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Canalys: Apple Retakes Top Spot in Global Smartphone Market in Q4 2021

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Apple accounted for 22% of worldwide smartphone shipments in Q4 2021, thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 13. But overall shipments for the quarter grew just 1%, as vendors faced supply chain problems and a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Samsung took second place, down from the top spot in Q3 2021, with a market … Read more

Garmin Introduces epix, a Premium Multisport Smartwatch Featuring Vibrant AMOLED Display and Up to 16 Days of Battery Life

Garmin® International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., announced epix™, a premium multisport smartwatch featuring a bright AMOLED display. Crafted with a sapphire lens and titanium bezel, epix looks as good in the boardroom as it does in the gym. And with up to 16 days of battery life, users can rely on epix around … Read more

Breezeline Launches Next Generation TV Service

Breezeline, the nation’s eighth-largest cable operator, has launched “Breezeline Stream TV,” a new cloud-based TV service that seamlessly integrates live TV, DVR, On Demand and popular streaming apps for viewing devices inside and outside the home via a single, easy-to-use interface. Unlike traditional TVs and set top boxes that receive the TV signal over coaxial … Read more

Planar and OptiTrack Partner with SMPTE and Other Industry Leaders to Develop On-Set Virtual Production Methodologies

Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, and sister company OptiTrack, the worldwide leader in 3D tracking systems, have joined other industry leaders and SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists and engineers, to form The Advisory Group of the On-Set Virtual Production (OSVP) Initiative. This initiative is the first project within the society’s new … Read more

Links Week Ending 21st 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 second part of this week. (quite a few this week as we try to clear the backlog from CES!!) Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV Nine Week … Read more

DSCC’s Latest Report Reveals $63 Billion for OLED Panel Revenue in 2026

What They Say DSCC published some interesting forecasts on the OLED market. The firm expects growth in all the key OLED applications at 8% overall, with IT applications seeing double digit revenue growth, smartphones with 6% CAGR and TVs seeing 9% CAGR. The overall growth is expected to slow by 2026 as smartphone OLED revenues … Read more

US Army incorporates augmented reality goggles into combat vehicles

What They Say The US army said that it is working on including AR and sensors into its vehicle platforms to provide situational awareness using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The goggle-based IVAS display integrates digital low-light, thermal night vision, and high-resolution waveguide technology to create a mixed reality interface for dismounted soldiers. … Read more

Why Does matter Matter?

We haven’t been covering smart home developments very much on Display Daily, but during CES I saw a number of references to support for ‘Matter’. So I thought I’d investigate to see if it actually mattered. The Matter* initiative is from the ‘Connectivity Standards Alliance’ (CSA) was launched in the late spring of 2021 and … Read more

Daktronics and Ströer Continue Partnership

As Ströer continues to bring digital signage to cities across Germany, they also continue a long-standing partnership with Daktronics to manufacture and deliver their LED displays. Previously, Daktronics has delivered more than 250 LED screens and has been asked to deliver additional LED screens over the coming months. Adding to Ströer’s inventory of digital LED … Read more

Compal halts Taiwan production Because of Omicron

What They Say Nikkei reported that Compal Electronics, a supplier to Dell and Amazon among others and the 2nd largest contract maker of notebooks , is halting production at its factory in Pingzhen in Taoyuan City for a week after three employees tested positive for COVID-19 as the latest wave of the omicron variant spreads … Read more