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Tablets with Strong Brand Image Less Likely to be Cross-Shopped, J.D. Power Finds

While the volume of comparison shopping grows as more brands offer new tablet devices, those customers who currently use a tablet ...

Ultra HD Blu-Ray Quality Testing Approaching

The roll-out of new Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and players is not going to make it for the Christmas season, despite ...

Microsoft Enters Tablet Top Five

The tablet market in Western Europe stabilised in Q2, says IDC, with shipments falling 1.2% YoY to 7.5 million units. This ...

Microvision Updates on Engine Progress

With its finance results, Microvision updated on the status of its engines. The firm plans to release three new engines in ...

InFocus Makes Dual Acquisitions

InFocus has announced two acquisitions in two days. First, the company bought Avistar: a provider of video conferencing softwware. Second, InFocus ...

E Ink Extends Prism

E Ink has released the latest version of its Prism film which is available in seven different colours (Voyage (dark blue), ...

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Wintek’s Woes Continue as October Sales Fall 20%

by Raverstead

Touch panel manufacturer Wintek suffered another blow in October as it reported a 20% year on year fall in sales for the month to NT$5.7 billion ($186.3 million). Sales for the first 10 months …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wintek

Samsung Supplies AMOLED to New Customers

by Raverstead

AMOLED panels are being supplied to Russia’s Yotaphone by Samsung Display, industry sources have said. The move is part of a bid to compensate for lost business from SDC’s main buyer, Samsung Electronics. The …

Tags:AMOLED| E Ink| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Blackberry’s New Strategy is Bold Move

by Raverstead

John Chen, CEO of Blackberry, has told Reuters that the company may not launch any devices in 2015. Instead, the focus will be on a select few models and ensuring that they remain successful …

Tags:BlackBerry| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Markets for ITO Film Replacements

by Raverstead

Touch Gesture Motion 2014 was well populated with presentations on alternatives to indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent conducting films (TCF). The ITO Replacement session kicked off with a market research overview provided by Sweta …

Tags:IHS Markit| ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Sharp to Raise Chinese Supply

by Raverstead

Sharp will supply LCD panels to as many as 25 Chinese smartphone manufacturers from spring 2015, says The Nikkei newspaper. That is 10 more than the company supplies today.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

BSkyB Completes Sky Acquisitions

by Raverstead

BSkyB has completed its acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland, saying that it has created Europe’s leading entertainment company. To reflect the new international scope of the business, the …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Metal Mesh Touch Sensors

by Raverstead

The TGM event presented several viewpoints on the prospects for non-ITO touch sensor films. During his tutorial on October 28, Geoff Walker of Intel provided his perspective on the need and potential alternative materials …

Tags:ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| Mobile Display Monitor| TGM 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 45

TI Commercialises 1280 x 720 TRP Chipset

by Raverstead

Texas Instruments announced a Tilt & Roll Pixel (TRP) DLP pico chipset supporting 1280 x 720 resolution at MWC this year (DisplayMonitor Vol. 21 No 10). It is now available. Products using the chip …

Tags:Chips| DLP| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

CEA Re-Christens UltraHD (Again), Brings Back 4k

by Raverstead

Multiple trade associations have agreed to use ‘4k UltraHD’ or ‘4k UHD’ as common terminology to describe TVs meeting the CEA’s UltraHD guidelines (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26). As well as the CEA …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)

Microsoft Goes to Rock- Bottom Price on First Lumia

by Raverstead

The first smartphone with ‘Microsoft Lumia’ branding has been revealed. The Lumia 535 sports mid-range specifications but an aggressive price: it will cost just €110 ex VAT, when it is launched this month (a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Wearable CAGR Tops 50% to 2018

by Raverstead

US market researcher TechNavio has released a new report on the global connected wearable device market (http://tinyurl.com/oyy8rzb). The firm believes that the market will grow at a 54.11% CAGR between 2014 and 2018, driven …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45| Wearable Market

CEW 02 Mesa Mundi Shows Multitouch Solutions

by Raverstead

Mesa Mundi Inc. (Sharon, MA) was showing its multitouch displays at the recent Customer Engagement World (CEW) in New York November 5-6. These displays are targeted at both commercial applications such as multi-person game …

Tags:CEW 2014| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Multitouch| TIR Touch| Vol 21 - Issue 45