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Acer Injects More Cash into StarVR HMD Project

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has invested an additional $5 million in StarVR, a head-mounted display joint venture partnership with Starbreeze, raising its stake in the venture from 50% to 66.7%. At the end of 2017, StarVR and …

SIA: Global Semiconductor Sales Increased by 21.6% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The SIA has announced the global semiconductor industry posted sales totalling $412.2 billion in 2017, the industry’s highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to 2016. Global sales for the month of …

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Latin America Pay TV Decelerates

by Damir Lokas

Although the economic recession waned somewhat in 2017, the Latin American pay TV sector was still affected. According to the eighth edition of the Latin America Pay TV Forecasts report, the number of pay …

Sony Supports HDR in XZ Phones

by Bob Raikes

Hideuki Furumi of Sony kicked off the press event on its booth before the start of the event by talking about the key concept of current president, Kaz Hirai, ‘Kando’ which is to say …

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Nokia Has News at the Top and Bottom of its Range

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand always attracts attention at the show and is licensed by HMD Global for smartphones. The company captured a lot of attention last year with a new feature phone and it got …

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Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …

ZTE Pushes for 5G But Has 1.2Gbps

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was promoting a quick introduction of 5G at MWC. It also said that it is working with Velcom of Belarus to deploy the first commericial 5G-ready virtual core network in Belarus. The company …

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Xiaomi Sets Its Sights on US Smartphone Market

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi chairman Lei Jun is reported to have stated that the company intends to enter the US smartphone market as early as this year, with plans to raise an initial public offering of at …

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Nuu Moves Slightly Up-Market

by Bob Raikes

Nuu is from Hong Kong (and emphasised, not mainland China!) where it has been making smartphones for the last seven years. It specialises in OEM and ODM supply and has successful business in the …

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Goodix Extends its Touch Technology

by Bob Raikes

Goodix is a Chinese supplier of fingerprint and touch technology and was showing its modules for a range of smartphone applications. Wins have included: Xiaomi Mix2 – rear ceramic sensor Nokia 6 – front …

Hisense and Yi+ To Usher in a New Era Of Real-time Video Recognition in TV

by Damir Lokas

In its recent official announcements, Hisense revealed the launch of its new generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) television system- “VIDAA-AI” in Beijing. This ushers in a new era of interactive media in the TV industry …

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Goertek Announces Next-Gen VR Reference Design Powered By Snapdragon 845

by Damir Lokas

Goertek announces its 3rd generation virtual reality (VR) reference platform in partnership with Qualcomm. This VR head mounted display (HMD) design, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 mobile platform, enables a vivid and immersive …