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Samsung to Reduce Smartphone Line-up

December 21, 2022January 9, 2015 by Helen Vince

In the same week that Samsung forecast its first fall in annual profit for three years, the company also unveiled plans to streamline its smartphone line-up, cutting new releases this year by 25-30% from 2014 and introducing lower-priced models. According to reports, the first low cost models will go on sale in India as early as … Read more

Intel Devises Smart Spider Dress

January 9, 2015 by Tom Allen

Simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, the Smart Spider Dress is the result of a collaboration between Intel and designer Anouk Wipprecht. The dress – which is 3D-printed – uses Intel’s Edison platform, embedded inside, and reacts to real-time biometrics – meaning the animatronic spider legs on the shoulders can sense up to 7m around the wearer. Based … Read more

Intel Gives a Keynote – and Might Have Convinced us About Realsense

December 21, 2022January 9, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Intel’s Brian Krzanich gave a keynote address for the second year in a row. Intel also had a booth with its partners. In his keynote, Krzanich said that we are on a wave of change that replicates the wave of 1995, when the Intel Pentium Pro was launched, the internet and browsing started to be … Read more

Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements

January 9, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Few of the tier one and two firms showed new mobiles at CES – many were waiting for MWC in March. Asus was one that did, introducing a convertible series and two new smartphones. The Transformer Book Chi (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) series is a range of three convertible Windows 8.1 tablets. The … Read more

AUO’s 2014 Sales Fell 2% YoY

January 9, 2015 by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales for 2014 fall 2% year on year to NT$408.2 billion ($12.8 billion), though in December and the final quarter of the year, sales improved slightly YoY. AUO’s sales in December reached NT$33.7 billion ($1 billion), down 3.1% sequentially but 1% higher than December of the previous year. For Q4, AUO … Read more

Hisense TVs to feature NanoTech’s UltraFlix 4K streaming app

January 9, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

NanoTech Entertainment (OTCPINK: NTEK), a pioneer in bringing the 4K Ultra HD experience to consumers, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Hisense Electronics, the leader in the 4K Ultra HD TV industry. Under the agreement, NanoTech’s all 4K UltraFlix Network App will be bundled with Hisense’s 4K Ultra HD TV product line. … Read more

Streaming Devices Poised to Dominate Viewing Preferences as Seven in 10 TV Viewers Stream Programming

January 9, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

While the television continues to provide the best quality picture and viewing experience, the way content is being discovered and consumed is changing dramatically, especially for millennials. According to the preliminary results of the second NATPE||Content First and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® joint research study on consumers’ attitudes toward television viewing, just 55 percent of millennials use TVs as … Read more

DuBravac Discusses Trends to Watch

January 9, 2015 by Tom Allen

Shawn Dubravac, CEA’s chief economist, discussed the themes presented in his new book, Digital Destiny, at an event before the CES Unveiled ‘mini show’. He said that there are five ‘pillars’ that form today’s consumer electronics industry: ubiquitious computing; cheap digital storage; connectivity (such as WiFi and Bluetooth); proliferation of digital devices; and the ‘sensorisation’ … Read more

Mobiles Keep Low Profile at CES

December 21, 2022January 9, 2015 by Tom Allen

CES has come and gone again, leaving memories and sore feet in its wake. While there were several interesting display developments, some products were only noticeable through their absence. Before we get onto products, we should discuss the elephant in the room: attendance. This year’s show felt much quieter than recent editions (although I don’t … Read more

Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation

January 9, 2015 by Tom Allen

Unlike other tier one companies, Acer had taken a suite in The Cosmopolitan, with no presence on the show floor at all. We visited on Sunday, two days before CES officially began. Mobility was the obvious focus, with two brand new smartphones and a Chromebook, as well as updates to the V17, R13 and S7 … Read more

CEA Study says Viewers want 4K UHD, Smart TVs

January 8, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

While the television remains viewers’ primary means of accessing video content, the number of consumers watching video content via streaming (63 percent) is gaining on those who watch through a traditional service provider (68 percent), according to a pair of new studies from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. CEA’s OTT Video Consumption and 4K Ultra HD Update: Consumer … Read more

TCL Showcases Innovative Quantum Dot TV at the 48th CES in the US

January 8, 2015 by Helen Vince

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited (“TCL Multimedia” or “the Group”, HKSE stock code: 01070) attended the 48th Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, the United States of America as well as the “Global Top Brands” award ceremony organized by International Data Group (“IDG”). TCL has made it to the league of “Top 50 Global Consumer Electronics Brands” … Read more