Alltron to Distribute ZTE Smartphones
Alltron will start distributing ZTE smartphones in Switzerland, followng a distribution deal it entered with ZTE. Alltron will initially stock the Blade series.
Samsung to Invest in Large OLED
In recent weeks, Samsung Display confirmed that it was developing large-sized OLED panels (Samsung “Will Proceed” With Large OLEDs). Reports from the Korea Display Industry Association indicate that Samsung is discussing a large investment (about $3 billion) in a new OLED TV panel fab. Samsung aim to build a Gen-8 fab, with orders expected to … Read more
Hybrimer Will Protect Project Valley
Transistors formed on Hybrimer. Source: KAIST.KIPost, a Korean news source, says that Samsung will introduce a foldable smartphone at the end of this year. Samsung has apparently been working with Solip Technology, a spin-off from KAIST, which has developed a product called Hybrimer. This is flexible glass combined with organic materials, and is around 50?m … Read more
Detachables Sustain European Tablet Market
More than 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe in Q4’15: a 10.1% decline YoY, says IDC. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% thanks to the rising penetration of detachable tablets. 2.6 million detachables were shipped in Western Europe in Q4, up from around 800,000 in Q4’14. They now account for … Read more
Apple Faces First-Ever iPhone Fall
Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, for 2015 as a whole. Driving factors continued to be low-cost phones in emerging markets, as well as strong demand for … Read more
Coretronic Transformation Fails to Save Shipments
Company chair Chang Wei-yi has said that Coretronic is in the midst of a transition from a backlight unit maker to a display solutions provider. The switch is mainly being undertaken to raise production value and gross margins. At an investors’ conference, Chang said that revenues for the company’s projector business did not rise much … Read more
Xiaomi Will Show Off Mi 5 in Barcelona
China’s Economic Daily News says that Xiaomi will reveal a new smartphone, the Mi 5, at MWC. The phone will be unveiled on the 24th February, concurrently in both Barcelona and Beijing. The source said that Inventec will produce 2 million units for the initial batch, manufactured by subsidiary Inventec Appliances.
DISH Network Experienced a Rocky 2015
In 2015, Dish activated about 3 million new Pay-TV subscribers, compared to 2.6 million in 2014. Net subscribers were down around 81,000 in 2015, compared to a loss of approximately 79,000 in 2014. Dish ended 2015 with approximately 13.9 million Pay-TV subscribers compared with approximately 14 million at the end of 2014.
Skylights Pioneering In-Flight VR
Virtual reality start-up Skylights (Paris, France), a B2B hardware and service provider to airlines, plans to provide in-flight 2D and 3D movies by way of the company’s so-called SkyTheater VR Headset. The current activity in addressing this marketplace is a collaboration with air carrier XL Airways (France). To put this plan into context, VR has … Read more
Real-Time Video over IP Technology Develops
On February 10th I attended a half-day Technology Symposium hosted by Snell Advanced Media (SAM) in New York. The Symposium had five speakers, Neil Maycock and David Tasker from SAM (https://s-a-m.com/), Tom Ohanian from Cisco Systems (http://www.cisco.com/), Larry Thorpe from Canon (http://www.canon.com/) and Scott Rothenberg from NEP (http://www.nepinc.com/). While Larry Thorpe talked mostly about cameras … Read more
HeadsUP! a New Aftermarket HUD Includes Amazon Alexa
This latest version of an aftermarket automobile HUD is presented by HeadsUP!, a California based startup company and includes the Amazon Alexa voice recognition system as its input system. The device comes with its own curved mirror, avoiding any double image creation on the windshield. The voice recognition system allows you sending texts, making phone … Read more
VR Plays a Larger Role at the Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 13 to the 24, has always supported new forms of entertainment in the forms of gaming, events, installations etc. This year the number of VR based presentations is increasing to a total of 23 exhibits, 16 of which will be world premiers. The exhibits … Read more
