Ultraflix for Vizio
Nanotech’s Ultraflix streaming service is now available on Vizio’s P-Series smart TVs.
Asus Looks to The Wrist in 2015
Focus Taiwan claims to have heard from Asus CEO Jerry Shen that the company will launch three new wearable products this year. A second-generation smartwatch will be introduced in Q3’15, with its own cellular radio – meaning that owners will be able to both make and receive calls without a connection to a smartphone. In … Read more
Rumour: Samsung Puts Galaxy Alpha to Bed
The metal-body Galaxy Alpha will be discontinued under pressure from low-cost devices, according to Korea’s ET News. Samsung tellingly chose to release a low-cost smartphone – the Galaxy A5 – in late 2014, without a flagship launch at CES (we expect to see the Galaxy S6 at MWC – TA). ET News believes that this … Read more
Modder Jams Together Console and Monitor
Modder Ben Heck has, in the past, turned his skills to creating portable gaming laptops based on an Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. His newest challenge saw him turn an Xbox One into a tablet! In a three-part series (beginning here: http://tinyurl.com/oqkj87u), Heck modified a Samsung LCD monitor by adding the Xbox One motherboard, HDD, Blu-ray drive … Read more
Ingram Micro signs German Deal
In Germany Ingram Micro has signed a deal with Dutch company Skool to distribute a new line of tablets and notebooks for the education sector.
Nvidia’s Teraflop Chip Enables Self-Aware Cars
In a big shift from last year, when its stand was all about gaming, Nvidia focused on automotive applications at the 2015 show. Nvidia’s new Tegra X1 chip is a quad-core device using four ARM A57 cores and four A53 cores, as well as 256 GPU cores. The chip consumes 10W and is said to … Read more
CES Display Prospects
This holiday break saw no really big stories this year – an unusual development. In most years, as soon as we have closed for the break, something big, usually a company story, breaks. So on our front page this week we’re concentrating on what we’ll see in displays at CES – there will be five … Read more
2015 Here We Come!
Ever so often one has the luck or the burden to be the first to voice one’s opinion. Here at Display Daily, 2015 is my chance to give my opinion first. My colleague contributors and I are all thinking about display technology and how it improves the electronic representation of images for the user. … Read more
Microsoft’s Morpheus and Rift Rival Arriving in 2015
A head-mounted gaming device will be launched by Microsoft this year, say supply chain sources. The product will be unveiled at E3 in June.
Macbook and Apple Watch Production Draw Closer
Members of Apple’s supply chain have started to produce components for a 12″ Macbook Air and the Apple Watch. Sources in the supply chain say that the Macbook will be launched in Q1’15, while the Apple Watch will enter production at that point. Quanta has been named as the Macbook manufacturer.
Japanese Panel Makers Lower Prices
Panel makers in Japan have lowered quoted prices to Chinese vendors for smartphone panels, to compete with Chinese and Taiwanese companies. Sources in Taiwan say that Japan Display and Sharp have been cutting prices, while handset vendors such as ZTE, TCL and Huawei move to expand their makret shares in China and other emerging markets.
