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Television is exciting again. At CES, the UHD Alliance announced its “Ultra HD Premium” specification, which includes high dynamic range (HDR), wide color gamut (WCG), and 10-bit processing, along with 4K x 2K pixels. There are OLED and LCD sets on the show floor – from LG and Samsung, among others – that sport the … Read more
Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of “TZ1201XBG”, an application processor for wearable devices, as the latest addition to its ApP Lite™ family for the Internet of Things (IoT). Samples of the TZ1201XBG ApP Lite processor will begin shipping in April and mass production is scheduled to begin in summer 2016. The TZ1201XBG will be … Read more
Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.
Also has signed three new deals in Switzerland. The distributor will now handle Pocketbook eReaders; tablets and mini PCs from Trekstor; and home automation products from Fibaro.
The OLED Association (OLED-A) has released its data for 2015, and some interesting projections for the year ahead. 2015 was a ‘great year’ for OLED displays, with shipments rising 53% YoY, to almost 275 million. This compares very favourably to 2014, when shipments were down 17%. Revenues for AMOLED displays also rose, climbing 40% to … Read more
Dell has revealed the successor to its U2414H desktop monitor, using an ‘InfinityEdge’ design. The U2417H has extremely thin bezels of 5.3mm on each side, and 8.83mm on the top and bottom. This is down from 6.05mm and 18.8mm. Being mostly an evolution to the U2414H, there have been few major changes to the monitor … Read more
Volvo and Microsoft have expanded their partnership, several months after first announcing it using Hololens (Volvo Works With Microsoft’s Hololens). Owners of certain Volvo cars will be able to talk to their vehicles through the Microsoft Band 2, starting this spring. The Band will link to the Volvo On Call app, which can be used … Read more
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced its CES 2016 Booth, for the first time, features a “Future TV Zone” – an interactive showcase of the most forward thinking TV concepts the company has ever produced. The “Future TV Zone” is focused around Modular display technology, which allows for multiple screens in various shapes and sizes … Read more
A survey by Parks Associates, revealed at CES 2016, has shown that around 17% of broadband households in the UK, France, Germany and Spain are planning to buy a flat-panel TV in the next 12 months – and more than 50% consider UltraHD an important feature. 54% of consumers planning a new TV purchase said … Read more
The installed base of HDMI products is now approaching 5 billion worldwide, says HDMI Licensing. The 1,700 HDMI Adopters that are members of the group are expected to ship more than 750 million HDMI-compliant products this year, and almost 60% have licensed v2.0a of the specification.
Huawei said that it had hit revenues of $20 billion, nearly 70% up from 2018 and that it has increased its smartphone sales by 44% to 108 million in 2015. As well as a top three position globally for smartphones (with a claim of 9.7% share), the firm claims top spot for smartphone sales in … Read more
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