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Avalue Technology Inc., the global Embedded Solution provider, and an associate member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. Avalue is unveiling the new Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) digital signage player solutions – SOPM-HM65 and SOPM-QM87. SOPM-HM65 is powered by Intel® 2nd/ 3rd Generation Core™ i7/ i5/ i3, Pentium® and Celeron® Processors with Intel® … Read more
Built with AG Neovo’s ‘Opticom’ technology, the new LE series of desktop monitors lower blue light emissions by up to 90%, by changing the wavelength of the light itself and moving it out of the “harmful” range. It is a similar process to that seen in Philips’ ‘SoftBlue’ technology (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) … Read more
Philips is reported to have confirmed that it plans to sell its Lumiblade OLED lighting unit and is already in talks with potential buyers. A spokesman for the company said that he believes the sale could help the group achieve its goal of bringing OLED lighting to the mass market by 2016/2017.
JJ Park, an analyst with JP Morgan, claims that LG Display is the sole supplier of the plastic OLED screen used on the Apple Watch. Park believes that as many as 29 million Apple Watches could be shipped this year, and 61 million in 2016.
Korea’s Suwon District Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted four Samsung Display officials for violation of the unfair competition prevention and trade secret protection act. The CEO of one of LG Display’s subcontractors was also charged with stealing and selling LGD’s technology. A spokesman for LGD urged Samsung to “compete in good faith and stop devoting … Read more
Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z and Z Canvas are hybrid units, with 13.3″ and 12.1″ displays. The Z can take on notebook, tablet and viewing (screen … Read more
Deutsche Bahn has launched a pilot project at the Berlin Südkreuz railway station, trialling high-brightness touch screens and beacon technology. Six dual-sided totems, each with 3,000 cd/m² of brightness and 1920 x 1080 resolution, are in use. The beacons use Bluetooth to communicate with passengers within 100m, who have downloaded a special app. The beacons … Read more
An LG source has told Pocket-Lint that the G4 smartphone will not be launched at MWC next month; instead, the company’s next flagship will not make an appearance until April. LG will use the extra time to perfect the phone.
Notebook shipments at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics, a joint venture between Lenovo and Compal, will not be ramped higher in the next fiscal year, say sources in the supply chain. The decision was taken due to higher-than-expected shipments in fiscal 2015, expected to be about 23 million units: 15% higher than the 20-million-unit target.
Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android and support LTE Broadcast. It will also be able to use 5GHz frequencies to create a localised LTE area, increasing the … Read more
According to an article in Nikkei Technology, Masa Corp has shown a smartglass device developed specifically for golfers. The article shows a look around design that provides the golfer with specific information related to his game, such as distance to the pin, data on the green, etc. Source: Nikkei Technology According to the report, the … Read more
LG will announce its newest smartwatch at MWC in March 2015. The Urbane watch is made from full metal and is designed for the “sophisticated and cosmopolitan wearer”. It follows in the footsteps of the LG Watch R which the company released in the fall of 2014 and which is aimed at sports oriented users. … Read more
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