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Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Slowed in the Fourth Quarter but Saw Solid Growth for 2021, According to IDC

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020. Shipments declined 11.9% year over year in 4Q21 as demand slowed, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. For … Read more

Philips New OLED807 Ambilight TV

Philips new OLED807 brings PQ and SQ improvements to one of 2021’s most award-winning OLED TVs. Philips OLED807 features New 6th P5 Gen AI picture processing suite to guarantee superb picture quality. Next Gen OLED EX panel offers a 30% increase in light output compared to regular OLED panels. New improved Four-sided Ambilight system with … Read more

Counterpoint Releases Smartphone Data on World, China and US

What They Say Counterpoint Research published some interesting data on the smartphone market in the US and China as well as looking at the overall development of the market over the last five years. The firm pointed out that in China : Apple reached its highest ever share in Q4, with 23% share, although over … Read more

Sky sheds 200,000 subs in 2021

What They Say In the report on Q4 from parent company, Comcast, Sky is reported to have lost 198K subscribers in the UK, Germany and Italy. Revenue was down in Q4 by 2.4% to $5.07 billion, although subscribers did increase in Q4 as did revenue overall, by 3.1% compared to 2020. Italian subscriptions are said … Read more

Schott’s High-index AR Wafer Halves Waveguide Weight

What They Say At Photonics West, Schott highlighted its high refractive index glass RealView 1.9 lightweight ultra which it said allows ‘up to 50% lighter’ waveguides without reducing image quality. It also said that it has improved the flatness of its wafers by ‘up to 60%’, which also helps with the weight reduction. Overall, the … Read more

7-Eleven Japan Tests Touchless Checkouts

What They Say Nikkei reported that 7-Eleven Japan is experimenting in six stores in Tokyo with ‘holographic’ touch screens that feature a virtual touch screen but do not use physical touch. The terminals cannot be used to buy alcohol, tobacco or ‘prepared foods’. What We Think I was intrigued by the restriction on ‘prepared foods’. … Read more

Apple Enjoys the Holiday Quarter

What They Say Apple published its Q4 and full year results and the firm hit a new record of $123.9 billion in Q4, up 11%, with $34.6 billion in profit. In a call, Tim Cook said that Apple now has 1.8 billion active devices, up from 1.65 billion a year ago and 1.5 billion two … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Microsoft Breaks into Top Five Tablet Vendors amid Strong Productivity Demand

Microsoft cashed in on the need for mobile productivity devices with its massive Surface portfolio refresh and joined the ranks of the top global tablet vendors for the first time ever. Meanwhile, most vendors experienced setbacks in securing components to meet persistently high demand. According to a new report by Strategy Analytics, supply constraints held … Read more

MPEG LA Introduces Patent Pool License for Versatile Video Coding (VVC)

MPEG LA, LLC announced the availability of the VVC Patent Portfolio License (“VVC License” or “License”). The joint license includes patents that are essential to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC, also known as H.266 and MPEG-I Part 3) standard. VVC provides increased compression with significant bitrate reduction, giving consumers enhanced speed and efficiency in products … Read more

Links Week Starting 31st January 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Ricoh’s new Theta X 360º camera features 2.55″ touchscreen, interchangeable battery and Micro SD card slot Hands-on with Samsung’s 2022 TVs (& technical information) Samsung Takes Semiconductor Crown … Read more