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Local telco, Etisalat, was, as it does most years, was showing a range of IoT and other applications that exploit high bandwidth networks. We watched a presentation on the QNX operating system that was developed in Germany and was acquired in 2010 by Blackberry. The OS is widely used in vehicles, especially in the A/V … Read more
CTouch of the Netherlands was highlighting the new additions to its range of touch-enabled meeting and education displays. It is making its existing “Laser” products in 60″, 70″ and 84″ “end of line” and is developing new products. Features of the new systems include Android functionality and multiple inputs including three VGA and three HDMI … Read more
Hitachi was at Gitex to promote its projection products. The latest version of its interactive projector is the CP-TW-3005 which, among other improvements, extends lamp life to 10,000 hours. Touch performance has also been improved to support six touches. Contrast ratio has also been boosted to 10,000:1. Software is still from Starboard. Hitachi’s UST projector … Read more
An experiential showcase has been opened at Westfield White City in West London. The Samsung Galaxy Studio is open until the 3rd November – shoppers can visit to try out the Gear S2 smartwatch and other new products before they go on sale in the UK. There will also be 10 Gear S2 smartwatches and … Read more
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that its new experiential showcase, the Samsung Galaxy Studio, is now open to customers. The Studio, which will be open from Friday 23rd October to Tuesday 3rd November, in Westfield White City’s Main Atrium gives visitors the chance to experience Samsung’s new intuitive wearable experience, the Gear S2 smartwatch … Read more
Christie had a wide range of products on display, as you would expect. The company has a very wide range of display solutions including the LED Velvet series introduced at Infocomm last year, flat panels, projection and, of course, rear projection including the Microtile system. Following the acqusition, it also has the Coolux Pandora’s Box … Read more
Like Samsung, LG at Gitex was highlighting its B2B business and there was no significant consumer presence. LG used Gitex as the “official” worldwide launch for its 0.9mm (1.8mm) ultra narrow bezel products. The technology was shown at Infocomm, but was a “future technology”. There was a large area of panels, but performance, while much … Read more
The global PC gaming hardware market is forecast to slightly recede in 2015 but, but less than the overall PC market, and then resume growth in 2016. However, all recession and growth within the market is not equal. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) believes that notebooks bought for gaming have entered a challenging sales environment as … Read more
We reported extensively on Sharp’s changes in Europe last week (Sharp Explains its Reorganisation and Restructuring in Europe), but this week at Gitex, we looked at products. Sharp said that it would start to sell an 85″ TV with 8K resolution (http://tinyurl.com/nhmgleo), but at the show it had an 80″ display, the 80XU930X. The monitor … Read more
The option of watching television online will not influence the amount of time a person spends viewing TV, but it does make the experience more pleasurable, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Dallas. Stan Liebowitz“Some media reports predict that because people now have access to watch anything they want, anytime … Read more
Panasonic had two booths at the show, one devoted to mobile phones and the other to A/V solutions. We stopped by the mobile phone booth first. The mobile phones for Panasonic are now developed in India with R&D in that country from 2013 onwards. It started to re-launch in the Middle East and Africa in … Read more
We talked with Absen in detail at IBC, so there wasn’t much news for us at Infocomm. However, we hadn’t appreciated that 80% of the company’s sales are outside China. The company has been selling products in the Middle East since 2005 and is seeing around 20% growth, year on year. We met with AFNLEDs … Read more
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