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EMRight Technology Can Supply Pens for Chromebooks

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EMRight Technology, an affiliated company of ViewSonic, said it has been approved as a supplier by Google and can enter the Chromebook supply chain with its EMR and capacitive touch pen …

Tags:Chromebooks| Pen Input| Supply Chain| USI (Universal Stylus Initiative)| ViewSonic

3D holographic head-up display could improve road safety

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from three UK universities has developed a LiDAR-based augmented reality head-up display for use in vehicles that is intended to help road safety by providing additional information to a …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays

AUO sales driven by rising prices in 1Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Like the other panel suppliers, AUO enjoyed the business in Q1 2021, with sales up 3.0% on Q4 2020 to $2.98 billion, and up 54.5% on last year. Net profit was …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data

Plastic Logic Display Makes Waves With 878 Smart Sailing Jacket

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Plastic Logic said that it has supplied a foldable E Ink-based display that is built into the sleeve of a professional sailing racing jacket. The display connects wirelessly to show data …

Tags:E Ink| Flexible Displays| Maritime| Sports and Stadiums

Samsung’s Notebooks Have Two Grades of OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has two new Galaxy Book devices, the Galaxy Book Pro (a clamshell notebook) and the Galaxy Book Pro 360 (a touchscreen convertible), the first Windows PCs it has introduced with …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Notebooks| OLEDs| Samsung

IT the Biggest Earner for LGD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display held its quarterly earnings call. The company did well although down on Q4 with revenue down 8% QoQ to $6.2 billion with net profit of £240 million. Smartphone shipments …

Tags:Financial Data| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Small Medium Panel Supply

Review: Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325S

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Hexus blog had a look at the Asus ZenBook UM325S notebook which has a 13.3-inch FullHD OLED screen, which is the only option for AMD-powered machines, whereas the Intel-powered versions …

Tags:Asus| Notebooks| OLEDs| Testing

Gaming in Germany Continues to Grow

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An analyst company, block-builders.net produced a number of infographics, based on data from a number of sources, about the development of the gaming market in Germany. Data from game.de estimated that …

Tags:Game Playing| Germany

Campfire Emerges from Stealth

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Campfire is a new company that has come out of stealth, although the firm is reported to have had its roots in the Meta AR firm which dissolved in 2019. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment

Component shortages drag down Taiwan TV shipments in 1Q21, says Digitimes Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research said that Taiwan-based makers shipped only 6.26 million LCD TVs globally in the first quarter of 2021, down 34.2% sequentially, due mainly to shortages of panels, display driver ICs …

Tags:Supply Chain| Taiwan| TV Production

Zheng Ding to Boost miniLED backlit PCB shipments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on some supply chain issues with its iPad Pro MiniLED display (Apple With Backlight Supply Chain Challenge) and now Digitimes has identified Zhen Ding Technologies as a supplier of …

Tags:Apple| MiniLED| OLEDs| Taiwan

Samsung and Apple Report Good Results

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Samsung reported profits of $8.45 billion on sales of $59 billion in Q1 2021. Solid sales of smartphones and consumer electronics outweighed lower earnings from semiconductors and displays. The display business …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung