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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
Talk about virtual reality often focuses on the display aspect and the challenges for the potential user. However, the content driving such devices will be more important than the resolution, brightness or any other technology feature. In this respect, an article in Hypergrid Business discusses the option to use such technology in house of worship … Read more
ASUS today announced the elegant and powerful ZenBook UX305, which is the world’s slimmest 13.3-inch ultraportable laptop at 0.48-inch thin. The UX305 weighs 2.6lbs and features crisp and vibrant in-plane switching (IPS) anti-glare displays. Powered by the all-new Intel® Core™ M processor for seamless multitasking and standard solid state storage, the UX305 is the ultimate … Read more
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