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Pegatron’s Q1 Profit Climbed 130%

by Helen Vince

Pegatron Corp. reported a net profit in the first quarter of the year of NT$6.3 billion ($204.8 million), which represented a year on year increase of 130%. Turnover in Q1 was 25% higher YoY …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

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Mobile Touch Shifts to Embedded With Apple and Samsung

by Tom Allen

Almost 40% of touch module shipments for mobile phones will use in- and on-cell touch this year, says IHS. The prediction comes following 47% YoY growth for the technologies last year, when they had …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| In-cell| Mobile Display Monitor| On-cell| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Large iPad Render Appears in Leak

by Tom Allen

A render of the supposed 12.9″ iPad Pro has been leaked on Twitter, by @Onleaks. It shows a tablet measuring 223 x 306 x 7.2mm (this area has a 14.9″ diagonal, which could feasibly …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Microsoft Mood Sensing patent

Mood Sensing Patents – The New Frontier

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news Microsoft and Apple were tapped as filing and receiving patents that describe mood or emotion sensing as part of the patents. Microsoft received a patent called “Wearable Emotion Detection Feedback System” …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Worldwide Tablet Market Contracts for Second Straight Quarter

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% …

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2015 Fails to Check Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Q1’15 was the second consecutive quarter in which the worldwide tablet market declined says IDC. Competition from alternative devices, such as phablets, drove shipments of tablets and hybrids to 47.1 million units, down 5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 19| Worldwide

Apple iPhone Captures 12% Smartphone Marketshare in China in Q1 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China smartphone shipments grew 17 percent annually to reach 110 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Xiaomi maintained first position, but Apple is rapidly …

Tags:Apple| China| Huawei| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Tablet Shipments Decline Again

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% …

Tags:Apple| Asus| IDC| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung

American Airlines Stays Grounded on iPad Glitch

by Tom Allen

‘Several dozen’ America Airlines flights were grounded at the end of April as the result of an iPad software glitch. Flight plans and pilot manuals are stored on the tablets. The airline said that …

Tags:Apple| Aviation| Back Panel| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Global Mobile Phone Shipments Reach 445 Million Units in Q1 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 8 percent annually to reach 445 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Apple was the star performer, as it …

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