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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.
As large vendors produce more low-cost smartphones, international shipments are falling for Chinese white-box handset manufacturers. Asian sources say that the component orders placed by white-box vendors are falling because of the shift in the market.
Inventec may open a new factory in India to supply clients outside of China, chairman Richard Lee has said. Company president KC Huang recently visited India to examine the feasibility of such a move. New plants are also to be opened in Beijing, raising capacity from the city to about 8 million smartphone units a … Read more
TechNavio has announced the publication of its market research report on the Global Smartwatch Market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of 96.8 percent from 2014-2019. The latest report from TechNavio emphasizes budding alliances between smartwatch vendors and the fashion industry. These days, vendors and consumers alike have started considering the physical appearance of … Read more
Dell’s momentum in its client solutions (PC) business continued during the fourth calendar quarter of 2014 as it registered its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year gains in global share and grew faster than the overall industry, based on preliminary data recently released by industry analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Specifically: “Our growth in 2014 in the … Read more
The acceleration of localized content production, the significant increase in the number of over-the-top (OTT) providers, and the defensive stances being employed by telcos and broadcasters against freemium services will all shape the coming 12 months in the Middle East and Africa’s rapidly evolving media and broadcasting industry. That’s according to International Data Corporation’s newly … Read more
Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 9.1% YoY in November 2014, to $29.7 billion (from $27.2 billion), although this was a slight (0.1%) decrease MoM. The Semiconductor Industry Association said that year-to-date sales to November were 10% higher compared to 2013. Semiconductor demand is strong in almost all semiconductor categories. The APAC (12.3%) and Americas (11.1%) markets … Read more
MMD’s 272P4APJKHB (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a new P-line LCD monitor for colour-critical applications. The 27″ display is factory-calibrated to cover 99% of the Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB colour gamuts; it also has six-axis adjustment and can display 10-bit colour. SmartUniformity ensures that the display auto-adjusts to compensate for differences in the on-screen … Read more
This reporter went along to Silicon Image not expecting to see much as somebody else was covering the new Super MHL interface. However, we found a lot of interest! First, we looked at the SiBeam technology for 60Ghz radio. Silicon Image has recently launched SiBeam as a subsidiary (it acquired the company in 2011). This … Read more
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