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International Data Corporation (IDC) announced the number of units shipped in the Japan mobile device market (comprised of smartphones, tablets (including e-Readers), PCs, and data communication devices, such as data cards and personal routers) in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14) and its mobile device forecast for 2014-2018. According to IDC’s Japan Quarterly Mobile Device … Read more
TPK Holding Co. Ltd. has reported its fourth quarter and full year results, recording a net profit of NT$66 million ($2.1 million) on turnover of NT$39.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in Q4, which compares with a net loss in the final quarter of the previous year of NT$1.6 billion ($50.6 million) on turnover of NT$41.8 billion … Read more
Taiwan’s touch panel manufacturers are predicting that first quarter weak demand for notebook applications will continue into Q2 and warn that vendors’ notebook reserves will continue to remain high. According to reports, many manufacturers are now offering one glass solution panels priced at $1.50 for notebooks in the 13″-15″ sector, while O-Film may provide even … Read more
Reports suggest that Sony is planning to increase orders of one glass solution touch panels with Truly Optoelectronics, which make the firm one of Sony’s main handset touch panel suppliers. At the same time, Tianma Optoelectronics is expected to receive more orders for HD handset panels. Sony is looking for lower-priced solutions to compete with … Read more
Taiwanese sources report that five of the major Chinese handset companies have placed orders with AU Optronics (AUO) for UltraHD panels, with mass production expected to start by the end of this year. Although unconfirmed, Xiaomi, Huawei, Coolpad, ZTE and Lenovo currently represent around 50% of AUO’s revenue from handset sales. Sources added that Samsung … Read more
As usual, the global smartphone market grew in the last quarter of 2014. First data from market researchers indicate how a new emerging pattern could change the smartphone market for ever and show a relative significant shift in the global as well as local markets. The overview from IDC shows the smartphone shipments on a … Read more
Five of the world’s biggest TV brands have signed up to the UHD logo developed by DIGITALEUROPE, showing that momentum behind the new video standard is gathering pace. LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony have all signed up to the logo, which aims to reassure consumers who are considering buying a new TV equipped with … Read more
Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, is pleased to announce today that it has partnered with HeadApp to produce Glass4Flight, an application for pilots that connects WiFly, an integrated system that collects and communicates every significant aircraft and flight data item in real … Read more
Thales took part in a new type of live training exercise from 24 November to 5 December last year as part of the operational training programme for French Army Light Aviation (ALAT) helicopter pilots and air crews. With close to 30 helicopters taking part — some of them real, some of them simulated — the … Read more
Thinklogical (Milford, CT) has been a higher end provider of KVM, switching and extension solutions for a variety of industries where low latency and high fidelity are important parameters. Now it has responded to the market need to distribute uncompressed high quality (4:4:4, 60 fps) 4K video using a newly developed solution. This solution is … Read more
Will TV live past China? by Dr Jon Peddie Philo T. Farnsworth invented Electronic TV in the US and demonstrated it on September 7, 1927, in Los Angeles. In Scotland in 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated a mechanical scanning disc television set. And before that Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin filed a patent on December 29, 1923, … Read more
Since Google discontinued distribution of the Google Glass device, many have speculated that Google is retreating from the augmented reality field all together. However, the company has made substantial investments in Magic Leap and has now acquired Launchpad Toys, an app developer for augmented reality. The description of augmented reality is a little loose in … Read more
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