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Apple has sent out invitations to an event on Thursday 9th September, in San Francisco. The company traditionally reveals new iPhone models in the autumn. Unlike previous years, this invitation doesn’t hint at any specific product or feature – although does imply that the virtual assistant, Siri, knows something. Asking Siri will bring up a … Read more
Microsoft has confirmed that it is to close the Salo handset production unit in Finland, as part of the swingeing round of job cuts announced in July (Microsoft to Cut 7,500 Jobs). The Salo plant was previously part of Nokia’s operations and was taken over by Microsoft when it acquired Nokia’s devices and services business. … Read more
ZTE Corporation has released its interim results, recording a net profit of RMB1.6 billion ($251.4 million) on turnover of RMB45.9 billion ($7.2 billion), which compares with a net profit of RMB1.2 billion ($188.6 million) on turnover of RMB37.7 billion ($5.9 billion). The company’s mobile division contributed just under RMB10 billion ($1.6 billion) to total turnover … Read more
Dell has produced a couple of ‘firsts’, with two new 27″ LCD monitors. Just before gaming show PAX Prime, the company announced its first-ever monitor especially for gamers, with the S2716DG. At the same time, the company showed off its first curved display, which will be released in September: the SE2716H. Unlike the majority of … Read more
Hisense revealed two new UltraHD TVs at an event in Times Square in late August, using its ‘ULED’ (UltraHD resolution with display enhancements) technology. The 65″ H10 (ULED) and 55″ H9 TVs are Hisense’s first curved screens. The H10, the company says, will cover some (exact figures were not shared) of the Rec.2020 gamut, and … Read more
HP today announced the HP mt42, the world’s thinnest, lightest and most powerful quad-core mobile thin client. At just 3.41 pounds light, .74 inches thin and up to 3.0 GHz fast with AMD quad-core processing technology – the HP mt42 offers 10% higher clock speed and an additional two cores of processing power than the … Read more
Samsung’s UE40JU6550 curved UltraHD TV ranked first in Stiftung Warentest’s August TV results, with a rating of ‘good (2.0)’, out of eight different models from four manufacturers. TVs were rated on factors including image, sound, handling and versatility. Analyst Comment Stiftung Warentest has a lot of credibility with consumers in Germany as a source of … Read more
Although French company Archos specialises in low-cost mobile devices, it still has premium products – most in the Diamond line. Following the announcement of the Diamond S smartphone (Archos ‘Reveals’ Windows 10 Mobile Release), the company has shown off the Diamond Tab tablet. The first tablet in the Diamond line, the unit is Archos’ first … Read more
Chunghwa Picture Tubes’ (CPT) president, Lin Sheng-chang, has been quoted as saying that the unstable global economy and falling demand for notebook and monitor panels will lead to a weak third quarter for the company. However, CPT is seeing strong growth in demand for car displays. The company expects revenue from automotive displays this quarter … Read more
46 million internet homes in the USA now own a connected TV device, according to the NPD Group, equal to about half of all households. Smart TVs are a driver: 45% of TVs sold in the USA in Q2 were smart models, up from 34% in Q2’14 and 24% in Q2’13. The rate of internet … Read more
In the good old days of LCD manufacturing the optimal size of a display panel and the mother glass size was something that could easily be determined by a simple spreadsheet. Today this relationship still exists, but the number of options has increased sharply as the mother glass size, the fab generations, as well as … Read more
The Public Display market in EMEA dropped back by 8.5% compared to Q1, although it was up 11.9% on an annual basis, according to Meko’s DisplayCast PD service. “Samsung in Germany was the biggest factor”, said Bob Raikes, principal analyst at Meko. “Samsung did really well in Q1, but fell back in Q2. Samsung is … Read more
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