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The second-generation Samsung Simband wearable is now in beta testing. Unlike the first Simband, this new model acts as a smartwatch as well as a fitness tracker; it has been redesigned, with a curved 2″ AMOLED display. The band is modular and features multiple health sensors. A clever feature is the hot-swappable battery, to enable … Read more
Samsung Display is asking supply chaing members to lower component pricing by as much as 30%, as the company aims to drop its overall pricing for small- and medium-size panels. The news comes from sources in Taiwan.
Germany’s Sensomotoric Instruments (SMI) has launched an eye-tracking upgrade package for the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2 (DK2). The package adds SMI’s eye-tracking 295 to the device; it is supplied with a C/C++ SDK and support for VR engines such as Unity and Vizard.
The Burg 12 is a smartwatch that Dick Tracy would be proud of – because it’s also a phone. On sale at Walmart now for $200, the product works without a connection to another device. It can make calls and send and receive texts, as well as providing music, videos, camera and calendar functions. Pairing … Read more
Hon Hai Precision and Innolux are to invest NT$50 billion ($1.6 billion) in a joint venture 6G panel production plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to produce LTPS panels for smartphones. Sources suggest that the plant could have a monthly production capacity of 30,000-50,000 units. The joint venture, which will be between Innolux and another of Hon … Read more
Microchip Technology has said it will not be making an offer for UK-based chipmaker CSR. In September the US company was reported to have approached CSR with an acquisition offer (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25), having previously rejected a preliminary offer as too low.
TPK said sales in October fell 50% from October 2013 to NT$11.2 billion ($372.2 million), though this was 4.9% higher than September. Sales to date increased almost 4% to NT$128.3 billion ($4.2 billion).
Audi showrooms in the UK are using Samsung’s Gear VR headset to demonstrate the features of the new Audi TT. Wearers can investigate the interior of the car and be taken for a drive. The content was captured specifically for this application.
Canatu has qualified TouchTurns, in the USA, as an official partner for the production of carbon nanobud film touch sensors. TouchTurns will produce CNB touch modules for a range of consumer electronics, industrial, medical and automotive applications, targeting the US display market.
Fifty companies in the UK have signed-up to a new initiative which aims to deliver more effective recycling and increase re-use. Signatories to the Electrical and Electronic Sustainability Action Plan (esap) include retailers and manufacturers, such as the Home Retail Group, Sainsbury’s, LG Electronics, Panasonic and Samsung and the initiative will be led by WRAP … Read more
After much to-ing and fro-ing regarding the use of the 700MHz spectrum, UK regulator Ofcom has said that it will make the band available for mobile broadband services. Ofcom plans to achieve its aim by early 2022, or possibly as early as 2020. DTT services, meanwhile, will move to the 600MHz spectrum.
Panasonic has expanded the recall of Toughbook H2 battery packs in the USA, which it began earlier this year. The recall now covers battery packs manufactured between June 2011 and September 2012 (previously May 2012). Packs are being recalled because of a rare possibility of overheating or igniting, due to a manufacturing default. Applicable battery … Read more
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