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Hannspree’s Smart Sports Watch Available in UK

In the UK, Hannspree has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Entatech for its first wearable device, the Smart Sports Watch.

Altspace to Survive?

AltspaceVR said recently that it would be closing down its VR-based social network because of a lack of finance. (AltspaceVR Closing ...

Fraunhofer FEP to Present at SID ME Meeting

The Fraunhofer FEP said that it would show the first prototypes of its OLED microdisplay at the SID Mid-Europe meeting on ...

JCDecaux Quits OMC

JCDecaux has not renewed its membership with the UK’s Outdoor Media Centre, the industry trade body for outdoor media owners. The ...

Acer Renews Marvel Partnership

Acer has renewed its distribution agreement with Marvel in Russia. The distributor will continue to offer Acer’s consumer notebooks through its ...

ICDM Works to Revise UltraHD Specifications

We were recently alerted to a move by the SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM), which we heard is considering ...

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Korea Offers Tax Benefits as OLED Incentive

by Tom Allen

The Korean government plans to expand the country’s leadership in OLEDs, in an effort to stay ahead of competitors in China and Japan. LG Display CEO Han Sang-Beom, seen here at IFA 2015, said …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

FlexEnable’s Semiconductor Enables Uniform Plastic FPDs

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable, working with the UK government and other partners, has developed a proof-of-concept plastic LCD display. The project is known as PORSCHED (Printable Organic Semiconductors for Highly Enhanced Displays). FlexEnable worked on it with …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Mobile Banking Will Double by 2020

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 1 billion people will use their smartphones for mobile banking this year. The global user base is expected to double, to 2 billion, by 2020 – representing 37% …

Tags:Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Techradar’s Extensive Global Survey Results

by Isaac Oburu

Techradar.com, Future’s global technology brand and the UK’s biggest technology website, has unveiled the results from extensive research that show… The Smart Home is what excites the public most about the future of technology …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphones| TV Viewing| VOD| Wearable Market

Mixed Results for Business Smartphone & Tablet Shipments in Q2 2015

by Isaac Oburu

Shipments of business smartphones and tablets had mixed results in Q2 2015, with smartphone shipments declining from Q1 to Q2 2015, while quarter-over-quarter tablet shipments grew, according to Strategy Analytics. Business smartphone shipments reached …

Tags:business| Smartphone Market| tablets| Worldwide

Applied Materials Advances Flexible OLED Manufacture

by Tom Allen

Applied Materials has shown two new systems that enable volume production of high-resolution, thin and lightweight flexible OLED displays, for mobile devices and TVs. The Applied AKT-20K and AKT-40K are plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition …

Tags:Applied Materials| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 22 - Issue 41

New Smartphone Challenger Has Fizz

by Tom Allen

A new challenger has entered the (smartphone) arena – and it’s one that we weren’t expecting. In the coming months, Pepsi will launch a line of self-branded phones and accessories in China. The first, …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC

by Tom Allen

Dell has signed a deal to acquire data storage company EMC, for $67 billion. With the acquisition, Dell will diversify its portfolio away from the PC market and towards data storage for enterprise users. …

Tags:Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| storage| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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Asus Takes More Panels From Tianma

by Tom Allen

According to Asian news sources, Tianma Optoelectronics is expected to become the main panel supplier for new notebooks from Asus. Tianma already supplies Asus with smartphone paanels.

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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Asus and Acer Rise On-Month

by Tom Allen

Asus’ revenues rose to NT$43.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in September, while Acer’s reached NT$29.4 billion ($904 million). The Asus result was up 7.6% MoM and 5.7% YoY. However, while Acer’s revenues rose 40.2% MoM, …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41