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Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles (ultrabooks of various form factors) and mobile phones) shipments will rise 2.8% this year, to 2.5 billion units according to Gartner. However, the computing devices (PCs and ultramobiles) category will fall 7.2% in value terms, to $226 billion (down 3.1% while accounting for exchange rate movements). 306 million units will … Read more
NEC’s presence largely followed in the tracks of its its ISE showing, with a similar message and and multiple models that were introduced in Amsterdam. Photo credit: Daily DOOH One model that we had not seen at ISE was the U321H, an ultra-short throw projector for the education and corporate markets. It was being shown … Read more
Samsung highlighted its Color Expert technology for video walls. This new feature will be integrated in all of Samsung’s 2015 video wall displays; it means that these screens will be factory-calibrated to ensure brightness uniformity and lowering set-up time. Samsung’s high brightness displays were show at ISEAs well as calibrated uniformity, Color Expert displays will … Read more
Lenovo has realigned its business groups and geographies following the integration of Motorola Mobility and IBM’s System X server business. Gianfranco LanciGerry SmithIn a new leadership role, Gianfranco Lanci has been named corporate president of Lenovo, taking responsibility for all of Lenovo’s geographic sales organisations and adding the enterprise business group (EBG) to his existing … Read more
Konica Minolta will demonstrate a prototype of its metal mesh transparent conductive film at Finetech Japan (8th – 10th April, Tokyo Big Sight, stand 45-42). The film was manufactured by an inkjet process. A touch panel sensor film is under development. The company will begin to make evaluation samples available by request.
A very low-cost smartphone has been introduced by Microsoft. The Lumia 430 is a Windows Phone with dual SIM slots, available for just $70. It is also ‘the most affordably-priced Lumia that will be able to upgrade to Windows 10.2.’ As with other Lumia phones, Skype, OneDrive (30GB) and Microsoft Office are pre-installed. The phone … Read more
The coverage of MPEG’s HEVC Patent Portfolio License has been updated, to conform with recent revisions to the HEVC standard. As a result, the profiles now include Main, Main 10; Main Still Picture; Multiview; Scalable; Format range extensions; and Format range extensions high throughput profiles.
A prototype smartphone for rugby lovers has been built – using grass from Twickenham Stadium. In an effort to boost its recycling credentials, O2 created the concept unit using tens of thousands of blades of grass from the Stadium, as well as components from older phones. The grass was freeze-dried shortly after being cut, then … Read more
Atrust of Taiwan has introduced a new mobile thin client running either Windows Embedded Standard (WE8S) (MT168W) or Linux (MT168L) The thin client is an 11.6″ model (1366 x 768) with a dual-core 1.58GHz Intel Bay Trail processor and a Trusted Platform Module chipset, to protect data. It is able to run major protocols and … Read more
The UK price of Acer‘s Revo One RL85 (Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation) has been shared. The mini PC will be available from the 6th April and will start at £200 ($300), scaling to £500 ($745) for the most expensive version. Acer has also launched its C910 Chromebook (Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design) … Read more
81% of US households own at least one HD TV, according to the Leichtman Research Group, and 51% own multiple HD TVs. This is up from 46% and 17% in 2010. UltraHD TV awareness has grown rapidly, to 41% of US adults (from 30% in 2014). 26% of those who have seen an UltraHD TV … Read more
Lenovo (Motorola’s new owner) CEO Yang Yuanqing appears to have pre-empted an official announcement of a next-generation Moto 360 smartwatch, by sharing a picture on his Weibo account. Yang alluded to the smartwatch in the post, which was quickly deleted. A new design, with lugs to attach new bands and which hides the ambient light … Read more
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