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Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

by Phillip Wright

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 24

by Tom Allen

IEE has reorganised its LCD display product line into three new segments, to address the needs of multiple vertical markets. Displays are supplied in a variety of sizes, resolutions and brightness levels; customers can …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 23

by Tom Allen

The Geforce GTX 980 GPU, Nvidia‘s newest flagship, is now even more powerful. The company has updated the card in the form of the new GTX 980Ti, with support for UltraHD gaming at an …

Google Shows Off Android M

by Tom Allen

Android M, the next version of the popular OS, has been announced at Google I/O. Google has focused on improving the quality of the platform. However, new features have also been added, which include …

Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Shipments in Q1

by Tom Allen

Smartphone sales in Q1’15 rose 19.3% YoY, to 336 million units, says Gartner. Emerging markets – excluding China – led growth, with the fastest-rising regions named as emerging APAC, Eastern Europe, the Middle East …

Saturated Markets Slow Smartphone Growth

by Tom Allen

After rising 27.6% YoY in 2014, smartphone shipment growth is expected to slow to 11.3% this year, says IDC. However, while overall growth will continue to decelerate, certain markets will experience strong growth in …

Sling TV Releases App for Android TV, Including Google’s Nexus Player

by Helen Vince

Sling TV has launched its Android TV application for Google’s Nexus Player, available for immediate download in the Google Play Store. Sling TV and Google are kicking off their collaboration with a promotion that …

Tags:Android| Google

Google Signs Sweet Deal With Nestlé

by Tom Allen

Remember Android 4.4, also known as ‘KitKat’? The name was part of a deal between Nestlé and Google – and the favour is now being returned. A limited run of 600,000 KitKat bars in …

Tags:Android| Back Panel| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Android M and UltraHD Define Leaked Note 5

by Tom Allen

Specs of the Galaxy Note 5 and Note Edge 2 (codenamed ‘Project Noble’ and ‘Project Zen’, respectively) have apparently been leaked. The Note 5 is said to have a 5.7″ display, described as ‘2k …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Android Passes Half of Mobile Web Traffic

by Tom Allen

NetMarketShare is a company tracking usage of more than 40,000 websites worldwide. Recently – July 2014 – Android finally passed iOS in terms of web traffic. Since that time, the OS has built up …

Rumour Points to OLED for Nexus 7

by Tom Allen

A story from Gizmo China claims that Huawei is building Google’s next Nexus phone. According to the rumour, the Nexus 7 (probably) will feature a 5.7″ OLED display from Samsung, with 2560 x 1440 …

Tags:Android| Google| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Vodafone Has Large, Affordable Phones

by Tom Allen

UK mobile operator EE recently unveiled its own smartphones (EE Has Own-Brand Products – From BenQ), and now the competition has taken its turn. Vodafone’s Smart Prime 6, Smart First 6 and SmartTab Prime …