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Low- to Mid-Range Smartphones Dominate Worldwide Smartphone Forecast with the Fastest Growth Expected in $400-600 Price Band, According to IDC

September 18, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Economic uncertainties have increased the downward pressure on smartphone prices globally with 73% of shipments in 2020 expected to be priced below $400, according to a new price band forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Worldwide smartphone value is expected to decline 7.9% in 2020 to $422.4 billion, down … Read more

Acer Reports August Consolidated Revenues of NT$27.27 Billion, Highest in Nearly Five Years

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer reported that its sales were up by 34.9% year on year in August, and were up 11.2% for the year to date. Chromebooks were up 59.6% YoY, while gaming products (desktops, notebooks, monitors) saw 87.8% growth and monitors were up by 49.4%. Much of the growth was in Pan America and … Read more

Top-5 notebook brands see shipments peak in August, says Digitimes Research

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

BOE Reattempts to Supply OLED to Apple

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

Digital View launches a new interface board for 32″ and 42″ E Ink panels

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

The Reinvention of Retail

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

The Secret Weapon Of Top Creative Professionals

September 17, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 leaks in full via official promo videos

September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

electronica virtual

September 17, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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

Barriers to VideoConferencing, One Down….

December 21, 2022September 17, 2020 by Bob Raikes

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

Play on! EMEA PC Gaming Will Continue to Boom Throughout H2 2020 Despite Anticipated Economic Downturn, says IDC

September 17, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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

VR Headset Market Expected to Grow Despite Short-Term Decline, According to IDC

September 17, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

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