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Asian sources say that Microsoft is developing a larger Surface tablet, with a diagonal of between 13″ and 14″. Reports claim that the decision was taken based on an improvement in sales of the Surface Pro 3, which at 12″ was larger than the 10.1″ of the preceding models. In its recent 345s (Display Monitor … Read more
Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its Lumia smartphones, and now images of the first ‘Microsoft Lumia’ handset have appeared online. Posted on Chinese social network Weibo, the images show a device referred to as the RM-1090. It has, apparently, passed MIIT certification for distribution in China. The design is very similar to the … Read more
News of a new Samsung phone, the Galaxy A7, has been leaked after being approved by China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Centre. According to the leak, the A7 – code-named the SM-A7009 – will have a 5.5″ display and 1920 x 1080 resolution. It will also be Samsung’s thinnest phone to-date, at just 6.3mm thick. A … Read more
The LeapTV console and LeapPad tablet, from Leapfrog, have won Oppenheim Toy Portfolio awards. Both were honoured with the Gold Seal and Special Needs Adaptable Product (SNAP) awards; the LeapTV also won a Platinum Seal award.
Lenovo Group posted a net profit in Q2 of $262 million on turnover of $10.5 billion, which compares with a net profit of $220 million on turnover of $9.8 billion in the second quarter of last year. Lenovo’s net profit in the first half of this fiscal year increased 21% year on year to $476 … Read more
A new curved TV has been launched by LG – but with LCD technology, not OLED. The UC970 is available in EMEA now in 55″ (55UC970V) and 65″ (65UC970V) sizes. The UC970 is supplied with LG’s Magic Remote and WebOS operating system. They feature passive 3D, HEVC decoding and multi-channel speakers. According to LG, the … Read more
LG Display has posted an article explaining some of the details behind its plastic OLED (P-OLED) technology, used on the G Watch R (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). The company also shared a roadmap for flexible OLEDs. A P-OLED is made using a plastic (polyimide (PI)) substrate. The PI material remains stable at high … Read more
LG Electronics has announced the appointment of new executives to lead the LG Home Entertainment and LG Mobile Communications companies. Juno Cho, who currently serves as president of the holding company LG Corp. will take on the role of president and CEO of LG’s mobile business with Dr. Jong-seok Park moving into the newly created … Read more
LG’s 55EA9800 OLED TV has been named the overall ‘Best TV of The Year’ by USA Today’s Reviewed.com. The display was also named as ‘Best OLED TV of The Year’. 12 of LG’s products made the ‘Best of 2014’ awards; as well as the EA9800, the consumer electronics units were the 55EA8800 OLED TV (‘Best … Read more
The Pratt Institute, with LG and Surface magazine, is running an art exhibition in Miami. The Miami Beach Edition hotel is hosting ‘Pratt Digital Arts’ between 4th and 6th December. Artwork by students and graduates will be on show using LG’s UltraHD and OLED TVs. Select works were created for LG’s ‘Art of the Pixel’ … Read more
Conexant Systems in the USA has announced that its far-field voice input processor SoC, the CX2092X, is being adopted by LG Uplus in a new line of set-top boxes. With the SoC, LG’s STBs can be voice-controlled from across a room, regardless of background noise.
LG’s Discover OLED promotion is a £3 million ($4.7 million) campaign, running until the end of the year, to support the company’s OLED TV range. The campaign consists of TV, online and experiential outdoor marketing activities. Consumers will also have a chance to win a 55″ EC930 OLED TV.
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