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Sign of the Times: LNER’s New Digital Display Trial Makes Train Travel Even Easier

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is pioneering innovative technology aimed at making it simpler for customers to board trains as part of a new digital trial. In a first for LNER, new digital display screens installed at Doncaster Railway Station will advise customers of the train layouts and where they should wait on the platform to … Read more

DSCC Webinar Updates on Smartphones

Sweta recently gave a summary of the recent DSCC Global Display Supply Chain Dynamics and Technology Outlook Conference, which took place virtually last month. She covered the TV and IT segments (DSCC Supply Chain Conference: Outlook and Issues for the TV and IT Market) and now I’m covering David Naranjo’s look at smartphones. He looked … Read more

Ynvisible Launches New Digital Signage Solution at Electronica 2022 

Ynvisible, the most cost-effective e-paper display manufacturer on the market, is launching its new Digital Signage Solution at Electronica 2022. This new product encompasses a simple large format e-paper display with digital and alphanumeric capabilities, that has been designed for ultra-low power applications. It enables, for example, retail outlets customized for both indoor and outdoor … Read more

India Smartphone Market Declined By 10% YoY in 3Q22, Recording the Lowest Third Quarter Shipments Since 2019, says IDC

India smartphone market declined 10% year-over-year (YoY) shipping 43 million units in 3Q22 (July-September), according to the International Data Corporation ’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This was the lowest third-quarter shipment since 2019 despite an earlier onset of the Diwali festivities. Weakening demand and increasing device prices negatively impacted festive buying. High channel inventory continued to … Read more

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 25th November 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle of this week. HT to FlatPanelsTV.com – here is the Tiny TV Kickstarter (the Tiny TV2 uses an IPS LCD and the Tiny TV2 mini has an OLED) San Jose Sharks unveil … Read more

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 18th November 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle of this week. Samsung QN900B 8k QLED TV Review (RTings looks at it – and they like it – although they prefer the QN95B QLED) 1920s comic predicted “pocket telephones.” hat-tip to Bloomberg … Read more

TV Market Declining – GfU

What They Say The GfU published data for the World Television day – November 21st and highlighted research from ARD/ZDF in Germany that showed that  daily usage time for moving images is 214 minutes (from 194 minutes in 2017 but down from 222 during the pandemic) Linear television dominates usage at 64%, while time-delayed usage … Read more

Meta Abandons its Portal Smart Displays and Smartwatch Project

What They Say Reuters reported that in a ‘townhall meeting’ with staff, Meta said that it would stop developing smart displays (the Portal product range) and smartwatches and that half the 11,000 positions it eliminated were in technology. The firm also said it would set up a new division, Family Foundations to focus on ‘tough … Read more

NetRange Portal Gains Upgraded Globoplay App to Expand Content Reach to all Connected Devices throughout Brazil

NetRange MMH GmbH, the global provider of white-labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, announced that the NetRange Portal now has the upgraded Globoplay App to expand its content reach throughout Brazil on Smart TV and all connected devices. “LATAM is an incredibly important content region for NetRange. The relationship with Globoplay is a win-win … Read more