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American Airlines Stays Grounded on iPad Glitch

by Tom Allen

‘Several dozen’ America Airlines flights were grounded at the end of April as the result of an iPad software glitch. Flight plans and pilot manuals are stored on the tablets. The airline said that …

Tags:Apple| Aviation| Back Panel| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Rumour: Apple Takes on JOLED for iPad

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple has contracted JOLED – a joint venture between Japan Display, Sony and Panasonic – to produce OLED panels for its next-generation iPads. Similar rumours have appeared before, claiming …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| iPad| JOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 17

LA Schools Ask Apple for Multi-Million Dollar Refund

by Tom Allen

It’s a bad time for iPads in education. First, schools began to favour Chromebooks over the expensive tablets – and now the Los Angeles Unified School District has asked Apple for a multi-million dollar …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Education| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

IGZO Production Steps Up on iPad Rumours

by Tom Allen

IGZO production is said to be increasing, following reports that Apple will use the technology in its (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad Pro. ET News says that LG Display has begun tooling for a G8 plant …

Tags:Apple| IGZO| iPad| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 15

iPad Pro Features Two Ports, Photo Shows

by Tom Allen

Images that are claimed to display Apple’s much-rumoured large iPad Pro show the tablet with two ports. The images, from Dutch website Vandaag Apple, show an opening on the side of the tablet that …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 14

UK MPs Choose Apple

by Tom Allen

Every MP in the UK – all 650 of them – will be given an iPad Air 2 after the General Election in May. The plan will cost around £200,000 ($300,000) a year – …

Tags:Back Panel| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Rumour: Apple Settles on Oxide

by Tom Allen

The newest in a long chain of rumours regarding Apple’s 12.9″ iPad has appeared. According to sources in Asia, the tablet will use Oxide TFTs and enter mass production in Q3’15. Samples are being …

Tags:Apple| iPad| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oxide TFTs| Samsung Display| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Panel Supply Delays iPad Pro

by Tom Allen

The oft-rumoured 12.9″ iPad Pro (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 45) has apparently been delayed again. According to Bloomberg’s sources, production will now begin in September, because of delays in display panel supply.

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 10

IDC: Record Smartphones Cannot Keep European Mobiles From Stagnation

by Tom Allen

Total mobile shipments fell 5.2% YoY in Western Europe throughout 2014 – the second consecutive year that the market has shrunk. Total shipments reached 174.1 million units. Feature phones continued to plummet, with shipments …

Tags:Android| Apple| Europe| IDC| iOS (Apple)| iPad| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Nokia| Samsung| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 08| Windows

Apple adds Wistron and Compal for iPad Assembly

by Tom Allen

Wistron and Compal have joined Apple’s supply chain, recruited to build iPads, according to Apple’s annual supplier report. China’s BYD has also joined the company as an assembler of accessories – making it one …

Tags:Apple| Broadcast| Compal| iPad| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 22 - Issue 08