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Russia’s Yota Devices, creator of the dual-screen Yotaphone, is working on a tablet. According to Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, the tablet also features E Ink and full-motion (likely LCD) screens. A final decision on whether to manufacture the tablet is still to be taken, and CEO Vladislav Martynov said that the company’s focus is still its smartphone. Display … Read more
Samsung didn’t show off any new tablets at CES 2015, but a leaked roadmap posted by SamMobile shows that preparations are being made for four new devices to be launched this year. As well as model numbers, SamMobile has some information on the devices themselves. The Galaxy Tab AS (SM-T351, SM-T350), Galaxy Tab AL (SM-T551, SM-T550), Galaxy … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) will begin rolling out the world’s lightest 14-inch Ultra PC (Model 14Z950) and the world’s first 21:9 curved all-in-one (AIO) PC (Model 29V950) in key markets including South Korea and countries in South America. The two Ultra PC laptops are super-lightweight and ultra-slim, and the AIO PCs are perfect for customers who … Read more
A non-exclusive “key” partnership has been announced by Kateeva and Sumitomo Chemical to pair Sumitomo’s P-OLED materials with Kateeva’s Yieldjet OLED inkjet printing platform. Working together to develop reference data for customers (optimised for Sumitomo’s inks and Kateeva’s platform), the pair hope that their work will promote adoption of P-OLED inkjet printing by OLED TV makers.
JCDecaux has not renewed its membership with the UK’s Outdoor Media Centre, the industry trade body for outdoor media owners. The company will continue to work with the OMC on initiatives such as audience measurement platform Route. Naran Patel, CEO of Primesight and OMC chairman, said, “[W]e are sad and surprised that they have decided … Read more
Young Lee has been named as the new CEO of LG Electronics Deutschland. Lee, who has held various roles with LG for almost 30 years, takes over from Kiju Song, who was CEO in Germany for three years.
A Samsung roadshow will take place at Berlin-Tempelhof on 25th – 27th February. The ‘Smart | Er | Life’ show will highlight TV, AV, IT and mobile products, as well as home appliances and B2B products. Following the event, pop-up showroms will appear in five German cities: Munich (2nd March); Essen (4th March); Stuttgart (10th … Read more
Intel Corporation has released its fourth quarter and full year results, achieving record turnover for Q4 and 2014, both up 6% and also record full-year unit shipments of PCs, servers, tablets, phones and Internet of Things devices. The company’s net profit in Q4 increased 39.5% year on year to $3.6 billion from $2.6 billion, while … Read more
Google will begin a trial of its Project Ara modular smartphone concept (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48) in Puerto Rico this year. The trial will take place in partnership with Mexican carrier Claro and local carrier Open Mobile. Project Ara is based around a central ‘core’, with users adding their own modules to increase … Read more
BBC engineers used an Arri camera to capture the New Year’s Eve fireworks in London in HDR – part of the move towards UltraHD Phase 2. BBC R&D identified HDR as providing one of the most noticeable improvements in image quality of several technologies, including wide colour gamut and higher spatial resolution. (Frankly, the BBC’s … Read more
Xiaomi has unveiled the latest in its premium ‘Mi’ series of mobile devices: the Mi Note. While still low cost for a phablet of its specifications, the Mi Note will be offered in several versions – including one, the Note Pro, while will be Xiaomi’s most expensive product to date. With a 5.7″ display (1920 … Read more
Streambox and Celebro Media Studios have partnered to debut a live UltraHD broadcast from the UK. The transmissions were enabled by Streambox’s 4k Software Encoder/Player and 4k Rackmount Encoder/Decoder.
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