Asus Looks Away From Android
Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company is developing a smartwatch that does not use Android Wear. Quoted by Focus Taiwan, Shen said, “The major concern is about saving power”.
Ocean Installs Massive Media Wall in Manchester
Ocean Outdoor has launched its third large-format outdoor media wall in the UK. The Manchester Media Wall measures 24.6m x 5.76m, with a 94m² vinyl surround. It has a 12mm pixel pitch and is estimated to reach 1 million impacts every fortnight.
Elo Provides Touch Choice at PoS
Elo has developed new point-of-sale touch PCs for retail use. The E-Series (15E2) and X-Series (X-15 and X-17) both feature Elo’s SAW or resistive touch technology, with the X-Series also having a procap option. Designed to be affordable, the 15E2 has a dual-core Intel Celeron processor, with 2GB of RAM and 320GB of storage. it … Read more
Acer Chooses Freesync
The XG270HU is Acer’s tear-free gaming monitor, set to be released in March. The 27″ unit utilises AMD’s Freesync technology to synchronise the screen’s refresh rate with that of the GPU, eliminating tearing and stuttering. Especially targeting gamers, the XG270HU has a TN panel with a 1ms response time, 144Hz refresh rate and 1,000:1 contrast … Read more
InfoSonics’ Phablet is Low Cost
US-based Infosonics has stepped up a size with a 6″ phablet: the S6001 Cyprus. A mid-range product, the Cyprus features an IPS panel with 1280 x 720 resolution. It also has dual SIM slots, a micro-SD slot, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. The phone runs Android 4.4 on a 1.3GHz quad-core processor. The … Read more
Quantum Dot TV Market Trends and 5 Years Opportunity Analysis Report
MarketReportsOnline.com adds Global Quantum Dot TV Market: Trends & Opportunities (2014-2019) research report of 70 pages to the semiconductors and electronics industry intelligence collection of its library. Quantum Dots (QD) is expected to be one of the biggest sea changes in the television market. The market estimation are made on the basis of some assumptions … Read more
Arrow Electronics to Acquire Data Modul
Arrow Electronics, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Munich, Germany, is initiating an all-cash tender offer to acquire the shares of Data Modul, for a purchase price of €27.50 per share. In conjunction with this tender offer, Arrow has entered into agreements with several shareholders of the company including the Hecktor family and Varitronix Investment Limited … Read more
Panasonic to Sell Osaka AV Site
Panasonic has reached agreement with a real estate developer to sell the main site of its audiovisual equipment business in Osaka. The site has been used to develop colour TVs and other Panasonic consumer products since the 1970s.
Snapdragon Rival Coming to LG
Phone Arena claims that LG is to back away from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip in favour of its own device. The chip will be a quad-core ARM unit, with four Cortex-A72 cores and four Cortex-A5. TSMC is expected to manufacture the chip, which will be released towards the end of 2015. Comment LG has previously … Read more
Neptune Reverses Watch/Phone Paradigm
Start-up Neptune has an interesting take on the smartphone/smartwatch combination, with its new product(s): the Neptune Duo. The Neptune Duo consists of two devices: the Neptune Hub (a smartwatch) and Neptune Pocket (a phone-style screen). Unlike most of today’s smartwatches, which are designed to complement a smartphone, the Pocket is an accessory to the Hub. … Read more
IDC: Record Smartphones Cannot Keep European Mobiles From Stagnation
Total mobile shipments fell 5.2% YoY in Western Europe throughout 2014 – the second consecutive year that the market has shrunk. Total shipments reached 174.1 million units. Feature phones continued to plummet, with shipments decreasing 39% to 28.4 million units, and a value of $1.4 billion. IDC now classifies feature phones as a niche segment, … Read more
Samsung to Use its $56 Billion Cash to Fund Growth
Samsung Electronics’ head of investor relations, Robert Yi, has said that the company plans to use its $56 billion cash to fund growth, which could include mergers and acquisitions. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Yi said that Samsung was mainly focused on acquisitions which would be a good fit for Samsung’s business, adding that … Read more
