subscribe

Microsoft ‘Extends’ Tablet Screen With E Ink

Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group (ASG) has been working with input devices for decades. There is a trend today towards miniaturisation, especially when it comes to portable devices. However, says the ASG, little research has been done into input methods on these products. In 2009, the ASG showed off the Microsoft Adaptive Keyboard: a standard keyboard … Read more

AOC Takes a Lesson From Philips

MMD has introduced two new gaming monitors under the AOC brand, which use the ‘SoftBlue’ technology that Philips premiered last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). SoftBlue is a low-blue-light technology. Rather than applying a filter to the monitor’s screen, which can result in colour shifts, the 450nm blue light is instead shifted to … Read more

First Look at Microsoft’s Windows 10 Flagship

Press renders of Microsoft’s upcoming Lumia phones have apparently been leaked. Pictures of the ‘Cityman’ and ‘Talkman’ phones (Windows 10 Flagship Leaked) were tweeted by Evan Blass (@evleaks). They are said to be called the Lumia 950 XL (5.7″, 2560 x 1440) and Lumia 950 (5.2″, 2450 x 1440), respectively. Both are said to feature … Read more

Hybrids Grow While Tablet Shipments Fall

Shipments of tablet and hybrid PCs will fall 8% YoY this year, IDC has said – a significant fall from the previous -3.8% forecast. Shipments are now expected to reach 212 million, the majority being pure slates (rather than hybrids). Overall tablet trends have not changed significantly in the past 18 months, although hybrid devices … Read more

PC Shipments Will Fall to 2017

PC shipments will fall 8.7% YoY in 2015, and will not stabilise until 2017, says IDC. Growth will continue to decline through 2016, making it the fifth consecutive year of falling shipments. When growth resumes in 2017, it will be led by the commercial market. Consumer volumes will continue to decline – slowly – through … Read more

TV and Monitors Slide at TPV

TPV Technology Limited includes the results of its TP Vision subsidiary, which looks after the Philips TV business in Europe, in its financial results. Sales results for TP Vision were included in the company’s most recent financial data (TPV Result 27/08/2015). In the first six months of 2015, TPV’s total TV revenue was $1.98 billion, … Read more

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Expected to Decline -8.0% in 2015 While 2-in-1 Devices Pick Up Momentum, Growing 86.5%

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments, inclusive of 2-in-1 devices, are expected to decline -8.0% in 2015, representing a notable slowdown from IDC’s previous forecast of -3.8%. Shipments are now expected to reach 212 million with the vast majority being pure slate tablets. The … Read more

Dragon Quest: Educational 3D Content?

dragon zJyY8m5O

The number one thing hardware and solutions companies ask me about is “Where can I find educational 3D content?” It’s also one of the expected questions educators ask me at my presentations. It’s my twice-a-year dragon quest. That’s why, twice a year, every year, I release an updated list of known educational stereo 3D content … Read more

Dissecting the 2015 K12 Horizon Report

This summer the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their annual K12 Horizon Report, a document which can be very informative for manufacturers and integrators in the display industry. According to the NMC, ‘The NMC Horizon Report series charts the five-year horizon for the impact of emerging technologies … Read more

AV Stumpfl Revives the Bronze Age

AV Stumpfl’s control, multimedia and screen products have been used in the new Bronze Age Cinema, 400m below the ground at Austria’s Saltzwelten salt mine experience. Located in a 1,000m³ cavern, the Cinema uses a 10m x 3m projection screen and four Canon XEED WUX400ST projectors. Content is supplied from AV Stumpfl’s FHD Players. After … Read more