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Worldwide tablet shipments (including both slates and detachables) shrank 12.3% YoY in Q2, says IDC, to 38.7 million units. Vendors are beginning to ‘refocus’ their product lines and consumers are delaying purchases. 65% of tablets shipped in Q2’16 were based on Android, followed by 26% using iOS and 9% using Windows. This is a continuation … Read more
The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users will have the option of purchasing a model with 1920 x 1080 resolution (usually 1366 x 768) for an extra $30. … Read more
NanoLumens developed a rotating display for the Charlestown Square Shopping Centre in New South Wales, Australia. The display was a double-sided 4mm-pitch portrait unit, measuring 2.4m x 4.3m. It used a rotating mount from Dynapac Rotating.
Analytik & Messtechnik GmbH Chemnitz (AMC) is a German company that has just launched a new 12.1″ industrial panel PC. The TPC-1282T features five-wire resistive touch and IP66 protection on its front. AMC has designed its new PC to be modular. An internal mini PCIe connector enables the use of AMC’s ‘iDoor’ modules, enabling system … Read more
A report by Reuters claims that the European Commission is set to approve the merger of the Dutch operations of Liberty Global (Ziggo) and Vodafone (Liberty and Vodafone (Finally) Go Ahead). People familiar with the matter said that the companies will win antitrust approval after offering ‘minor concessions’. The new company will be the second-largest … Read more
Leader’s LV5490 multi-screen signal monitor was chosen for a digital motion picture training centre in the UK. The centre is located on the campus of a production studio near Heathrow airport. Leader said that one of the features the tutors particularly like is the ability to view four display modes in one multiscreen display.
Highlights from the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony were played on the channelJapan began 8k broadcasts on the 1st August – five days before the Olympic Games. NHK is running the satellite channel, which will show a mix of UltraHD and 8k content between 10am and 5pm. The plan is to switch to fully-8k … Read more
HTC says that eight new firms have joined the VR Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA), which aims to support the growth of the VR industry. The VRVCA’s funding is now expected to increase from $10 billion to more than $12 billion. The new firms include NVIDIA GPU Ventures; Presence Capital; Lightspeed China Partners; ZenFund; and Softbank … Read more
During its recent financial results announcement, Innolux said that it shipped more than 7 million m² of panels in Q2’16, increasing 24.4% QoQ, with ASPs of $289 per m². 472,800 m² were small- and medium-sized panels. Innolux expects shipments of large-size panels to rise 5% QoQ in Q3. Small- and medium-sized panels will grow at … Read more
Eurogamer has run tests on a simulated Playstation Neo to assess the console’s UltraHD gaming performance. Of course, the console has not launched yet, so Eurogamer used an AMD RX 480 GPU (likely the same as the Neo will run) at clock speeds matching that of the leaked specifications. The site found that, while the … Read more
Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that Ubimax, a leading supplier for industrial wearable computing solutions, has joined the Vuzix Industrial Partner (VIP) program. As one of the first to join this by-invitation … Read more
A grand award ceremony will be held at the IFA show on September 3, 2016 to unveil the “2016 IFA Product Technical Innovation Award” cosponsored by the International Data Group (IDG) and German Industry and Commerce Ltd. The beautiful Miss IFA, its official image spokesman, will present the awards to winners. As one of the … Read more
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