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Chinese Firms Filling Smartphone Top Five

by Tom Allen

343.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q2’16: a relatively flat result, up 0.3% from Q2’15 (342.4 million units), says IDC. Quarterly growth was higher, up 3.1% from 331.3 million. Ryan Reith, IDC’s mobile …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide

Huawei Plans VR Launch

by Tom Allen

Huawei, which signed up to Google Daydream as a hardware partner (Google Sets Specs for New VR Platform) in May, will launch a VR HMD this month, according to Asian sources. The company has …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Huawei Wants to Reduce Reliance on Android

by Tom Allen

The Information claims that Huawei is developing its own smartphone OS, to reduce its reliance on Android. The company currently uses a custom skin for the Android OS (which has been criticised for looking …

Tags:Android| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Vol 23 - Issue 25

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 …

Tags:Amazon| Chromebooks| Convertible PCs| eReaders| HP Inc| Huawei| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 24

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Huawei Sues Samsung

by Tom Allen

Huawei has opened lawsuits against Samsung in the USA and China, claiming patent infringement. According to Huawei, Samsung used its IP in cellular communications technology and mobile phone software.

Tags:Huawei| Legislation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 20

China Raises Smartphone Share

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales rose in Q1’16, compared to the same period last year, the results were not all encouraging. Sales increased just 3.9% to 349 million units, and Apple registered its first double-digit decline. …

Tags:Apple| Gartner| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 20| Xiaomi

Huawei Designs MediaPad for Video

by Tom Allen

Huawei’s newest tablet, the MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro, is focused on content consumption (and not, as the name suggests, for work). The 10.1″ LCD display (IPS panel) has an eye care mode – although …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Apple Beats Microsoft in Detachables

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Convertible PCs| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 17

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Huawei Hints at Phone with QHD Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

As reported by many tech blogs (Tech Times, Phone Arena and others), Huawei is planning on upgrading a future smartphone with a QHD display (2560 x 1440). So far all Huawei branded smartphones are …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Huawei’s Kevin Ho to Deliver Opening Keynote at CES Asia 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™ today announced that Kevin Ho, president of the Handset Product Line of Huawei Device, will deliver the opening keynote address at the upcoming CES Asia™ 2016. Owned and produced …

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Huawei Competes With Tier Ones – in VR

by Tom Allen

Huawei has shown off a VR headset that is used as a ‘bring-your-own-display’ device, like the Gear VR. The Huawei VR will be used with the flagship P9, P9 Plus and Mate 8 phones, …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 15