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Blackberry Confirms TCL (Alcatel) Deal

Blackberry has confirmed that TCL, which also runs the Alcatel brand, has licensed the Blackberry brand for smartphones on an almost ...

Mitsubishi Electric Result 01/08/2017

Mitsubishi Electric announced its FY18 Q1 result with net sales of ¥1005.5 billion ($9.0 billion) and net income of ¥67.7 billion ...

Ingram Micro Backs Fujitsu Projects

Ingram Micro is offering its retail partners special conditions if they order Fujitsu built-to-order products. For projects worth more than €50,000, ...

GJM’s R2R System Speeds Production by 50%

South Korea’s GJM has developed a new 300mm roll-to-roll deposition system. It is capable of directly depositing both organic and inorganic ...

Samsung To Continue to Dominate OLED Market

UBI Research of Korea said that it values the OLED market for smartphones as $57 billion by 2020, with 72% of ...

Fierce Battle Between Apple & Samsung for Top Spot

Gartner said that there is a fierce battle between Apple and Samsung for the top position in the global smartphone market ...

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PSCo and VuWall Sign Partnership

by Helen Vince

PSCo has been appointed as exclusive UK distributor for VuWall Technology. VuWall Technology develops collaborative visualisation software for video wall controllers.

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

New Tizen Phones Under Development at Samsung

by Tom Allen

ZDnet Korea reports that Samsung is developing two new Tizen smartphones. The Z2, for developing markets such as India, is said to have 960 x 540 resolution (screen size was not listed, but will …

Tags:AMOLED| China| France| India| Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 16

MEMS Scanning Key to ‘Deep’ Glasses-Free 3D

by Tom Allen

A new autostereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D display system is being developed at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, aiming to overcome the drawbacks of existing AS3D displays. Glasses-free 3D today, using lenticular lenses, optical gratings or micro-lens arrays, …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D Formats| Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| MEMS| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Rumour: Sharp to Sign Rescue Deal with Banks

by Helen Vince

Sharp has moved to deny the latest rumour concerning its future, that the loss-making company is about to sign a $1.7 billion rescue and restructuring plan with its main lenders, Mizuho Bank and Bank …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Dan Cui Emagin

Emagin Hires VP for HMD Business

by Helen Vince

Emagin has appointed Dan Cui as VP of business development for its head-mounted display group. Cui has over 15 years’ experience working in the wearable space, including at Vuzix as VP sales and business …

Tags:eMagin| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Panasonic Creates New Unit

by Helen Vince

The Nikkei reports that Panasonic is to set up a new innovation centre within its AVC Networks company to develop business systems based on “cutting-edge technologies” in the areas of image recognition and voice …

Tags:business| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Daktronics Supplies Spain’s Largest LED Display

by Tom Allen

Image credit: InvidisSpanish department store chain El Corte Inglés is modernising. The retailer has installed two large-format LED video boards, in Madrid and Málaga. Both displays use LED modules from Daktronics. The Málaga unit …

Tags:Daktronics| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Netflix Exceeds 60 Million Subscribers

by Tom Allen

Netflix added 4.9 million subscribers in Q1’15, according to its recent finance results – taking the total to 60 million subscribers worldwide. Of these, 41.4 million are in the USA. The new figure represents …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Huawei Goes Premium With Metal Body

by Tom Allen

After it was accidentally leaked last month (China’s MIIT Reveals Huawei Flagship), Huawei’s new Ascend P8 flagship smartphone has been revealed at an event in London. As the MIIT announced, the phone has a …

Tags:3G & 4G| Cameras| E Ink| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| RGBW| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Worldwide

LeTV TV Sales to Double in 2015

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV is estimated to have sold around 1.6 million LCD TVs in the country last year, and will reach 3.5 million – 4 million this year, say industry sources. Foxconn and TPV are …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Samsung’s S6 Edge Costs More – And Less – Than iPhone 6

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge is the most expensive Galaxy S handset ever produced, and costs more to manufacture than the iPhone 6 Plus – despite costing $50 less at retail. In a teardown, IHS …

Tags:Apple| Curved Displays| IHS Markit| iPhone| Manufacturing| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Rigidtech Expands PSS Capacity and Uses

by Tom Allen

Rigidtech Microelectronics is setting up a factory in China to produce patterned sapphire substrates (PSS). Volume production will begin at the end of 2015, with an initial monthly capacity of about 100,000 units – …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Sapphire| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 16