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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 …

Mobiles Continue to Outperform Other Device Market Segments in 2015

by Tom Allen

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles (ultrabooks of various form factors) and mobile phones) shipments will rise 2.8% this year, to 2.5 billion units according to Gartner. However, the computing devices (PCs and ultramobiles) category …

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 …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 12

by Tom Allen

Avnet Embedded is now stocking a 2.2″ transflective TFT-LCD module from Logic Technologies in EMEA. Under high ambient light, the (LED) backlight is not required. The LTTD240320022-L3-TF will be available for at least three …

Toshiba Produces Tiny Convertible PC

by Tom Allen

The Satellite Click Mini L9W-B-102 is a new convertible tablet from Toshiba, offering up to 13 hours of battery life in notebook mode. The device is a very small “Windows 8.1 With Bing” model …

Slight Increase in Long-Term PC Forecast, Says IDC

by Tom Allen

PC shipments worldwide will fall by 4.9% YoY in 2015, says IDC, which has revised its previous forecast down from a 3.3% fall. At the same time, growth predictions for 2016 and 2017 were …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 12

by Tom Allen

The H257HU monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), from Acer, is now available in the USA. It is a 25″ unit with 2560 x 1440 resolution, a ‘bezel-less’ design and Acer’s flicker-free and …

Vaio Narrows Light Angle to Save Power

by Tom Allen

Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z …

Chromebook Pixel 2 Revealed in Bug Report

by Tom Allen

A big report in the Chromium project issue tracker reveals that Google is developing a second-generation Chromebook Pixel (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 8). The original Pixel had a 12.8″ display and 2560 x …

Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design

by Tom Allen

Acer showed off several new products – possibly the largest portfolio of new devices of any company that we met with at BETT. Two Chromebooks – the C740 and C910 – were introduced. Following …

Lenovo Chooses Broadwell for Education Upgrades

by Tom Allen

An update to Lenovo’s Thinkpad 11e Chromebook series was announced at BETT. The device is available as a notebook or a convertible, with stand, laptop, tent and tablet modes. Optionally, the Thinkpad supports the …

IDC chart Top 5 EMEA PC Vendors Shipments

Western European PC Shipments Save EMEA Region

by Tom Allen

25.5 million PCs were shipped in the EMEA region in Q4’14, according to IDC: a 2% YoY increase. The market remained positive for the third consecutive quarter, thanks to strong consumer demand. Over the …