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Nintendo has announced refreshed models of the 3DS and 3DS XL handheld consoles, focusing on the screen. The ‘New 3DS’ and ‘New 3DS XL’ will feature wider 3D viewing angles than the older models. A faster CPU will also be integrated. They will be available in Japan in October, with a European launch in 2015.
The Prestigio Multiphones 5453 and 5504 Duo are new smartphones that are similar in all aspects, aside from size and price. The 5453 is 4.5″ while the 5504 is 5″. Both have 1.3GHz quad-core processors (Android 4.4), 960 x 540 resolution and dual SIM slots. They use IPS panels and each offers up to 57 … Read more
Sources in the Taiwan supply chain claim that Sony is developing smartphones (plural) with a metal-alloy chassis. These phones will be produced by Foxconn, with the chassis likely to be supplied by Foxconn Technology. Sony will launch the products in 2015.
The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees can see the changes, but cannot test them until 1st October – the day after the D-Book is launched.
The European Commission’s High Level Group has recommended that the EU restrict access to the sub-700MHz spectrum to digital TV until 2030. The move has been welcomed by the EBU. The report stated that the EU ‘should adopt a common position against the co-primary allocation of the core audiovisual band (470-694MHz) to the mobile service … Read more
Japan’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the move to digital broadcasting. A year-long simulcast period is specified.
Redd Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, has predicted that traditional linear TV services will ‘disappear’ within 20 years. Hastings made the comments to French magazine Telerama.
Informitiv’s latest Multiscreen Index shows that the world’s top 100 pay-TV services added about 20.3 million new subscribers between Q2’13 and Q2’14. The figure represents a 6% YoY rise. The 10 largest services gained almost 1.15 million subscribers in Q2’14 alone, and more than 1.2 million in Q1. Satellite services added more than 2.1 million … Read more
Samsung has let the launch date of Amazon’s UltraHD streaming service slip by accident. The company said in a press release that its Smart TVs will be able to support the service from October, worldwide, suggesting that the streams will be available from or before that point. It has been suggested that Amazon’s service will … Read more
An UltraHD IPTV service will be launched by Korean mobile carrier KT this month. ‘Olleh Giga UHD TV’ will be available through a set-top box, which will feature voice command and the ability to show four separate channels at once. There will be around 500 UltraHD programmes available by the end of the year, the … Read more
Eyedak, a company based in Scotland, is developing a VR headset called Vrase, to compete with the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Morpheus. Like Samsung’s (rumoured) Gear VR headset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28), it uses a smartphone as the main display. The lenses in the headset make the displayed images 3D. Six of the … Read more
Invitations have been sent out to an event on 9th September by Apple, effectively confirming the previously-rumoured iPhone 6 launch date. Unlike the company’s previous invitations, there is no hint of what will be shown (the iPhone 5’s event invitation was particularly in-your-face). However, Apple has a history of releasing its handsets in early autumn. … Read more
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