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Gartner Says More Decline for Device Market

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has released its overall forecasts for smart devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) which it expects to see decline 3% this year, after falling 0.75% last year. After that, the analyst sees …

Asus is Off-Site at IFA

by Milos Pavlovic

Asus was not on the show floor and had an event away from the Messe. It showed a number of new products including the new ZenWatch 3 which has switched to a circular design. …

Alcatel Has Stand-Alone Headset

by Bob Raikes

Alcatel, now owned by TCL of China, is keen on VR and has multiple solutions. First, the company is supplying a ‘smartphone add-on’ (think Gear VR) headset for free with its Idol 4S phone. …

Lenovo Innovates All Over

by Milos Pavlovic

Lenovo held its press event offsite, so we didn’t hear about it until it was too late to get there, which was a shame, but we got a good look around the booth and …

Tablets to Recover Via Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Although the short term outlook looks weak, with expected year on year growth of -11.5% in volume terms this year, to just 183.4 million units, IDC is optimistic that positive growth will return in …

Tags:Convertible PCs| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 34

Convertible PC Features 400 cd/m² Display

by Tom Allen

Asus announced the Transformer Pad T101 at Computex this year, and has now shared more details about the new convertible PC. It is a 10.1″ hybrid product with an aluminium chassis. The unit weighs …

Tags:Asus| Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

E Fun is Ready for Term Time

by Tom Allen

E Fun has designed its new convertible tablet for the back-to-school season. The Nextbook Flex 11A runs Windows 10 on a quad-core Intel Atom processor, with Microsoft Office Mobile. Control is possible through the …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Tom Allen

Andromium‘s Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) – the laptop ‘shell’ powered by a smartphone – is now live on Kickstarter. Prices start at $85. It was funded within 10 minutes, …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Milos Pavlovic

PC Industry Rejects Its Salvation

by Ken Werner

Financial analyst and investment advisor Richard Windsor publishes a daily newsletter for his clients called Radio Free Mobile (www.radiofreemobile.com), which covers the mobile technology industry. In the June 6th number, he noted that the …

Tags:Convertible PCs| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Samsung Brings HDR to Hybrids

by Tom Allen

Samsung, with Best Buy, has launched a new convertible PC that can support HDR content – a first, as far as we’re aware. The new ‘Video HDR’ mode on the Notebook 7 Spin can …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 24

by Tom Allen

Amazon has refreshed its Kindle eReader, making it lighter and thinner. The new model will weigh just over 160g (about 16% less than the existing model) and will be 11% thinner. Storage will also …