Empowering display industry professionals with cutting-edge insights and analysis
The GSMA today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Barcelona City Partners to extend their contract for an additional five years, making Barcelona the Mobile World Capital and host city of the GSMA Mobile World Congress through 2023. The Barcelona City Partners comprise the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism; the … Read more
The value of IT product sales in Russia last year totalled RUB700 billion ($12.3 billion), says PMR Research. In rouble terms, the market fell 1.6% YoY – although in terms of the euro, the contraction reached 17.5%. PMR says that the euro-based valuation better shows the market’s current performance. In the second half of 2014, … Read more
There is a split in the USA over how often to upgrade a smartphone. According to a survey by Gallup, 54% of users in the US say that they will only upgrade when their phone stops working, or becomes totally obsolete. 44% said that they would upgrade as soon as their contract is over (usually … Read more
Sharp Europe has hired Christopher Parker as senior product manager for visual solutions. He will be responsible for the development and marketing of Sharp’s portfolio of visual solutions products, supporting sales teams and channels across Europe. Parker joined Sharp earlier this month from NEC.
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata – a man often credited with changing the gaming industry – has died of cancer, at the age of 55. Iwata was the company’s president, and was behind the launch of the Nintendo DS handheld and Nintendo Wii, both of which brought games to a wider audience. He famously said, “On my … Read more
Neil Schneider of “Meant to be Seen” had a chance to try the Oculus half moon controllers – here are his comments. The demo had you standing on a 5-foot floor mat facing away from the computer monitors. Ahead of you are two tracking cameras mounted high up at approximately 45 degrees apart. Putting on … Read more
Future Market Insights has published a (paid) report on the IGZO display market. Although the forecast is good for IGZO compared to silicon-based displays, it faces challenges from LTPS and other technologies. Double-digit growth is expected over the next five years. The report is separated into display types, applications and regions. It can be found … Read more
Nine LG displays have been installed in a 9m² video wall in Bergen, Norway. Travel Retail Norway decided to install the wall – with PoS specialist Nexgen Smart Instore – in its new duty-free shop at the Bergen airport. The 3 x 3 wall uses 47″ screens, each with 1920 x 1080 resolution, and is … Read more
Evan Blass, aka @Evleaks, says that Microsoft is preparing to launch ‘at least’ six new Lumia handsets in the coming months.
Delta Electronics said sales in June rose 5.5% sequentially and 5% year on year to NT$17 billion ($546.2 million), taking sales to date to NT$91.9 billion ($2.9 billion), up 1.4% from the corresponding period of last year.
Apple is ‘cautious’ about placing supply chain orders for the long-rumoured 12.9″ iPad Pro, say sources in Taiwan. The tablet is expected to be launched in late September, but Apple’s caution means that initial shipment volumes will be ‘much lower’ than previous expectations.
Acer reported a 50% month on month rise in sales last month to NT$26.5 billion ($851.3 million), though this was 27.3% lower than June 2014. For the second quarter, the company saw sales of NT$60 billion ($1.9 billion), slipping 11.8% quarter on quarter and for the first six months of the year, sales declined 18.9% … Read more
Jon Peddie Research
4 St. Gabrielle Ct.
Tiburon, California 94920
415-435-9368
© 2026 Jon Peddie Research
