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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

JDI Free to Take Rivals’ Orders at Apple-Funded Plant

by Tom Allen

Despite Apple putting up the majority of the $1.4 billion investment in a new Japan Display LCD plant, JDI will be free to mass-produce products for other vendors at the facility. According to the …

Tags:Apple| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Smartwatches – The Future of Wearables?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wearables were mainly represented by smartwatches at MWC 2015. Most top OEMs have smartwatches in their portfolio or have first models announced with many new announcements coming out at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Electronics (LGE)| MWC 2015| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 12| Wearables

Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches

by Bob Raikes

We have held off from the flood of initial streams and comment that came with the Apple announcements on Monday. We’re covering the Apple watch in detail in one article and have a separate …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iOS (Apple)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 22 - Issue 11