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Samsung has shown a rollable battery, for wearables, at the Interbattery Technology Exhibition trade show in Korea. The work of researchers at the Samsung Technology Centre, the company said that the battery will be mass-produced ‘within the next few years’. Yields are still being improved. LG was also at the show, showing its ‘stepped’, curved … Read more
Samsung has announced plans to invest up to $3 billion in a new smartphone factory in Vietnam, to operate alongside its existing facility in Thai Nguyen, close to the capital Hanoi, which was opened in March this year with a $2 billion investment. The addition of a new mobile phone manufacturing plant could significantly boost … Read more
Several companies have received International CES Innovation Awards. Acer and ZTE were named for the Aspire R 13 Series of convertible notebooks and ZTE’s mobile hotspot projector, while Dell took a ‘Best of’ award for its Venue 8 7000 Series. Vuzix won four awards, for the V-720 Mobile Gaming Platform in the Computer Accessories, Gaming … Read more
Sceptre’s E505BV-FMQR 49.5″ LCD TV is a new Roku Ready model, with an MHL port. It features a particularly high contrast ratio for a TV, as well as a swivel base (+/- 15 deg ) and a parental control system. Additionally, the TV is Energy Star 6.1-certified and can show 3D content. The E505BV-FMQR has … Read more
IHS analyst Tom Hackenberg opened the Sensor Technologies session of TGM by discussing the role of sensors in achieving situational intelligence. Tom likened the situational intelligence of an electronic device to the human intuition for people. He then went on to assess the extent of situational intelligence asking, “How is it Intelligent?” Hackenberg introduced the … Read more
Sony Mobile in Germany has named Jürgen Strätker as sales manager in the region.
Well, this is new. LG is really pursuing the idea that the smartphone is the most personal device that people own, with its new lineup of ‘Aka’ (pronounced Aw-kuh) handsets. Each of the four models has its own ‘personality’. The yellow model is a romantic called Eggy; the white, which speaks in slang, is known … Read more
A tip sent to Phone Arena claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 phablet will have a 5.9″ OLED display with UltraHD resolution – equal to 746ppi. The display will enter productionby August 2015. Display Daily Comments Samsung Display confirmed in January that it is working on an UltraHD OLED display for smartphones (Display Monitor Vol. … Read more
Touch panel manufacturer Wintek suffered another blow in October as it reported a 20% year on year fall in sales for the month to NT$5.7 billion ($186.3 million). Sales for the first 10 months of the year were flat at NT$60.3 billion ($1.9 billion). The company recently applied to a local court for financial restructuring … Read more
Market Intelligence – The wearable market is forecast to reach around 108M devices by 2018 with growth following the doubling from just under 20M devices in 2014 to over 40M next year and with revenue moving from $2B to $16B by the end of that time period. However, despite the impressive growth in the space, … Read more
OLED – LG Display will ramp up its M2 OLED-TV panel line next month, according to a report in South Korea’s ET News quoted in English on November 11 by Amy Fan and Alex Wolfgram in Digitimes. As previously reported, the new $640 million line is expected to have a monthly capacity of 34,000 units, … Read more
4K – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced that the licensing agreement for logos for use by manufacturers to designate 4K Ultra High-Definition TVs (4K Ultra HD or 4K UHD), monitors and projectors for the home is now available. CEA also announced the availability of logo licensing agreements for promotional and educational use by retailers, buying groups, … Read more
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