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If you’ll excuse me for a moment, I want to head off from a display-only topic to talk about a general business issue, that is to say, innovation. In a recent article, one of our analysts queried whether a big company was going to create the ‘next big thing’ in the mobile space. “Almost certainly … Read more
IHS has called the Galaxy S7 a ‘ho-hum refresh’ to Samsung’s smartphone lineup, with some evolutionary improvements, but ‘no ground breakers’. In a teardown, the firm calculated that the 32GB version carries a BOM of about $255 and retails for $670 (the 16GB iPhone 6S has a BOM of $188 and retails for $650). Little … Read more
Sony’s Playstation Vue IPTV service, which was launched to the East Coast of the USA last year (Sony’s Vue Service Now Live), is now being rolled out across the country. Prices start at $30 per month.
Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek have jointly released reference designs to drive UltraHD video over a USB-C connector. Lattice’s USB-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can be paired with MediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile processor. Power efficiency is key in mobile, and a focus of these reference designs. The SiI83348 MHL transmitter drives UltraHD video on the … Read more
Sharp has pushed two of its large-format products, introduced at ISE (Sharp Enjoying the Big Pad), to market: the 70″ Big Pad PN-70TW3 and 80″ PN-H801. The Big Pad is Sharp’s first interactive (10-point IR touch) FPD with integrated wireless connectivity. The firm also claims that it is the first interactive FPD with a DICOM … Read more
The CTA has announced that CES Unveiled will return to Paris for the fourth consecutive year, in preparation for CES 2017 (5th – 8th January). A new event, CES Unveiled Prague, has also been announced, which will begin the Unveiled event series on the 20th October, followed by Unveiled Paris on the 25th.
Ingram Micro’s president and COO, Paul Read, has decided to leave the company. This is because the buyout by HNA (HNA Group to Acquire Ingram Micro) disrupts his aim to succeed Alain Monié as CEO.
From the start of April, Udo Sekulla will take on the position of director of sales and marketing (mobile communications) at LG Germany. Sekulla most recently served as a division manager at Komsa Kommunikation Sachsen AG, and before that at RIM. He also worked with Sony Ericsson for 20 years, as both a finance and … Read more
The Game Developers’ Conference took place in San Francisco this month. With the advances in virtual reality, this event is becoming ever more relevant to display makers. AMD estimates that it has an 83% share of the VR home systems market – including Sony’s Playstation 4, which will be used to run the Playstation VR. … Read more
2015 was one of the worst years on record for the PC market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Shipments declined in double-digits (26.2%) for the third consecutive year, to 13.7 million units, according to IDC. CEE vendors were unable to overcome obstacles, such as a poor YoY comparison to 2014 (when shipments were boosted … Read more
Acer ended February with consolidated net revenues of NT$16.2 billion ($492.6 million), up 1.9% MoM but down 21.7% YoY. Cumulative revenues were NT$32 billion ($973 million), down 26.1% YoY.
Foxconn Electronics reported a 16.9% MoM fall in February revenues, but a 0.2% climb YoY. Consolidated revenues were NT$280.6 billion ($8.5 billion). Year-to-date revenues were NT$618.3 billion ($18.8 billion), down 8.6% YoY. The firm said that seasonal factors constrained shipments of consumer electronics, computing and communications products in February.
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