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Upgrade Boosts Sony Battery to Two Days

by Tom Allen

Sony’s new Xperia E4 is an entry-level Android smartphone with a two-day battery life. A slight update from the Xperia E3 (Sony is Committed to ‘Kando’, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), the E4 …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 08

ISE 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

3M Touch was showing its latest 55″ procap touch monitor being used as a tabletop. The sensor technology is metal mesh (presumably 3M’s own – Man. Ed.) and can support up to 80 touches. …

2014 Signage Trends Continue to 2015, Says OVAB

by Tom Allen

European digital signage trends from 2014 will continue into this year, says Ovab Europe, which runs the Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI). Last year entry-level signage was important to the industry in the …

The W3D is a Game Console/Smartphone Hybrid

by Arthur Berman

The W3D, developed by Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Co. Ltd.(Suzhou, China), was demonstrated at the recent CES in Las Vegas. At first glance, the device looks a lot like the Sony PlayStation Vita. The …

Tags:Android| Autostereo 3D| Game Controllers| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Microsoft to Invest in Android Startup Cyanogen

by Vanessa Browning

Microsoft is reported to have invested in Cyanogen, a company which offers an alternative Android mobile operating system to Google. According to a blog post in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft would be a …

Tags:Android| Investment| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Huawei Backs Away From Android at MWC

by Tom Allen

Huawei has said that it will introduce new wearables and tablets at MWC in March. The company’s focus will be on premium devices. Although specifics were not announced, Huawei did say that it would …

ZTE Unveils Blade S6 4G Smartphone Adds Six Features

by Tom Allen

The Blade S6, ZTE’s newest smartphone, boasts six key features – hence the name (Samsung is probably unhappy right now – TA). Gesture motion control (‘Smart Sense’) is the first feature. Users can make …

Ruggon Shows High Specs With Rugged Body

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Ruggon has created the Ruggon Rextorm rugged tablet range. Created for field work, the tablets feature 1,000cd/m² of brightness, dual hot-swappable batteries and capacitive touch supporting gloved operation. The three tablets (PX-501, PM-521 and …

New Google Play Highlights Software Focus

by Tom Allen

The Google stand was, naturally, dominated by Chromebooks – Google’s low-cost notebook product that is seeing rising adoption in the education market. However, the main news was Google Play for Education (GPE): an initiative …

Mediatek Stretches from Wearables to UltraHD TVs

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek Eyewear refererence design We commented in our report on the Gitex show in Dubai that chip-maker, Mediatek, was taking a higher marketing profile and we found the same at CES, although the company …

Sony’s TV is Slimmer Than a Smartphone

by Tom Allen

Unlike previous years, Sony’s whole stand was open before its press conference began – nothing was covered up, including the new products. However, there was little time to walk around and we chose to …

Samsung Combats Android With Windows

by Tom Allen

In a bid to reduce its reliance on Android, Samsung will release several affordable handsets based on Windows Phone 8.1 this year. The news comes from The Korea Times, whose source – a Samsung …