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Fossil to Announce New Slimmer Android Wear™ Smartwatches, Activity Trackers and Smart Analog Watches during Baselworld

March 18, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Fossil Brand, an innovator in both the fashion watch and wearable space, will announce its latest activity trackers, smarter analog watches and slimmer Android Wear smartwatches at the 2016 Fossil Global Exposition. Coinciding with Baselworld in Switzerland, the latest additions to its Fossil Q line of devices strike the perfect balance of fashion and function. … Read more

Live 4K Streaming Trials Exclusive to Sony 4K HDR Ultra HD TVs

March 18, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

Sony Electronics announced today that it has participated in successful streaming trials of live 4K sporting events, including the first live North American soccer broadcast in 4K by Univision Deportes. These events, streamed live in 4K by leveraging the NeuLion® Digital Platform and delivered over-the-top (OTT) to Sony 4K HDR Ultra HD TVs that have … Read more

Application Deadline Extended to March 25: SID’s I-Zone at Display Week

March 18, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

At Display Week 2016, the Society for Information Display will provide a forum for live demonstrations of emerging information display technologies and related areas in an exhibit called the “Innovation Zone” (I-Zone) in the main Exhibit Hall. The I-Zone will showcase the cutting-edge demos and prototypes that will lead to the products of tomorrow. The … Read more

Canon Brings First Laser to DSE ’16

March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

At Digital Signage Expo 2016, Canon introduced its first-ever laser-phosphor projector: the LX-MU800Z. It is a DLP unit with seven interchangeable lenses, a sealed filter-free design and motorised lens shift. The projector is an installation model. Thanks to the solid-state light source, it can be rotated 360° on the vertical axis, and used for portrait … Read more

Rockwell Collins Can Eliminate Passports and Boarding Passes

March 18, 2016 by Bob Raikes

Rockwell Collins were almost over-enthusiastic in the pursuit of us by its PR people. We don’t think of the firm for applications in the area of flight information, but two years ago, it bought Arinc Airports and in the last year and a half has added 23 new airports, as it boosted activity outside the … Read more

Sony Assists in Live UHD Trials

March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

Sony has taken part in successful streaming trials of live UltraHD sporting events. These included the first North American football (soccer) broadcast in the format by Univision Deportes. The events were streamed using the NeuLion Digital Platform and delivered via OTT to Sony TVs using the NeuLion Streaming SDK. The streaming events will continue throughout … Read more

Net Display Systems Covers All Bases

March 18, 2016 by Bob Raikes

Net Display Systems was demonstrating its Pads 4 digital signage software (mentioned by the firm’s UK distributor, Anders and Kern when we met the company at the Retail Digital Signage Expo, last week). When they explained that their big message was that their software could integrate flight information, advertising, queue management and security information, we … Read more

Does Thunderbolt 3 Allow a New Class of Displays?

March 18, 2016 by Bob Raikes

We have more events to report on this week with the show report from the Retail DSE in Large Display Monitor and with our CeBIT report in both newsletters. We were also at PTE this week and the Wearables Show during the week and we’ll bring you those reports next week. It’s a busy time … Read more

Cord-Shaving Outweighs Cord-Cutting

March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

Research by Nielsen suggests that cord-cutting concerns are not as well-founded as expected. Most consumers are likely to cut back on, but not cancel, their pay-TV services, and complement them with streaming services like Netflix. Globally, 32% of respondents said that they planned to cut the cord – but only a ‘tiny fraction’ actually go … Read more

Flexible Will be Fastest-Growing OLED Segment to 2018

March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

The OLED Association (OLED-A) expects the OLED market to grow at a 22% CAGR between 2014 and 2018 – with capacity growth from 1 million m² in 2009 to 6.8 million m² by the end of the forecast. The full report, covering OLED fab capacity, is available to OLED-A members. 2016 sees the stagnation of … Read more

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

December 21, 2022March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

The TCG121WX 12″ TFT-LCD module from Kyocera (MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 21) is now available in Europe. Nokia has shared the price of its Ozo VR camera (Nokia Announces Ozo VR Camera for Professional Users). Set for $60,000 in the USA, the European price will be €55,000 (or £55,000). Companies can get … Read more

Microsoft Widens Windows 10 Availability

March 18, 2016 by Tom Allen

Windows 10 Mobile is now available for older Lumia phones. Only phones that will receive an upgrade to the user experience – i.e., installing Windows 10 will not slow them down – are eligible. These include the Lumia 430, 435, 532, 535, 540, 635 (with 1GB RAM), 640, 640 XL, 735, 830 and 930.