (IWB), which is now being billed as ‘The world’s highest-selling 65″ IWB’. The company believes that 430,000 …

Tags:BETT 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vestel| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Revamps Tab 4 for Education

by Tom Allen

Last year’s Galaxy Tab 4 tablets (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 14) have been revamped by Samsung to create the Tab 4 Education which was shown at BETT. Developed in partnership with Google, this …

Tags:BETT 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Dell Cuts Add-Ons For Lower Prices

by Tom Allen

Last year at BETT, Dell showed off its S520 projector solution (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4), which we first saw at Gitex 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41). The S520 is a …

Bett 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

BenQ had some new products, but they were in a private area off-booth. They will be launched at ISE (this was a recurring theme at BETT). CTouch had a prototype 65″ display (the Leddura …

Smart Takes a Lesson From Boogie Board

by Tom Allen

As well as promoting its extended partnership with Epson (see our roundup), Smart Technologies was showing a variety of new and upcoming products off-stand, in the Platinum Suite at BETT. Last summer, Smart introduced …

Tags:BETT 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart Technologies Inc| Vol 22 - Issue 05

BETT Looks to Software

by Tom Allen

BETT is Europe’s premier trade show for technology in education, with each year seeing a growing international presence. Many of the company representatives whom we talked to at the show remarked on this. The …

Tags:BETT 2015| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 5

by Tom Allen

BenQ America is now shipping the RP840G (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20) 84″ interactive display. Additionally, BenQ Europe has announced release details for the BL2711U 27″ UltraHD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). It …

Nanotech Continues to Grow Content Library

by Tom Allen

Crystal Sky Pictures, an independent film studio, has signed a global licensing agreement with Nanotech Entertainment, under which Nanotech will now distribute Crystal Sky’s UltraHD content on its Ultraflix network. Nanotech has 11 titles …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 05