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France’s Wiko has presented a smartphone that it claims is the thinnest 4G unit on sale in Germany: the Highway Pure, which is 5.1mm thick and weighs 98g. The phone’s thin profile is possible thanks to the use of AMOLED screen technology, while the weight – which includes the battery – was achieved through new, … Read more
Google has developed another new Android variant – this one for the IoT. The OS, known as Google Brillo, will run devices with as little as 32MB of RAM. The OS also incorporates ‘Weave’, a communication layer for IoT products. The company also wants to use Brillo to refine the IoT UI, with the aim … Read more
Samsung is reported to have halted television production at its plant in Thailand, though it is not known if the company has transferred production to another overseas site. Last year, Samsung announced a $560 million investment to build a consumer appliances complex in Vietnam (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 24), predominantly to produce TVs, as … Read more
The market for Chromebooks will grow to 7.3 million units this year, representing a 27% increase in sales from 2014, says Gartner. Education is the main application for these devices, with a 72% share of the Chromebook market last year. By region, 72% of Chromebooks in EMEA, 69% in APAC and 60% in the USA … Read more
Global smartphone shipments will reach around 1.5 billion units this year and approach 2 billion units in 2019, says Taiwan’s MIC. The growth represents a 7.2% CAGR over the forecast period. Several factors drive the worldwide smartphone industry. Apple’s iPhone continues to boost smartphone sales worldwide, but Xiaomi is also performing well. Rising orders placed … Read more
TCL is reported to be considering expanding its presence into more overseas markets, such as Brazil and India, to offset disappointing sales in China. For the January to April period of this year, TCL achieved only 0.43% year on year growth in TV sales in its home market. Market observers believe that LCD TV sales … Read more
Lenovo Group has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $100 million on turnover of $11.3 billion, which compares with a net profit of $158 million on turnover of $9.3 billion in the final quarter of last year. For the year, Lenovo recorded a net profit of … Read more
UltraHD transport at 100fps, using the DVB-T2 platform, has been tested in Spain. The trials were conducted by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in the University’s labs. A scalable coding system based on HEVC was used in the tests. The system was said to be backwards-compatible with less-powerful products, such as those that can only … Read more
Fove, Inc. a Tokyo-based startup with offices in San Francisco, is developing a consumer VR headset that includes eye-tracking technology. This feature is intended to give the user an “immersive and completely hands-free virtual reality, where all of their actions can be controlled by their eye movements.” The Fove headset enables eye-tracking by incorporating two … Read more
The Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, organized by the Wearable World organization, addresses the development of all wearable technology and the Internet of Things. The conference was held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA on May 19th and 20th, providing a platform for companies in the wearable and IoT space … Read more
Europe saw a good result in Q1 2015 with 4.2% annual growth reported in Meko’s DisplayCast Public Display research. Annual growth was just over 23% on a volume basis. Despite some price declines during the year, there was also 14.2% growth in annual value. “Germany was particularly strong”, said Bob Raikes, principal of Meko. “The … Read more
www.researchandmarkets.com has announced the addition of the “Global UHD TV Market 2015-2019” report to their offering. The global UHD TV market to grow at a CAGR of 45.4% over the period 2014-2019 The global TV market is undergoing a rapid transformation in terms of display resolution. UHD TV is one of the most significant innovation … Read more
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