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The head of John Lewis’s online marketing, Lloyd Page, has said that the retailer is considering using virtual reality technology such as the Oculus Rift to enhance shoppers’ in-store experience. Speaking at a recent digital advertising event, Page said that the devices could be used, for example, in the furniture department, allowing the consumer to … Read more
Sources in Asia have said that the supply of panels for Apple’s iPhone 6 will mainly come from LG Display (LGD) and Sharp. iPhone 6 Plus panels, on other hand, will be supplied by LGD and Japan Display. LGD will also be the main company handling iPad Air 2 (with Samsung Display), new iMac and … Read more
Asus expecys to ship 16 million handsets next year, say supply chain sources: double the expected eight million shipments in 2014. Almost three million were shipped in Q3. The sources say that smartphone profits will go towards Asus’ tablet business, which is not currently profitable and is predicted to have lower shipments than 2013 this … Read more
According to reports from Asia, handset panel module prices are expected to fall more than 10% in Q4. The slump will be caused by competition for Chinese orders between vendors from Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea. Orders in China are expected to be limited during the period, so panel makers are lowering quotes.
Lenovo has begun to place orders for new tablet products with Chinese vendors, including BOE and O-Film, say supply chain sources in Asia. However, the sources also said that Lenovo is considering increasing orders to Taiwanese companies next year, as Chinese makers have been slow to meet deadlines.
The Taipei Times reports that in a recent interview with John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, he said that supplies of the new Passport smartphone have sold out, demonstrating the phone’s popularity. According to the article, BlackBerry sold 200,000 units within six hours of its release. It also states that BlackBerry sold 13.7 million units in … Read more
Samsung is celebrating a win in the USA, as its devices have been cleared for use in handling classified information by government officials. Nine devices with the company’s Knox security software – including the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 – have been validated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National … Read more
To boost tablet shipments in saturated markets, vendors are developing models for specific applications, say Taiwan-based IC design houses. Tablets designed for use in education, business and gaming applications – with low costs, large displays and high graphics capabilities – are being developed, the sources said.
French company Archos is to release a low-cost competitor to Samsung’s Gear VR (and, we guess, Google Cardboard), with the Archos VR Glasses. Like the Samsung and Google offerings, Archos’ ‘headset’ is more like a frame that a smartphone can be strapped in to. Unlike the others, though, it is device-agnostic, accepting any phone (up … Read more
Garmin has introduced a new fitness tracker and notification display called the Vivosmart. It is a wrist-worn device with a 1.4″ curved passive OLED from Futaba, with 128 x 16 resolution (the same as Huawei’s Talkband B1 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25)). Linking to an iOS or Android smartphone via Bluetooth LE, the band … Read more
A prototype of a smartwatch with an E Ink display has been shown at the HKTDC show in Hong Kong. Onyx International, an eReader maker, is building the device. The smartwatch features a 1.56″ display, can link to a phone using Bluetooth, acts as a pedometer and has three physical buttons. It is also waterproof. … Read more
Tinyduino is an open-source wearables development platform, based on Arduino, which will soon be offering a 0.9″ OLED microdisplay to its developer community. The ‘Tinyscreen’ component will feature 16-bit colour, 96 x 64 resolution and a controllable backlight option. The component will cost $25 and be shipped in January.
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