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The August shipments of notebook display panels grew 21% over the prior month to 14.43 million units, according to the latest large-size panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Though the August result was impressive, inventory pressure continues to build and demand has been weak compared with the prior year. Based on WitsView’s … Read more
After many announcements, ODG (Osterhout Design Group) is now offering the R7 smartglasses for pre-order on its website. They earlier announced the R7 device as well as a more consumer-oriented device, at CES 2015 and other conferences. The R7 has a binocular design with all the consumer electronics one would dare to put in a … Read more
Click to see a bigger imageStatista published a nice chart showing how many hours of work it takes to buy an iPhone 6, according to data from the Prices and Earnings report, published every three years by Swiss bank UBS (http://tinyurl.com/o9xt7r9) It varies from 20 hours in Zurich to 627 hours if you work in … Read more
IHS has released a report that looks in detail at the OLED plans for LG and Samsung. Samsung hnow has five years of experience in making small OLEDs for its Galaxy smartphones and has boosted performance in brightness, resolution and lifetime. After a slump in 2013, there have been developments in flexible OLEDs. The Galaxy … Read more
The Galaxy series rolled out by Samsung Electronics Co. has turned AMOLED into a household name. From the Galaxy S to the Galaxy S6, which were released in 2010 and 2015, respectively, many improvements have been made to resolve the issues associated with AMOLED, which were identified at the outset, including lower brightness, lower resolution, … Read more
Asustek has launched a new ZenFone Go phone in India. The product costs 7,999 rupees (US$121) and is intended to be more affordable than products previously sold in that country. The phone has a 1280 x 720 IPS LCD display and runs Android 5.1 on a Mediatek MT6580 processor. The Taipei Times reported that Asus … Read more
Samsung opened two big new buildings in Sillicon Valley to act as a centre for innovation and support for its US clients. In San Jose, a new 10 storey (102,000m²) building for up to 2,500 staff will house Samsung Display, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, while in Mountain View, Samsung Electronics will house all its … Read more
There are increasing rumours that Roku will move to release an UltraHD, likely to be known as the Roku 4. There were new adverts on a streaming service “Cinema Now”, followed by a reference to a new “4K Showcase Channel” on the Roku UK Channel Store. New applications to the FCC have also been spotted.
The European IT Observatory (EITO) said that, after two years of declining sales and minimal growth, business in information and communication technology products and services is set to expand again this year by 0.9% to €651 billion. Sales of IT hardware, services and software will increase by 2.1% to €364 billion, but sales in telecommunications … Read more
There are web reports that Microsoft’s new Band 2, expected on October 6th, will use a curved display. The rumours are based on a picture published by Microsoft Insider.
Click for larger image. Image: AudiAudi was at the eleventh International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL 2015) in Darmstadt and said that as well as the OLED head and taillights that it showed (Audi Invests in OLED) at the Frankfurt motor show, it is working on “matrix laser” technologies for headlights. The concept is based … Read more
Meizu of China has adopted a 5.7″ FullHD AMOLED (reported to be from Samsung) with Gorilla Glass 3 into its latest Pro 5 phone. The device has an octa-core (Samsung’s Exynos 7420 SoC) CPU, up to 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of flash memory as well as a 21 megapixel camera based on … Read more
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