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Mitsubishi Stays in Play With Cubes

Last year, we met with Mitsubishi at Gitex just after the company had announced its major display division re-structuring. This year, ...

HP to Buy Samsung’s Printer Business

HP Inc. has agreed to buy Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion. HP will take over the designs, intellectual property (6,500 ...

World’s First Smart Hardware MESUIT Runs Android OS on Apple iPhone

Haimawan, one of the world’s leading companies specializing in mobile operation system virtualization products and technology, and its subsidiary Jijia, announced ...

LeEco Announces Initiative to Bring Exclusive Content and Customized Products to U.S. Chinese Market

LeEco, the global technology and internet company, announces a Chinese-market initiative to provide easy access to Chinese-language content seamlessly through LeEco’s ...

SIA: Global Semiconductor Sales Increased 24% YOY

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has announced that global sales of semiconductors reached £33.6 billion in July 2017, representing a 3.1% ...

PMA Shows Top-Selling Projectors for August in US

PMA Research has published its latest Projector Tracking Service results from the monthly sell-through data from US projector dealers, retailers, web ...

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’80s Patent Keeps Apple Out of Switzerland

by Tom Allen

A patent may prevent the Apple Watch from being sold in Switzerland this year. The patent, which covers the use of the word ‘Apple’ and apple imagery in association with watches and jewellery, was …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Smartwatches| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Samsung’s Tab A is Low-Cost With Large-Screen

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s new low-cost, large screen tablet, the Galaxy Tab A, was unveiled in Russia in March, and has now been confirmed for a European release. The Tab A will come in 8″ and 9.7″ …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Grundig Begins 70th Anniversary Celebrations

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Grundig is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, kicking it off with a bundled offer. Customers purchasing the 48″ or 55″ VLX 7070 UltraHD LCD TV can also choose an additional, free Grundig …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 19

by Tom Allen

Virgin Media’s Paws TV remote – launched to celebrate the UK’s National Pet Month, in April – looks like a belated April Fools, but it really isn’t. Someone at the company really did sit …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Virgin Media| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Sammobile Uncovers Round Samsung Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Sammobile claims that Samsung is to release a new smartwatch with a round face. The device will be called the Gear A or Orbis. Two models will be launched: one requiring a Bluetooth connection …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Wearables

Moto 360 Leaks Keep Coming

by Tom Allen

A render of the second-generation Moto360 smartwatch has apparently been leaked. The image shows a circular watch and appears very similar to the picture posted by Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing last month (Lenovo CEO …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Kobo Undercuts Amazon With Glo HD

by Tom Allen

Kobo claims that its new 6″ Glo HD eReader has ‘the highest resolution screen available on the market’, at an unusual 1448 x 1072 resolution (300 ppi). An E Ink Carta display (Display Monitor …

Tags:E Ink| eReaders| Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Samsung Showing Signs of Improvement

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics says it expects operating profit in the first quarter to be approximately KRW5.9 trillion ($5.4 billion), which would be an 11.3% improvement from Q4 but 30.6% down on the first quarter of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 15

LG Gives Away 4,000 Smartphones

by Tom Allen

LG is to choose 4,000 consumers from 15 countries to receive a new G4 smartphone, weeks before its official launch. The lucky customers will help to test the handset before it goes on sale, …

Tags:Back Panel| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 15

UltraHD Costs Keep Coming Down

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources expect global UltraHD TV penetration to reach 20% this year. UltraHD models now cost just 15% more than FullHD TVs to produce, but about 50% more at retail. The increasing demand …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Worldwide

Taiwan BLU Makers See Sales Rise MoM

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s two major BLU manufacturers reported sequential increases in sales in March, though for both companies, last month’s result was down year on year. Radiant Opto-Electronic achieved a 17.7% month on month increase in …

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

TPK Rebounds in March

by Helen Vince

TPK reported a 45.2% sequential increase in sales in March and 32.7% jump year on year to NT$10.6 billion ($340.6 million). Last month’s result brought sales in the first three months of 2015 to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 22 - Issue 15