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Epson Leads March Projectors

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in March. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico ...

Samsung Regains CEE Tablet Lead

Shipments of tablets and hybrid devices in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fell more than 20% YoY in Q1. IDC says ...

Sharp Aims at Volume

Compared to the stands of other well-known brands, Sharp’s was somewhat smaller (“klein aber fein” as the Germans say – Man. ...

Will LG Supply a 2:1 OLED for the Next Google Pixel XL?

The Android Police blog claims to have “Exclusive” information that the next version of Google’s top-of-the-line smartphone, the Pixel XL, will ...

Ed Market Trends: The 2016 Horizon Report

This fall the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their annual K12 Horizon Report.† ...

Dell Promoting New Touch LFD

Dell was in the Intel area at the show with its new C7017T which is the company’s first 70″ LCD product ...

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Xiaomi Becomes Fastest-Selling Phone Vendor

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has taken home a Guinness World Record for selling the most smartphones in a single day – passing Samsung, Apple et al. The achievement was reached during Xiaomi’s Mi Fan Festival, an anniversary …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Xiaomi

Gartner image of Worldwide PC Shipments Q115

PC Shipments Fall As XP Renewals Slow

by Vanessa Browning

PC shipments fell to 71.7 million units in Q1’15, representing a 5.2% YoY decline, according to numbers from Gartner. The replacement cycle, which was boosted by XP renewals last year, is now returning to …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Windows| Worldwide

MStar to Acquire Alpha Imaging for $66.5 Million

by Helen Vince

MStar Semiconductor said it plans to acquire Alpha Imaging Technology for NT$2.1 billion ($66.5 million), as part of its strategy to expand its interests in the Internet of Things and image sensor chip business. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

MediaTek Boosted by Demand from China

by Helen Vince

MediaTek’s sales in March more than doubled sequentially to NT$20.4 billion ($654.3 million), 3.3% higher than March 2014, thanks to strong demand from its clients in China. Last month’s result brought sales for the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

LG VP: LCD Will Dominate to 2018

by Tom Allen

Speaking at Finetech 2015 in Japan, LG Display VP Sooyoung Yoon has estimated that LCD displays will represent 90% of the display industry’s $180 billion revenue in 2018. Yoon spoke about the changing display …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Motive’s TabletTV Reaches Europe

by Tom Allen

Motive’s TabletTV service (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46) has been released in Europe, on the Apple App Store. It is initially available in the UK, joining TabletTV UK (Display Monitor Vol 21 No …

Tags:Broadcast| DVB-T & T2| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Netflix Recommends Partners’ TVs

by Tom Allen

Netflix has established its own certification programme to help smart TV buyers. The ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ logo will be shown at retail stores, on TVs that the company has chosen. Existing TVs with the …

Tags:Certification| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Netflix| Roku| sony| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 16

OTT Climbs to 100 Million Subs

by Tom Allen

Research firm Ovum has predicted that premium OTT streaming services will reach 100 million subscribers this year. The shift is especially apparent in mature markets, augmenting free services such as YouTube. With the launch …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Video| SVOD| VOD| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Inside Look at the Apple Watch

by Norbert Hildebrand

We are still awaiting the release of the Apple Watch and the expected reports of great sales. Of course, technical details are being widely discussed based on news from the supply chain, Apple and …

Tags:Apple| OLEDs| Sapphire| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Wearable Market

Touch and Non-Touch 2015 Market Growth

by Steve Sechrist

Source: Touch Display Research The next wave in both touch and touch-less technology was the focus at the Society for Information Display Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting with guest speaker, Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, Principal Analyst …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| HMI| ITO| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Touch Market| Voice Input| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Ultrahaptics Develops Free-Space Haptics Technology

by Phillip Wright

Bristol UK-based Ultrahaptics is developing a free-space haptics technology that employs ultrasound to create haptic sensations without requiring the user to touch a surface. The firm’s Evaluation Program aims to provide developers with an …

Tags:Haptics| Vol 22 - Issue 15