Apple Watch Reaches Stores
Apple has said that the Apple Watch will be available to buy in-store from 26th June. The Watch could only be purchased online when it was launched.
And Finally… – Vol 22 No 26
Ever felt that your flagship smartphone just wasn’t powerful enough? Do you crave more cores, to the detriment of every other spec? Take a lesson from Intel’s lead engineer, François Piednoel. At a benchmarking session at Computex, he turned over an Asus Zenfone to reveal…a 61-core Xeon server processor, strapped to the back. Yes folks … Read more
ITRI and Orbotech Sign Flexible Display Agreement
Orbotech of Israel signed a co-operation agreement with Taiwan’s ITRI, to develop solutions for the production of flexible displays. As part of the agreement, ITRI will use Orbotech’s inspection technology to identify production bottlenecks in flexible AMOLED processes. Janglin Chen, VP and general director of ITRI’s display technology centre, said, “We are confident that AMOLED … Read more
Prism Sees Use in E Ink Sculpture
An interactive sculpture was constructed in Chicago for the SEGD Nexpo (4th – 6th June), using E Ink’s Prism colour-changing product (E-Ink Shows Prism Displays for Architectural Applications). ‘eFlow’ was built by Ueberall International, with 52 4.8m-long strips of Prism, in the shape of a band of fibres.
SID 2015 – Who Was Missing?
This week we have a busy issue with plenty of news. I’ve spent the week at the annual SID display technology week in San Jose. We’ll have a substantial report for you next week. The show was said to be up on attendance and exhibit area compared to last year. The last day was busy, … Read more
Portugese Pay-TV Rises
Anacom, the Portugese regulator, has said that there were 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of Q1’15. The figure represents growth of 194,000 users YoY. 40.2% of the total were cable subscribers, followed by fibre (20%) and DTH/satellite (17.7%). Fibre saw the most growth (31.2% YoY).
SID Display Week Positive On Location & Attendance
The SID held a successful Display Week in San Jose. We spoke to Head of Marketing, Sri Peruvemba, who told us about the highlights.
Technicolor Gives a Glimpse of the Future
Technicolor held its yearly science and research event in Jersey City, NJ. Technicolor, the technology company which focuses on the creation, distribution and storage of image related content, has about $3.5 billion in sales. About €500 million comes from licensing, with €1.6 billion coming from services for studios and content creators and €1.4 billion generated … Read more
Continental Announces Haptic Display System for Automotive Applications
Continental has released the Haptic Feedback Display for use in automotive applications. This display combines full touch capability with haptic feedback for the first time, the company claims in its latest press release. This solution differs from other haptic solutions in that it uses a mechanical force to move the complete display module once a … Read more
Sharp Introduces New Line Of Commercial AQUOS™ LED Smart TVs
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of American (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation (SEC), today announces its first series of AQUOS LED smart TVs specifically designed for B2B and commercial applications are now shipping and available for order. The series includes monitors in three sizes: a 60″ Class (60.1″ diagonal) LC-60LE661U, a 70″ Class … Read more
Hisense Launches First Curved Quantum Dot TV with QD Vision’s Color IQ™ Technology
At SID Display Week, Hisense and QD Vision jointly launched a 55” curved quantum dot TV. The new K7100 integrates the ULED fine lighting technology and VIDAA3 intelligent operation system from Hisense, and Color IQ™ optics from QD Vision. The highly anticipated new product delivers top image quality and intelligent control, and will be available … Read more
Wearable Market Remained Strong in the First Quarter Despite the Pending Debut of the Apple Watch, Says IDC
The worldwide wearable device market (commonly referred to as wearables) recorded its eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 11.4 million wearables in 1Q15, a 200.0% increase from the 3.8 million wearables … Read more
