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Tianma Plans Flexible OLEDs

We went along to see Tianma which was showing its first flexible OLED sample (pictured), a 5.46″ diagonal display with 720 x 1280 resolution (270ppi) and curvable at radiuses of 20mm. The company told us that it will develop rigid OLEDs first, to improve its production capabilities before switching to flexible production, probably in 2018. … Read more

LG, Alcatel, Canon Shine at the iF Design Awards 2016

LG Electronics received a total of 28 awards at the iF Design Awards 2016, setting a new record for a Korean company. Three products from LG took home iF Gold Awards: the Gram 15 notebook, Signature refrigerator Signature washing machine. 25 additional products won iF Awards, among them the Signature OLED TV (65G6) and curved … Read more

Samsung Electronics Expands Curved Monitor Portfolio with Three New 1,800R Curvature Displays

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today launched its new curved monitor line-up including CF591 (27-inch model) and CF390 (23.5- and 27-inch models). Samsung’s newest curved displays meet the diverse multimedia and multitasking needs of both professional and individual users, and foster a visually-comfortable environment conducive to long-term use. Since releasing the industry’s first curved LED monitor … Read more

Foxconn Delays Sharp Acquisition

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Foxconn and Sharp have denied setting a date to sign the formal acquisition agreement (Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid). Nihon Keizai Shimbu, a Japanese news outlet, quoted sources who said that the two sides will finalise a deal next week, but the companies have said that nothing has been arranged. According to a statement, the firms … Read more

Proximus and Scarlet Grow Customer Base

Belgium’s Proximus’ has recorded TV subscriber growth, with both the Proximus and Scarlet brands increasing their customer base. The Consumer Business Unit ended 2015 with a total TV customer base of 1.7 million, up by 167,000 customers from 2014. In Q4’15, 44,000 TV subscribers in total were added, of which 30,000 were unique customers and … Read more

Selling to Schools: The Sensavis Strategy

Sensavis, the Swedish 3D content company, is experiencing more success at reaching educational customers with their 3D educational science content, the 3D Classroom, than many other content producers I know. They are one of the only companies successfully selling to colleges, universities, and even entire school districts. I wanted to know why, so I spent … Read more

MWC Round-Up

France’s Archos was showing two new smartphones: the Diamond 2+ and Diamond 2 Note. The former has a 5.5″ (1920 x 1080) display, while the latter is 6″ (2560 x 1440). The 2+ has an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of ROM and 3,000mAh; the 2 Note has a 64-bit processor, 3GB of RAM … Read more

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Plenty to See at MobileFocus

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On the evening before the main exhibition start, Pepcom held its MobileFocus event. The big attraction for the press that evening in Barcelona was the Samsung press event and that meant a relatively low turnout of journalists at MobileFocus, at least in the earlier part of the evening before the buses from Samsung’s event arrived. … Read more