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Lenovo Chooses Broadwell for Education Upgrades

An update to Lenovo’s Thinkpad 11e Chromebook series was announced at BETT. The device is available as a notebook or a ...

Oculus Brings New Display to Crescent Bay

Announced at the recent Oculus Connect developer conference, ‘Crescent Bay’ is Oculus VR’s newest prototype headset. While the focus appears to ...

IBC Chooses Apantac for Football Streams

Apantac’s UltraHD conversion technology is being used by the Euro International Broadcast Centre in Paris, during the UEFA football tournament. The ...

Ignis Claims HDR Mobile Display

While the resolution war has been going on among smartphone makers, other display enhancements have been largely ignored. Ignis aims to ...

G+B Adds Fine Pitch LED Modules

German AV company Gahrens + Batterman has added high resolution LED modules from Chinese manufacturer InfiLED to its rental portfolio. The ...

Windows 10 is the Future for Acer

Acer is apparently committed to bringing Windows 10 to the masses, having announced two low-cost notebooks running the OS. Both the ...

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Vodafone Mulling Liberty Global Acquisition

by Raverstead

There have been unconfirmed reports that Vodafone is considering making an offer to acquire Liberty Global and Tesco’s loss-making online video business, Blinkbox. Reuters said that Vodafone is reviewing potential acquisitions in order to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Mergers & Acquisitions| OTT Video| VOD| Vodafone| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Fitness Wearables to Treble in Four Years

by Raverstead

Juniper Research has published a new report, predicting that fitness wearable use will rise by almost 300% by 2018. About 19 million such devices are in use today. Fitness products will dominate wearables to …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 47| Wearable Market

Microsoft Rumored to Work on Health and Fitness Wearable

by Raverstead

According to an article in PCR, Microsoft is planning to release a new Xbox connected wearable device in 2015. The article describes a device that, in contrast to the recently released Microsoft Band, will …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48| xBox

Wearable Growth Will Exceed 175% in Germany

by Raverstead

A Samsung-commissioned survey by Germany’s Centre for Retail Research estimates that wearable sales in the country will equal €465 million during the end-of-year shopping season. The figure represents more than a 177% rise. 965,600 …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearable Market

eMagin Raises OLED Efficiency

by Raverstead

Details of eMagin’s final R&D contract – part of the $6.8 million awarded to the company last month (Display Monitor Vol. 21 No 41) – have been announced. $750,000 will go towards the development …

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N1 is Nokia’s Android Surprise

by Raverstead

The Nokia brand is known for Windows and Windows Phone products – especially since the acquisition of the smartphone unit by Microsoft. Now the Finnish company has surprised everyone by releasing a high-end Android …

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UltraHD Rumoured for Samsung’s Note 5

by Raverstead

A tip sent to Phone Arena claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 phablet will have a 5.9″ OLED display with UltraHD resolution – equal to 746ppi. The display will enter productionby August 2015. Display …

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French Watchdog Recommends No 3D For Children

by Raverstead

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has advised that children under the age of six be denied access to 3D content. Young people under 13 should have ‘moderate’ …

Tags:3D| 3D (Three Dimensions)| France| Health and Safety| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

On-Cell Shipments Pressure GFF and OGS

by Raverstead

Glass-film-film and one-glass solution touch panels are increasingly being pressured by on-cell solutions in the lower-end of the mobile market. Reports from Asia indicate that Nokia and Motorola are placing large orders for the …

Tags:Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Touch Market| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Fujitsu Forum and Keynotes

by Raverstead

Fujitsu holds an annual “Fujitsu Forum” event in Munich and this is the second year that we have attended. It’s a three day event (one day for press only) and we attended just for …

Tags:Fujitsu| Fujitsu Forum 2014| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

100 Million Projection Chips Shipped

by Raverstead

A new industry milestone has been reached by 3LCD Technology. 100 million 3LCD projection chips have been shipped since the technology’s introduction in 1998.

Tags:3LCD| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Acer’s New Laptop ‘Refreshed’ With UltraHD

by Raverstead

Acer launched the Aspire V Black Edition gaming laptop earlier this year, and has waited very little time before refreshing it with an UltraHD screen. The new Aspire V Nitro Black Edition features a …

Tags:Acer| Game Playing| IPS| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 21 - Issue 44