Wortmann Takes Industry Award
Wortmann AG’s Terra Pad 1061 Pro was chosen to receive an Industry Award at the recent Hannover Messe show in Germany.
Replaceable Battery Extends Panasonic Life
Panasonic’s Toughbook CF-MX4 is a convertible PC, with a robust design for business users. The Toughbook has been tested in 0.75m drop tests and 100kg force vibration tests. It will last for 13 hours on its battery, which is removable and hot-swappable. There’s a magnesium alloy chassis and the notebook is 21mm thick and the … Read more
Navy Ditches Crucible in Bulletproof ‘Glass’ Production
The press used in place of a crucible to produce Spinel.US Navy researchers have developed a bulletproof glass – or, more accurately, a ‘transparent material’ – called Spinel. It is actually a synthetic powdered mineral: magnesium aluminate. Spinel can be moulded into ‘virtually any’ shape and does not block unfrared light, unlike traditional bulletproof glass. … Read more
Tattoos? Apple Doesn’t Want to Know
As well as the tight supply chain issues, the rumours of failing components and the online-only orders, the Apple Watch has hit another snag: it won’t work if you have a tattoo. At least, if it’s on your wrist. Reddit user Guinnefan55 reported “The [W]atch would lock up every time the screen went dark and … Read more
American Airlines Stays Grounded on iPad Glitch
‘Several dozen’ America Airlines flights were grounded at the end of April as the result of an iPad software glitch. Flight plans and pilot manuals are stored on the tablets. The airline said that several iPads had turned off unexpectedly, affecting its entire fleet of 737s.
Gartner: PC Prices Rise and Spending to Fall
PC prices will have to climb this year, to offset the effects of currency devaluation, says Gartner. In particular end-user prices in the Eurozone and Japan, where local currencies have fallen up to 20%, are expected to increase as much as 10% in 2015. End-user spending in constant dollars (the dollar equivalent of local currencies, … Read more
Radiant-Opto, Coretronic See Sales Drop YoY
Taiwan’s major backlight unit (BLU) manufacturers reported year on year declines in sales in April, with Radiant falling 9.6% to NT$3.2 billion ($104.3 million) and Coretronic dropping 19.6% to NT$5.5 billion ($179.6 million). For the first quarter of the year, Radiant recorded turnover of NT$9.4 billion ($307 million), while Coretronic posted turnover of NT$15 billion … Read more
HTC CFO: Outsourcing Will Rise
HTC’s CFO, Chang Chia-lin, has said that the company is likely to raise its smartphone outsourcing orders to ODM partners this year. The move will be made to cope with emerging market demand.
Radiant Predicts High Smartphone BLU Shipments
Radiant Opto-Electronics expects backlight units (BLUs) for smartphone applications to represent between 20% and 25% of its consolidated revenues in the second half of the year. The company said that it would invest NT$3 billion ($98 million) in automated equipment to raise smartphone BLU production.
HDMI Upgrades Will Depend on Manufacturer
In an interview with HD Guru, Jeff Park – senior technical specifications manager for HDMI LLC – said that updating to v2.0a of the standard (HDR Formats Come to HDMI) would depend on the manufacturer. How a given HDMI device is upgraded to v2.0a is “solely dependent on the manufacturer and their system design. The … Read more
Orange Branches Out With TV Stick
Orange has launched an HDMI dongle, simply called the TV Stick. The product acts as a small form factor STB. It will be deployed in Romania first, followed by France and other European countries. The Stick is based on Espial’s HTML5 client software.
Cablevision will Offer Hulu Plus to its Customers
Cablevision announced that it will carry Hulu Plus for its Optimum customers. The agreement will be the first resell agreement Hulu is offering to any provider. According to the press release, both sides seem to be trying to reach the part of the consumers that they do not normally address with their content offering. The … Read more
