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What They Say The top global notebook brands hit a new high in August according to Digitimes Research. HP is said to have been above five million units. Despite a trade ban by the US on Lenovo’s Chromebook, the company has seen its notebook business grow 12% in August. Japan has a GIGA project based … Read more
What They Say BOE is expected to try again to become a qualified supplier of OLED panels for fitting to refurbished iPhone 12s. The company tried to supply originally from its B11 fab but is now planning to use its B7 fab in Chengdu. The report said that a quarter of BOE’s 16 million OLED … Read more
What They Say Digital View has developed a new interface system to support E Ink’s 32″ and 42″ monochrome panels, the E-T1000. It includes a USB interface so that content can be uploaded and stored. What We Think This kind of support is essential for the development of an SI/VAR channel for this kind of … Read more
What They Say McKinsey, the international consultants, published data about changes in the retail environment because of Covid. The company believes that the market has experienced ten years of development in just three months. McKinsey put out a free report. What We Think It’s more than twenty years since I bought my first PC from … Read more
If multitasking and accuracy on your desktop are both necessities on the job and a way of life, then one of the new breed of 21:9 aspect ratio monitors might be worth considering. With more screen real estate than standard 16:9 displays and ultra-high resolutions as well as a range of productivity-enhancing features, this wider … Read more
What They Say A pair of promotional videos were uploaded to Facebook which indicated the Quest 2 VR headsets would use the Qualcom Snapdragon XR2 and ‘nearly 2K per eye’ as well as 6GB of RAM and 256GB of flash. What We Think The Quest 2 is about to be released, so more comments when … Read more
Messe München will organize electronica 2020 digitally as electronica virtual.The current travel restrictions in Europe, which are becoming more stringent, have required a re-thinking of planning. Falk Senger, Managing Director of Messe München: Even though an in-person trade fair could have been conducted with the help of our safety and hygiene concept, the latest developments … Read more
Although I’m a committed technology geek and I have adopted or taken an interest in many of the new technologies over the years. However, one I really didn’t find compelling although intellectually I could see the importance and that was video conferencing. More than twenty years ago, I gave a talk about ‘The Next Ten … Read more
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming desktops and notebooks boomed in the second quarter of 2020, growing 33.0% YoY, and totaling 2.0 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The market for PC gaming is expected to be similarly optimistic in the third quarter (26.3% YoY), with continued strength in … Read more
As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7% in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46.2% in 2021, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The market has faced a temporary setback this year … Read more
What They Say Japanese PC maker, Dynabook – owned by Sharp and including the Toshiba PC business bought by Sharp in 2018 – had hoped to have an IPO this year, but has deferred it to 2021. What We Think I would have thought that the revival in the PC business because of Covid would … Read more
What They Say Samsung’s Visual Display business announced a couple of new 4K laser projectors, the LSP9T and LSP7T which are intended to create images of 130″ and 120″, respectively. The projectors fit into the ‘Lifestyle’ products such as the Serif, the Frame and the Terrace. Price and delivery dates are yet to be announced. … Read more
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