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Sky Germany to Adopt UltraHD

Sky Deutschland will join Sky UK in launching UltraHD services this year. The broadcaster will launch a channel in the autumn, ...

Smart Wearables Will Dominate in 2016

With new vendors – including Apple – preparing to introduce new wearables, the market continued to grow in Q1’15. A new ...

Quantum Dot TVs Under Development in Korea

LG and Samsung are working on quantum dot TVs, claims Korea’s Digital Times. Both companies are working on products that may ...

Ultra-Thin Cameras for Thinner Smartphones

Everyone has seen one of those Apple iPhone ads, “Shot on iPhone 7.” (Or iPhone 6, 7+, 8 or 8+.) Gorgeous ...

Samsung Opens VR Movie Studio in New York

Samsung has announced plans to establish its own film studio for the production of VR movies and stories in New York. ...

Toshiba X40 Tecra Laptop Adds Thunderbolt 3

Toshiba in the US has launched the Tecra X40 notebook which uses a 14″ FullHD touch panel in the typical size ...

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Wiko Goes Dual-SIM For First Qualcomm Phone

by Tom Allen

French company Wiko has unveiled the Ridge 4G: a 5″ smartphone with dual SIM slots and – new for Wiko – a Qualcomm processor. The 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 processor is a quad-core device with …

Tags:Europe| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Toshiba Extends Battery With Broadwell

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s newest ultrabook is the Satellite Z30-B-100: a thin (17.9mm) and lightweight (1.2kg) model, with a metal body and Core i5 Broadwell chip (2.2GHz). The Intel chip – running 64-bit Windows 8.1 – is …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Xiaomi Readies US Launch – Minus Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi is preparing to launch its products outside Asia – but that doesn’t include mobiles. Hugo Barra, VP of international at the company (and formerly head of product management at Google’s Android unit), said …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Xiaomi

Germany Makes Way for 2017 DVB-T2

by Tom Allen

A helicopter installs a DVB-T antenna in MunichGermany’s federal cabinet has agreed to re-allocate frequencies in the 700MHz band, setting a time period for the introduction of DVB-T2. The new platform will be rolled …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Apple adds Wistron and Compal for iPad Assembly

by Tom Allen

Wistron and Compal have joined Apple’s supply chain, recruited to build iPads, according to Apple’s annual supplier report. China’s BYD has also joined the company as an assembler of accessories – making it one …

Tags:Apple| Broadcast| Compal| iPad| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 08

BOE Bundles Touch Sensors With Panels

by Tom Allen

Asian sources claim that BOE has been promoting on-cell touch solutions to smartphone vendors by bundling free sensors with display panels. The move is said to be equivalent to reducing panel prices by between …

Tags:BOE| Components| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Touch Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Panel Makers: UltraHD Will Pick Up in 2015

by Tom Allen

AUO and Innolux are optimistic about UltraHD LCD TV shipments this year, according to Taiwanese media. The companies are said to be predicting shipments of 23 million – 25 million units, reaching 13% – …

Tags:4k| AUO| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| TV Production| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Worldwide

AUO Takes 100% Stake in Toppan CFI

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) has spent NT$4.4 billion ($140.5 million) to acquire a 100% stake in its colour filter affiliate, Toppan CFI. AUO purchased a 49% stake in Toppan in 2006, a company that was …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Introducing the Atheer Augmented Reality Glasses

by Arthur Berman

Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) has developed an interactive, 3D, augmented reality “platform” which combines immersive 3D augmented reality with “natural” gesture-based interaction. The so-called Atheer AiR platform consists of a virtual reality user …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Wearables

IHS DisplaySearch Discusses the Display Supply Chain for 2014 and 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

IHS DisplaySearch released its view of the display supply chain in 2014 and 2015. The report looks at large, medium and small panel supply and demand as well as materials and display technologies. In …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large LCD Supply| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 22 - Issue 08

SES Brings Ultra HD Demo Channel to UK and Ireland

by Helen Vince

SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced that its Ultra High Definition (UHD) demonstration channel is now available in the UK and Ireland. Broadcast via ASTRA 2E at 28.2 degrees …

Tags:Broadcast| SES| UltraHD