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Firm Issues Malware Warning Against Online Tablet Sales

by Tom Allen

A report from Cheetah Mobile Security Lab claims that Android tablets are being sold online, including from large sites like Amazon, with a pre-installed trojan virus. The malware, called Cloudsota, is able to open …

Tags:Amazon| China| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 46

IFA Launches Chinese Event

by Tom Allen

A new event will take place in China next year, organised by IFA. Consumer Electronics China will run from the 20th – 22nd April in the Shenzen Convention and Exhibition Centre. Both Chinese and …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

JCDecaux Shakes in Shanghai

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux ran an advertising campaign in China last month, using iBeacon technology to promote the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. Passers-by could shake their smartphone to interact with media, access prize draws and more.

Tags:Beacons| China| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Philips Puts SoftBlue in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …

Tags:Blue Light| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45

China Developing Cinema Image Standards

by Chris Chinnock

One of the papers delivered at the SMPTE conference focused on what the Chinese government and exhibitors are doing about image quality – both 2D and 3D. There already exists a Chinese standard, GD/J047-2013, …

Tags:3D Cinema| China| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 44

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Huawei Goes Past Xiaomi

by Milos Pavlovic

Local sources say that Huawei is likely to beat Xiaomi in the smartphone market as the company is expected to ship over 100 million handsets this year (with 75.6 million shipped by the end …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44| Xiaomi

Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

by Milos Pavlovic

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with Mediatek, if rules on investment from China into Taiwanese chip companies were changed. …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

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LeTV Has Ambitious Smartphone Plans

by Tom Allen

LeTV has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for its new smartphone, the Le1S (Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV).

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV has produced new products in the largest and smallest ends of the consumer display market. The uMax Super TV was unveiled at an event in Beijing, and is a 120″ LCD TV, …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 43

China’s Big Four Plan LCD Investment

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nippon Keizai newspaper predicts that China will lead the world in LCD panel production by 2018, beating Korea. It is said that China’s big four display makers will build seven new factories in …

Tags:China| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Oppo Sees Itself as #2 to Apple in China

by Bob Raikes

Oppo was a new mobile phone brand for us. The company, which is Chinese, has been expanding outside its home market to develop other regions. The firm has a premium positioning concept and after …

Tags:China| Gitex 2015| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 42