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7″ Windows Tablet Seen at TENAA

by Tom Allen

China’s certification agency, TENAA, has seen a new Windows tablet called the Ramos Q7. The product has a 7″ display (1280 x 720), a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Windows

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 31

by Tom Allen

A new version of the Blackberry Passport smartphone (Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design) has been released in the USA. The Passport Silver Edition has a more rounded design and a silver colour, rather …

Tags:BlackBerry| China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 31| ZTE

MIC Sees LTPS Capacity Growing 40% by 2016

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) says that as HD panels have become mainstream among China’s newly released smartphone models, several panel makers have started to build new LTPS production lines to manufacture …

Tags:China| LTPS TFT| Market Shares - Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid

by Tom Allen

Netdragon Websoft, a Chinese games developer and operator, has made a $130 million offer for UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider, Promethean. Netdragon’s chairman, Liu Deijan, confirmed the offer last month. Promethean says …

Tags:China| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Promethean| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Netflix Looks at China

by Tom Allen

Netflix has passed 65 million subscribers, adding 3.3 million in Q2 (0.9 million in the US, 2.4 million outside) compared to a forecast of 2.5 million, and almost double the 1.7 million added in …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 30

LG to Close Chinese Facility?

by Tom Allen

LG Electronics ‘may’ close down its Shanghai-based production facilities (called LGESH), according to Korean media. Declining profits and increased labour costs in China are behind the move, said the source. LG set up the …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

BOE to Take Third Place in LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Media reports from Taiwan claim that BOE will become the world’s third-largest panel maker, in terms of LCD capacity, by 2018. The prediction will come into effect when BOE’s G10.5 facility comes online in …

Tags:BOE| China| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Microsoft Closes Chinese Plants, Looks to OEMs

by Milos Pavlovic

‘Industry sources’ say that Microsoft has closed its handset manufacturing plants in Beijing and Dongguang. The company is preparing to outsource more work to Taiwanese ODMs, sources said. Production is also expected to be …

Tags:China| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| ODMs & OEMs| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 29

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …

Tags:China| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 29

White-Box Vendors Jump on iPad Hype

by Tom Allen

White-box tablet makers in China are expected to produce large tablets, to take advantage of hype around Apple’s expected 12.9″ iPad Pro. Taiwanese IC suppliers have said that there is likely to be a …

Tags:China| large displays| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

China Will Dominate 8k TV

by Tom Allen

The approach of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where NHK has promised 8k broadcasting, is expected to spur a new round of TV resolution increases, says IHS. 8k TV shipments having not yet begun in …

Tags:China| IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 29