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IDC: Android to Increase Dominance

by Andrew Fenn

As we have previously reported, according to IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0.5% in 2017, the first year-on-year decline the market has experienced since the introduction of smartphones. Smartphone companies shipped a total of …

Smartphones Hit Pivotal Stage as Worldwide Shipment Volumes Decline 0.5% in 2017, But Return to Growth is Expected, According to IDC

by Damir Lokas

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0.5% in 2017, the first year-over-year decline the market has experienced since the introduction of what we now …

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New Galaxy Dominates the Samsung Booth

by Bob Raikes

Our main news on the S9 and S9+ was the report from the Samsung press event (Samsung’s S9 Launch Emphasis is on Camera), but, of course, we went to the booth. There were the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09| Wireless Charging

MMD Widens IPS Monitor Line

by Milos Pavlovic

MMD has announced three new monitors in the E9 series which have three sided narrow borders. The monitors have 27″ IPS panels with 250 cd/m² of output and are 9.94mm thick. Gamut is 123% …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Apple Granted Patent for OLED Touch-Screen Keyboard

by Andrew Fenn

An Apple patent, which the company applied for back in 2015, was granted last week, revealing the potential for an Apple-branded OLED touch-screen keyboard or dual-display laptop device. The patent details two versions of …

Some Samsung non-QLED TVs Announced

by Milos Pavlovic

Ahead of its planned QLED TV launch on March 7th in New York, Samsung US has released details of two of its ranges of TVs for 2018. Unusually, the company didn’t release details of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 08

ViewSonic Projectors Are Priced for Europe

by Milos Pavlovic

VeiwSonic has announced the PG800W and PG705WU DLP projectors in Europe. The PG705WU was first revealed in December in the US (New ViewSonic Networkable Projectors Feature High Brightness). The PG800W has 1280 x 800 …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| ViewSonic| Vol 25 - Issue 08

IDC: Personal Computing Device Market Expected to Decline

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest forecast from IDC, global shipments of personal computing devices (PCDs) – composed of traditional PCs (desktop, notebooks and workstations) and tablets (slate and detachable) – declined 2.7% year-on-year in 2017. …

Samsung Pre-Announces 2018 QLED-TV Line-up at SID-LA

by Ken Werner

At the SID Los Angeles Chapter’s annual One Day Conference on Emerging Display Technology, held on February 9, 2018 at the Costa Mesa Country Club in Costa Mesa, California, Jim Langehennig (Senior Manager for …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Technology Retailer Maplin Goes into Administration

by Andrew Fenn

High-street technology retailer Maplin has entered administration, after takeover talks broke down and the company failed to raise enough capital to avoid a collapse. CEO Graham Harris cited the weak British pound following the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 08

VR @ FETC 2018

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference, held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC always sets the …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Osram Acquires Pacific Light Technologies

by Chris Chinnock

According to a post by quantum dot consultant, Peter Palomaki, Osram has acquired quantum dot developer, Pacific Light Technologies (PLT). Requests to confirm the deal to PLT went unanswered but Osram did confirm the …