Huawei and Acentic
Hospitality specialist, Acentic, said at Gitex that it would work with Huawei to bring its ‘Hotel Room of the Future’ to the Middle East with In Room Entertainment, Wi-Fi & HSIA tech.
LG Display Plans Pilot Production of Inkjet OLEDs
Image:KateevaThe ETNews in Korea reports that LG Display will start pilot production of OLEDs produced using inkjet printing in 2017, with mass production taking a further year or two. The paper reports that LG wants to be able to compete with Chinese makers, especially for sizes of 60″ and above and highlights the joint venture … Read more
Sony Does Well with PSVR in Japan
According to Media Create, the Sony PlayStation VR was bought by 51,500 people in Japan in the first week, said to be 90% of the available stock with most buyers opting for the bundle with the camera and Move controllers. Other commentators suggested that around 10,000 units had been sold in China.
Xiaomi Mi Note 2 & Mi Mix Innovate
Xiaomi has launched the Mi Note 2 in China with a dual edge curved 5.7″ FullHD AMOLED display. The smartphone has a Snapdragon 821 with 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of storage. The rear camera has 22.5 megapixels and the battery is rated at 4070mAh. The pricing in China is $410 … Read more
BlackBerry DTEK60 Launched
Blackberry has said that it will get out of design and manufacture of hardware (BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build) and has now introduced a smartphone that is made by TCL. The DTEK60 has a 5.5″ AMOLED with 2560 x 1440 and based on a Snapdragon 820 with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of … Read more
BenQ Adds Two Home Cinema Projectors
BenQ has two new home cinema DLP projectors. The W1090 has 1920 x 1080 resolution and uses a six-segment 6X speed colour wheel with 2,000 ANSI lumens and 10,000:1 contrast from a 210W lamp. The throw ratio is 1.15 to 1.50 from the manual zoom lens which supports images up to 300″ and down to … Read more
Google Pixel XL Cost Matches Rivals
The cost to manufacture the Google Pixel phone closely matches that of its intended rivals—a logical and expected move, according to IHS Markit, especially since it’s aimed at the buyers of high end smartphone models from Apple and Samsung. All told, the bill of materials (BOM) cost for the new Google Pixel XL 5.5-inch phone … Read more
Taiwan Makers to Hit 1.2 Billion S/M LCDs in 2016
Digitimes Research said that Taiwan-based LCD makers shipped 309 million small- to medium-size panels in Q3 3016, up 15% on Q2 and 0.8% on last year. 89.2% were based on amorphous panels and 10.8% based on LTPS. The handset application took almost three quarters of the sales, with automotive second at 5.72%, ahead of tablets … Read more
Apple Sees Reduced Profits
Apple Inc. recorded Q4 net profit of $9.0 billion, down from $11.1 billion last time, on turnover of $46.9 billion, a decrease from $51.5 billion. For the year there were profits of $45.7 billion, compared with $53.4 billion a year ago, on revenue which fell to $215.6 billion from $233.7 billion. The company commented that … Read more
Commercial Notebooks Save PC Market in Europe
PC shipments in EMEA performed above expectations, reaching 17.9 million units and posting a 3.3% on-year decrease in the third quarter of 2016, according to IDC. Notebook shipments increased by 0.7%, supported by interest in new thin and light solutions from Western European enterprises and by political stabilisation in the Middle East and Africa. Despite … Read more
Nichia Takes Action Against HTC
Nichia has taken legal action against HTC Nippon and its distributor in Japan over the use of white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 which are said to have infringed Nichia’s patents, JP5177317 and JP5610056.
Why Case Studies Fail in the Education Market
A recently published research report, “3D in Education: South-east London Trial”, by Professor Anne Bamford of University of the Arts-London provides us with some insightful action research findings relative to 3D in education, notions that are perhaps relevant to both the recent virtual reality push and the display industry in general. Background This study showcased … Read more
