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The first MediaTek-enabled smartphone for Sprint launched today, breaking new ground for MediaTek in the U.S. market. This marks MediaTek’s first premium chipset offered in a device on a major U.S. carrier network. Sprint introduced the LG X power™ which features the MediaTek helio P10 chipset for its high-performance, power efficiency and compact size to … Read more
Mediatek said that its Helio P10 chip is being used in the LG X Power smartphone, and is now being sold by Sprint in the US – the first phone to use processors from the company to be sold that way. MediaTek said taht it spent significant time and effort to optimize its LTE carrier … Read more
Canadian innovator Pixelgen Design Inc. today announced three interconnect solutions delivering full-bandwidth 18Gbps up to 30m that are making their debut at CEDIA 2016: PXLDRIVE™ (for 10m and 15m lengths), Passive Pixelgen™ cables (in lengths of up to 5m), and Pixelgen™ Fiber (in 20m and 30m lengths). PXLDRIVE™ is the industry’s first active long-reach THX® … Read more
Tech Data in the UK has signed up with Tech sixty four to sell the Gator Watch, aimed at children between five and ten years old. The watch allows parents to keep track of their children using a combination of GPS, GSM and Wi-Fi. There is an SOS button that allows contact to three emergency … Read more
EVP Gerhard Schulz is leaving his role as president of Europe Technology Solutions of Ingram Micro for personal reasons. He was recently responsible for the restructure of Ingram’s EMEA operations. He moved to the company fifteen years ago from competitor Tech Data.
At IFA, Sony joined Samsung and Pansonic in announcing an UltraHD Blu-ray player and these companies will be joined by Oppo according to some journalists who were briefed at Cedia. Chris Heinonen, Editor of Reference Home Theater, is quoted as saying that it will be called UDP-203 and will sell in the US for $499 … Read more
Germany-based Metz Consumer Electronics (now owned by Skyworth of China) has started production of its Novum Twin R OLED TVs in Zirndorf, Germany. It will label them as “Made in Germany”. The TVs are 4K and HDR, and have a dual tuner (DVB-T2 and -S2), WiFi and a 1TB hard drive.
The International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing Equipment QView showed mixed results in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16) with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 2.0% quarter over quarter but down slightly (-0.4%) year over year. Total worldwide enterprise video equipment revenue in 2Q16 was more than $505 million, up from about $495 million … Read more
IDC released its Q2 2016 data for videoconferencing systems and highlighted 2.0% growth on the Q1 data, but a 0.4% drop in revenue on an annual basis. However, worldwide enterprise video equipment revenue in Q2 2016 was $505 million, up from $496 million a year ago. Overall units were up to 104,209 in Q2, an … Read more
IDC released its Q2 2016 data for videoconferencing systems and highlighted 2.0% growth on the Q1 data, but a 0.4% drop in revenue on an annual basis. However, worldwide enterprise video equipment revenue in Q2 2016 was $505 million, up from $496 million a year ago. Overall units were up to 104,209 in Q2, an … Read more
ZTE had a significant presence at IFA for the first time as it promotes its brand in Germany, where it has been selling its phones since 2012. ZTE’s IFA Booth was its first big presence. Image:Meko The main news was the Nubia Z11 (ZTE Preps Mid-Range AMOLED Handset) SnapDragon 820-based phone that was launched in … Read more
Huawei had an impressive booth and was focusing on its mobile phone and tablet as well as its back end and cloud technology. The Nova and Nova+ are both new smartphones. We were, apparently, not the first people to suggest that this name was not chosen with the Spanish market in mind (it means “No … Read more
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