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Google Preparing for Android One?

A launch of Google’s Android One initiative, which aims to unify the fragmented OS in entry-level smartphones, may be approaching. Invitations have been sent to an event in India on 15th September. Google has three confirmed vendor partners in the country (Micromax, Karbonn and Spice). Combine that with the fact that Android One is aimed … Read more

Nigeria Details ASO Requirements

Nigeria will need about 40 million DTT receivers to successfully move to digital broadcasting, said the company’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). It will also require ‘at least’ NGN60 billion ($368.6 million). Display Daily Comments The NBC recently committed to a June 2015 ASO date (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34). (TA)

Digital TV Labs’ Test Suite Checks Compliance

Digital TV Labs is launching products designed to accelerate the development and deployment of UltraHD HEVC services. The organisation’s HEVC for DVB Test Suite enables SoC, STB and TV vendors to check their products’ compliance with the Phase 1 UltraHD specifications (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28). It can also be used to check whether … Read more

WiGig Enables Dual ‘UltraHD’ Displays

DisplayLink has demonstrated the use of dual ‘UltraHD’ (DisplayLink says that the resolution was 3098 x 2160) displays being operated over a 60GHz WiGig connection. Taking place at the Intel Developer Forum, the demo used a WiGig-integrated notebook and a WiGig docking station connected to two UltraHD DisplayLink USB Graphics adapters. The adapters enabled the … Read more

AUO Brings Fast Refresh to IPS

Gamers have long been stuck with using TN panels in their monitors. Although these types have narrower viewing angles and worse colour reproduction than IPS or VA, they also have the fastest response times and refresh rates. AUO is now working to change that, as it has put a 144Hz AHVA panel (AUO’s version of … Read more

CEE Thin-Client Market Outlook Lowered for 2014

The EMEA thin-client market posted double-digit growth in Q2 2014 for the second quarter in a row, according to the latest EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker report from IDC. Economic recovery in Western Europe, previously postponed projects in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the Middle East, and Africa (MEA), as well as hardware upgrades … Read more

CMOS Sensor Enables 100fps Gesture Tracking

A Japanese firm, Exvision, has developed a technology for high-speed gesture control using a conventional CMOS sensor. The Exvision Gesture System (EGS) can recognise both of a user’s hands at 100fps, says the Nikkei website. Because it uses a standard CMOS sensor, a gesture-based controller can be produced at a lower cost than, for example, … Read more

ESL Revenues to Climb on Beacon Growth

Global electronic shelf label (ESL) revenues will rise almost 600% over the next five years, claims ABI Research. Driven by the desire to operate ‘tightly integrated’ systems with ESLs, Bluetooth beacons, smartphone apps, mobile payments, digital coupons and NFC, retailers will drive revenues to almost $2 billion by 2019. ABI says that ESLs are a … Read more