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Snapdragon Rival Coming to LG

December 21, 2022February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

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

February 18, 2015 by Helen Vince

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

Sony Intends to Head UltraHD IP Alliance

February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

Sony plans to form a group called the IP Life Consortium, say Asian sources, to boost IP-based UltraHD video broadcasts. Ten companies, including Cisco and Rohde & Schwarz, will be members.

Orange Achieves Double-Digit TV Rise

February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

Orange had almost 7.2 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of Q4 – a 10.4% YoY increase.

German HD Climbs Rapidly

February 18, 2015 by Tom Allen

More than 3 million households were subscribed to SES’ HD+ platform in Germany at the end of last year. 1.65 million were paying for the service as of 31st December: a 17% increase compared to 2014. 1.4 million households were in a free trial period. Additionally, SES’ TV Monitor survey has found that the number … Read more

Jupiter Systems Launches 3 new Products at ISE

February 17, 2015 by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the recent Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, Jupiter Systems (Hayward, CA) highlighted three new product lines in its booth. These included Canvas 3.0, the newest version of its collaborative visualization software, the CRS-4K for Canvas-based huddle rooms and an expanded Fusion Catalyst 4500 family of display wall controllers. Canvas 3.0 Canvas is collaboration … Read more

Xara Designer Goes to Pro X10

February 17, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Xara has released a new version of its all-in-one graphic design package, Designer Pro X10. Since 1994, when Xara first launched its vector graphics design tool, this piece of software has rivalled products from Adobe and CorelDraw. Xara combines functionality with ease of use as well as value for money. Xara’s fast and flexible performance … Read more

Sony SED Augmented Reality Headset on Pre-Order

February 17, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

After showing off its SED-E1 augmented reality headset at IFA and CES, Sony has now announced that the SmartEyeglass Developer Edition is going on sale in selected markets on 10th March, 2015. The first markets are Japan, US, UK and Germany and the device is now on pre-order in the UK and Germany. It will … Read more

Panasonic’s Prototype Headset Uses OLED Display

February 17, 2015 by Tom Allen

Panasonic has shown a VR headset prototype, with an OLED display, at a private show in Japan. The unit shows an omnidirectional image that follows head movements, similar to the Oculus Rift. Panasonic’s prototype had a 90° viewing angle and 75fps frame rate. According to the Nikkei, a decision has not yet been made about … Read more

TDMaverick Signs Pan-European Partnership with LG

February 17, 2015 by Helen Vince

TDMaverick has signed a new pan-European agreement with LG to offer the company’s full range of business and commercial displays. This will include video wall panels, large format displays ranging from 47″-105″, transflective technology and interactive displays.