iPhone 6 Teardown Posted
We spotted a tear down of the iPhone 6 on the EDN site, with images and comments from iFixit. The phone is easier to fix than earlier iPhones and has a huge battery.
Those we lost in 2014
Thanks to Computerworld for putting together this excellent round-up of those in the technology industry that left us in 2014. In addition to Bernard Lechner and George Heilmeier, mentioned in that list, the display industry also lost Jack Wayman, the founder of the CES show and the “architect of IBC”, John Wilson. One of those … Read more
Latam Pay TV Market is Growing
According to data from Dataxis, quoted in NexTV Latam (Spanish language), there were 66 million Pay TV clients in Latin America in the third quarter of 2014. Satellite was the biggest carrier, with 32.8 million consumers ahead of cable at 31.6 million. IPTV had just 895K subscribers, although that was up 9.2% on the previous quarter. … Read more
Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses
We heard at SID this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) that Tobii would develop and release glasses with the company’s eye-tracking solution built in. The Tobii Glasses 2 have now been released and are being shipped worldwide.
Scania Offers Scania Watch to Customers
Scania, the truck company, is typically not a name that often appears in our news coverage. However, the company has now announced that it is releasing a “Scania Watch”. The Scania Watch is a smartwatch that communicates with a truck. Scania sees “exciting opportunities for connecting a wristwatch to the essential information obtainable from a … Read more
Samsung, Merida Team up for Gear S Smartwatch
According to an article in the Taipei Times, Samsung is teaming up with Merida, a Taiwan-based bicycle company, to introduce the Samsung Gear S smartwatch to the bicyclist and Merida customers. This is the first time Samsung has offered any of its smartwatch devices in retail stores other than typical telecom retail environments. Display Daily … Read more
Oculus Rift Coming in Autumn Next Year
A leaked document published on image board 4Chan shows that a consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset is planned for next autumn.
Jaguar Land Rover Shows More Ideas for Automotive HUD
In recent months we have heard a lot about the new head up display (HUD) and 3D instrument cluster being developed by Jaguar Land Rover and that it is based on holographic projection. Now Jaguar is showing off a new HUD idea which the company calls “360 Urban Wind Screen”. This concept includes features that … Read more
HTC Scraps Watch, Looks to Wristband
According to Venturebeat, HTC’s wearable (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7) will be a wristband, not a smartwatch. The device will be shown off at CES, but not launched until later in Q1 (chairwoman Cher Wang originally stated that it would be available “by the end-of-year shopping season”). The wearable will be ‘very different from … Read more
TVs and Streamers Up, Apple Down
Connected TV device shipments in the USA reached 12.4 million units in Q3’14, according to Strategy Analytics (up 36% YoY). The rise was mainly driven by demand for new consoles and digital media streamers, such as the Fire TV stick. Connected device ownership was up 28% YoY, to 168 million units. Microsoft led the installed … Read more
Netflix Subscriber Growth to Fall 30%
In a bold claim, Strategy Analytics has predicted that Netflix subscriber growth in the USA will fall 30% next year. It is part of the company’s ‘Top Ten Digital Media Predictions for 2015’. The others include a fourth year of falling TV viewing in the UK; a cloud gaming service launched by Microsoft; and Google … Read more
Brazil Approaches 20 Million Pay TV Subs
Brazilian regulator Anatel has said that the country is likely to exceed 20 million pay-TV subscribers this year. Anatel believes that the growth seen in October (210,000 new subscribers, boosting the total to 19.65 million) will continue, pushing past the 20 million mark by the end of December. Satellite DTH is the country’s most popular … Read more
