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Maverick Extends Smart Agreement

Maverick has extended its contract with Smart Technologies, and will now distribute the Smart Kapp products across the UK, Italy, Spain ...

Eva Wimmers to Lead Huawei’s Honor in Europe

Huawei has taken on Eva Wimmers as the president of Huawei Honor in Europe, and VP of Honor Global. She will ...

LG to Avoid Competition With April Launch

An LG source has told Pocket-Lint that the G4 smartphone will not be launched at MWC next month; instead, the company’s ...

Acer Adds Two 27″ G-Sync Monitors to Predator Range in US

Acer US has launched two new Predator XB271HU and the Predator XB271HK. The 27″ monitors are both aimed at gamers and ...

ICDM Schedules HDR Meeting

The SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) has arranged a three-day meeting at Samsung Electronic’s San Jose facility, from the ...

LeTV Has Ambitious Smartphone Plans

LeTV has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for its new smartphone, the Le1S (Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ ...

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Phablets to Represent 20% of Smartphones by 2019

by Tom Allen

The smartphone market will be flooded by phablets (5.5″ – 6.9″ phones) in the future, says Juniper Research. The firm has predicted that more than 400 million such devices will be shipped in 2019: …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Lattice to buy Silicon Image for $600 Million

by Helen Vince

Silicon Image has signed an agreement to be acquired by Lattice Semiconductor for approximately $600 million. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Collaboration Defines Epson’s Classroom Range

by Tom Allen

Epson America’s new 3LCD Powerlite projectors, for education, feature up to 10,000 hours of lamp life. All (excluding S27) support projection from multiple devices with moderator device management; teachers can use this to connect …

Tags:Broadcast| Education| Epson| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Ruggon Shows High Specs With Rugged Body

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Ruggon has created the Ruggon Rextorm rugged tablet range. Created for field work, the tablets feature 1,000cd/m² of brightness, dual hot-swappable batteries and capacitive touch supporting gloved operation. The three tablets (PX-501, PM-521 and …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 05| Windows

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Captive Media Chooses Broadsign

by Tom Allen

Captive Media, a UK provider of digital signage for public toilets, has converted its network to use Broadsign’s cloud-based software platform. Captive currently has a network of 60 screens in London and will install …

Tags:Broadsign| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Corning Result 29/01/2015

by Helen Vince

Corning Incorporated recorded a fourth quarter net profit of $988 million on turnover of $2.4 billion, which compares with a net profit of $421 million on turnover of $1.9 billion in Q4 of the …

Tags:Corning| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG Display Result 28/01/2015

by Helen Vince

LG Display Co. has reported its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of KRW389 billion ($353.8 million) a year on year increase of 448% from KRW71 billion ($64.6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Magnetic Slims Bezels for 3D Videowall

by Tom Allen

Magnetic 3D has produced a super-narrow bezel, glasses-free 3D display for use in videowalls. The ‘Empreza’ is a 46″ LCD display using a direct-LED backlight, lenticular 3D lens (also called Empreza) and a 5.9mm …

Tags:3D display| Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 05

JCDecaux Reports 5% Rise in 2014 Revenue

by Helen Vince

JCDecaux  said that revenue in 2014 increased 5.1% year on year to €2.8 billion, compared with €2.7 billion in 2013. In the final quarter of the year, revenue was 8.8% higher at €389.3 million.  …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Financial Data| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Philips to Spin-off OLED Lighting Business

by Helen Vince

Philips is reported to be planning to spin-off its OLED lighting business so that it can focus on LED-based connected systems and services. The news came as Philips reported disappointing results for both Q4 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

by Helen Vince

Apple has reported record first quarter results, with turnover 30% higher year on year at $74.6 billion and a net profit of $18 billion, which was 37% higher. International sales accounted for 65% of …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| iPad| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Sony to Cut More Smartphone Unit Jobs

by Helen Vince

Sony is planning a further 1,000 job cuts in its loss-making smartphone business in Europe and China, in addition to the 1,000 job losses announced last October. Reports suggest that the main regions to …

Tags:China| Employment and Redundancies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones| sony| Sweden| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 05