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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 13

by Tom Allen

Acer‘s C910 Chromebook (Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design) has been released in the USA. The C910-54M1 has a 15.6″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, Core i5 processor and eight-hour battery life. It costs …

Tags:Apple| Convertible PCs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Rumor: Apple Working on Augmented Reality Solution

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray claims that Apple is evaluating augmented reality as a future platform. He bases his assessment on information from industry analysts that Apple is assembling a small team …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 13

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 13

by Tom Allen

The UK price of Acer‘s Revo One RL85 (Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation) has been shared. The mini PC will be available from the 6th April and will start at £200 ($300), scaling …

Tags:Acer| Android| APAC| Apple| Asus| China| Convertible PCs| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Media Players| Microsoft| Notebooks| OLED TVs| PCs| Projectors| UltraHD| Vivitek| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Xiaomi

Tag Heuer Becomes First Swiss Smartwatch Maker

by Tom Allen

Tag Heuer, the Swiss watch manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Intel and Google to launch a smartwatch based on Android Wear. The watch will be launched this year. Jean-Claude Biver, president of Tag …

Tags:Android Wear| Apple| Google Glass| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 12

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Apple’s Pricing Strategy for the Watch is Very Smart

by Helen Vince

Generator Research has produced an interesting analysis of Apple’s pricing strategy for the new Apple Watch, which will start to become available later next month priced between $350 and $15,000. Apple has set the …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Pricing

Apple Preparing TV Service (Again…)

by Tom Allen

There have been many rumours about an Apple TV service, stretching back four years or more. Now the all-knowing ‘people familiar with the matter’ have told the Wall Street Journal that the company plans …

Tags:Apple| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Apple to Expand iPhone Trade-Ins…to Android?

by Tom Allen

9 to 5 Mac claims that Apple will expand its iPhone trade-in programme to include Android phones, in an effort to entice new users. Apple staff will put a value on the device and …

Tags:Android| Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Competition Shifts Tablet Share Away From Dominant Brands

by Tom Allen

Apple and Samsung, the tablet market’s leading vendors, will see their market share fall in the coming years, says Juniper Research. New players introducing low-cost models and new form factors will be responsible for …

Tags:Apple| Market Shares - Brands| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 12

One Connector to Rule Them All…

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Apple, along with its new Watch products, announced its latest MacBook notebook. One of the stand out features was that the small size and weight, enabled, in part, by the decision to …

Tags:Apple| DisplayPort| Interfaces| MHL| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 12

30% Yield Rate Rumoured for Apple Watch

by Tom Allen

G is For Games claims that Quanta, which manufactures the Apple Watch, has a yield rate of just 30%. It is unclear at this time what is causing the problems. Quanta has taken on …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Notebook Computer Displays Evolve

by Phillip Wright

The new 12″ MacBook (available April 10) announced this week by Apple and the new XPS 13 notebook PC from Dell (available now) that was first shown at CES 2015, are both great examples …

Tags:Apple| CES 2015| Dell| LCD displays| Narrow Bezels| Notebooks| Operating Systems| Touch PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Force Touch Coming to iPhone, Claims WSJ

by Tom Allen

According to the Wall Street Journal, the ‘Force Touch’ technology on the new Apple Watch and Macbook will also make an appearance on the next iPhone. Force Touch can distinguish between the pressure of …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch| Touch Pads| Vol 22 - Issue 11