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Asustek Sees First Profit from Smartphones

Asustek Computer shipped over 1.5 million smartphones in May, generating a profit for the company for the first time, and says ...

Renesas Gets Boost from Automotive Sales

Renesas Electronics Corporation reported Q3 EBITDA of ¥54.1 billion ($474 million), up 25% YoY from ¥29.5 billion ($259 million), on revenue ...

Xiaomi to Use In House CPU

Xiaomi is expected to launch its Mi 5C smartphone with own-developed Pinecone V670 CPU in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic ...

Meta AR Secures $23 Million in Series A Funding

We have reported before on Meta Augmented Reality as a developer of augmented reality glasses. The California-based company was founded in ...

Xiaomi Becomes Fastest-Selling Phone Vendor

Xiaomi has taken home a Guinness World Record for selling the most smartphones in a single day – passing Samsung, Apple ...

Semiconductors Fall in 2015

The global semiconductor industry posted sales of $335.2 billion in 2015, says the Semiconductor Industry Association: a slight (0.2%) decrease YoY. ...

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UltraHD for Prosumers With Iiyama

by Tom Allen

Iiyama’s latest LFD is an UltraHD unit: the 39.5″ Prolite X4071UHSU-B1. The screen is intended for professional and prosumer use, in CAD/CAM, graphic design and gaming applications. A VA panel provides a 5,000:1 contrast …

Tags:Iiyama| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Tianma Integrates Procap

by Tom Allen

Tianma NLT USA has created a 7″ TFT-LCD module that features an integrated procap touch panel, at a lower cost than comparable units (although the company hasn’t revealed the price yet!). The P/N TM070RVHG50-00 …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 49

PCs Down, But Replacements Will Boost Demand

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments will fall 10% YoY in Q4’15, which will weigh annual shipments down to -10.3%, says IDC. Short-term effects, such as the strong US dollar, depressed commodity prices and existing inventory have …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IDC| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 22 - Issue 49| Worldwide

Toshiba Faces Fines For Accounting Scandal

by Tom Allen

After Toshiba began legal action against five former employees (Toshiba Sues Former Executives), fifty individual shareholders have sued the Japanese company. They are seeking almost ¥302 million ($2.5 million) in damages, following the firm’s …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Legislation| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Delays Expected for Microsoft Surface

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia have said that ‘some’ Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 orders have been delayed until Q1’16, due to shortages of Intel’s Skylake processor. Supply chain sources predicted 100,000 shipments for the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Is the Time of Displays Driving Smartphone Sale Coming to an End?

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recent article published by Business Insider (‘A Google director explains how your smartphone will look in 5 years’) included an interview with Aparna Chennapragada, a Google director, at the Web Summit tech conference …

Tags:Apple| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Opinion| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Is There a New Number for Projector Performance?

by Bob Raikes

Buyers of professional and technical products like to buy on what they hope will be a rational basis. Of course, there is always room for branding, marketing and the sales and marketing processes, but …

Tags:Colour Quality| Colour Wheel| DLP Projectors| Epson| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Measurement| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Omate Funded in Less than 15 minutes

by Tom Allen

The Omate Rise smartwatch (Omate Continues to Go Alone) was launched on Indiegogo last week – and passed its funding goal of $30,000 in 15 minutes.

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Prepare for Battle: Gear Up to Tackle eSports

by Tom Allen

My attention was caught recently by a whitepaper from Juniper Research, titled ‘eSports – Gamers’ New MVP?‘, which goes into detail to examine today’s fast-growing ‘electronic sports’ scene. These are games played competitively on …

Tags:Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Tracking Audiences With AT&T

by Tom Allen

AT&T is trialling a new audience demographics tracker with Clear Channel in the USA. Using the AT&T Data Patterns – Out of Home Media tool, advertisers can track footfall and stats such as average …

Tags:AT&T| audience measurement| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 49