Kyocera Chooses Also in Germany
Kyocera has chosen Also in Germany to distribute its Torque rugged smartphones.
Sony to Cut Manager Roles, Sells Olympus Shares
Sony says it will reduce the number of management-level employees across all of its businesses to 20% from a current level of 40%, as part of a major overhaul of its personnel and pay structure. The move is part of Sony’s long-running attempts to reduce costs and return its business to profitability. In a separate … Read more
LGD in Talks to Buy OLED Affiliate
LG Display (LGD) is reported to be in talks with its affiliate, Global OLED Technology (GOT), in the US to acquire a 100% stake in the business. The move would enable LGD to strengthen its OLED patent portfolio as demand for premium OLED TVs gathers momentum. Earlier this year it was reported that LGD was … Read more
Samsung Sponsors Home Country’s Olympic Games
Samsung will sponsor the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The company has signed a corporate sponsorship deal worth KRW100 billion ($91.4 million).
Panasonic to Light up People’s Palace at Prolight+Sound
Panasonic will present a 3D video mapping, on a scale model of the Bucharest Palace of Parliament, at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt. Using the newly launched DZ21K Evo series, the successor to Europe’s favourite high brightness projector, and the all new PT-DZ780, Panasonic will recreate a 3D video mapping projection used to celebrate … Read more
MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 15
Alcatel‘s Onetouch Watch (TCL Transitions From Manufacture to Entertainment) is now on sale. The Watch has a circular face with a rectangular 1.22″ display (240 x 204 resolution). It can be pre-ordered now, for $150. HTC has refreshed last year’s One M8 flagship smartphone with the One M8s, for those who don’t want to pay … Read more
2014 EMEA Thin Client Results Will be Hard to Match
Thin clients in EMEA had a ‘brisk’ 2014 with 7.9% YoY growth (1.97 million units shipped) – but the market is now settling down. By the end of 2015, IDC expects the EMEA thin client market to return to lower growth. Global factors boosted shipments last year, such as Windows XP end-of-life and postponed commercial … Read more
TV Panels Drive Large-Sized Shipments in 2014
Taiwan’s MIC reports that, due to a 5% rise in LCD TV shipments last year, LCD TV panels were the main application for large-sized panel shipments in 2014. Shipment value of LCD TV panels was up 1.9%, to $43.8 billion, but ASPs were down 6.1% to $175.70. The majority of LCD TV panels – 47.4% … Read more
Panel Non-Adjustments to Cause Notebook Oversupply – MIC
There are no plans to lower notebook panel shipments this year, says Taiwan’s MIC. Concerns have thus been raised over excess supply and price competition. A YoY comparison puts the panel/notebook unit shipment declines close together. Worldwide notebook PC panel shipments will reach 191.8 million this year, according to major vendors’ plans: a 0.3% YoY … Read more
Mexico Gives Away Almost 3 Million Digital TVs
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has distributed around 2.8 million digital TVs to poor families in the country, as the nation prepares to switch off analogue signals. A total of 13 million TVs and STB converters will be subsidised by the government as part of the scheme. ASO is due to be completed by the end … Read more
Leia Shows Off new Holographic Display
Last year we reported on a new type of display presented by David Fattal. The display uses a diffracting light guide to create 3D images floating in space. This report from my colleague Matt Brennesholtz explains how the display, which was developed at HP Labs, functions. After the company spun out of HP Labs as … Read more
FlexEnable Looking at New OLED & LCD Applications
This week, I made a visit to FlexEnable, the company that is the ip and technology part of the Plastic Logic company that split between the factory in Dresden (which continues as Plastic Logic GmbH) and the R&D/licensing group in Cambridge. I was surprised to realise that although they are relatively local and we have … Read more
