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Samsung Focuses on B2B and Sales Success.

Samsung had no new products on the booth, although this was the first time that the LEDs shown at IFA had ...

Device Forecast Falls From Q4

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) shipments are forecast to reach 2.5 billion this year: up 1.5% from 2014, ...

Nichia’s BG Lasers Raise TV Backlight Efficiency

Japan’s Nichia has developed a laser backlight technology for LCD TVs, which could be 25% more efficient than LEDs. Sources, speaking ...

Sharp Surprises With MEMS-IGZO Tablet in 2015

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Sharp announced that it would begin mass-production of its MEMS-IGZO displays (Display Monitor ...

Rumour: Project Valley is Samsung’s Foldable Phone

A dual-screen Samsung smartphone codenamed Project Valley has been ‘revealed’ by SamMobile. According to the website, multiple gestures will be supported ...

Samsung Partners with European Content Providers to Enhance Premium TV Viewing Experience

Samsung Electronics Co. announces plans to enhance the premium television viewing experience by expanding its new and existing European Ultra High ...

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Are We Connected Yet?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Connectivity – The plaintive cry from the back seat of “Are we there yet?” is familiar to any parent who ever took a child on a car trip, even a short one. Perhaps this …

Tags:Radio| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 01

iPhone 6 Teardown Posted

by Bob Raikes

We spotted a tear down of the iPhone 6 on the EDN site, with images and comments from iFixit. The phone is easier to fix than earlier iPhones and has a huge battery.

Tags:iPhone| Repair| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Those we lost in 2014

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to Computerworld for putting together this excellent round-up of those in the technology industry that left us in 2014. In addition to Bernard Lechner and George Heilmeier, mentioned in that list, the display …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Latam Pay TV Market is Growing

by Bob Raikes

According to data from Dataxis, quoted in NexTV Latam (Spanish language), there were 66 million Pay TV clients in Latin America in the third quarter of 2014. Satellite was the biggest carrier, with 32.8 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses

by Bob Raikes

We heard at SID this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) that Tobii would develop and release glasses with the company’s eye-tracking solution built in. The Tobii Glasses 2 have now been released …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Scania Offers Scania Watch to Customers

by Bob Raikes

Scania, the truck company, is typically not a name that often appears in our news coverage. However, the company has now announced that it is releasing a “Scania Watch”. The Scania Watch is a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Samsung, Merida Team up for Gear S Smartwatch

by Bob Raikes

According to an article in the Taipei Times, Samsung is teaming up with Merida, a Taiwan-based bicycle company, to introduce the Samsung Gear S smartwatch to the bicyclist and Merida customers. This is the …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Oculus Rift Coming in Autumn Next Year

by Bob Raikes

A leaked document published on image board 4Chan shows that a consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset is planned for next autumn.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Jaguar Land Rover Shows More Ideas for Automotive HUD

by Bob Raikes

In recent months we have heard a lot about the new head up display (HUD) and 3D instrument cluster being developed by Jaguar Land Rover and that it is based on holographic projection. Now …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

HTC Scraps Watch, Looks to Wristband

by Bob Raikes

According to Venturebeat, HTC’s wearable (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7) will be a wristband, not a smartwatch. The device will be shown off at CES, but not launched until later in Q1 (chairwoman …

Tags:CES 2015| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Wearables

TVs and Streamers Up, Apple Down

by Bob Raikes

Connected TV device shipments in the USA reached 12.4 million units in Q3’14, according to Strategy Analytics (up 36% YoY). The rise was mainly driven by demand for new consoles and digital media streamers, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Streaming Video| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Netflix Subscriber Growth to Fall 30%

by Bob Raikes

In a bold claim, Strategy Analytics has predicted that Netflix subscriber growth in the USA will fall 30% next year. It is part of the company’s ‘Top Ten Digital Media Predictions for 2015’. The …

Tags:Cloud Gaming| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 21 - Issue 50