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IDC: Tablets Fall as Vendor Landscape Evolves

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell 7% YoY in Q2’15, says IDC, to 44.7 million units. With little hardware innovation and few new products, QoQ results were also down 3.9%. There is a “profound shift” …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Epson and Aaxa are PMA’s June Winners

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in June. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Asus’ S1 led the ‘pico and personal’ …

Tags:Asus| Epson| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| NEC| PMA Research| Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Research Reports Highlight Glass, Interactives and LFDs

by Tom Allen

Below is a list of the paid market research reports published this week: Research and Markets has published a report on the global LCD glass market, covering the period between 2015 and 2019. Specifically, …

Tags:Glass| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| MEMS| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Global TFT LCD Display Market 2015-2019

by Helen Vince

TFT LCD is a type of LCD that provides better optical properties such as picture contrast. TFT LCDs form the display panel for LCD TVs, desktop PCs, and mobile computing devices. An LCD panel …

Tags:LCD Panels| Market Data

How Augmented Reality Becomes a Household Staple

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about AR, as in augmented reality, we typically mean some kind of head mounted display that allows us to experience a complete new way of computer interaction. The term ‘augmented reality’ …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 30| Wearable Market

Netflix’s Share to Fall to 50%

by Tom Allen

A study by research firm MTM, sponsored by Ooyala and Vindicia, claims that Netflix’s share of the US OTT market will fall from 85% in 2014, to 50% in 2018. A range of new …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Market Shares - Brands| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Russian IT Market Plagued by Uncertainty

by Tom Allen

The value of IT product sales in Russia last year totalled RUB700 billion ($12.3 billion), says PMR Research. In rouble terms, the market fell 1.6% YoY – although in terms of the euro, the …

Tags:it| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 22 - Issue 29

IGZO Technology Faces Challenges

by Tom Allen

Future Market Insights has published a (paid) report on the IGZO display market. Although the forecast is good for IGZO compared to silicon-based displays, it faces challenges from LTPS and other technologies. Double-digit growth …

Tags:IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Smartphone Booms as Watch Woes Continue for Apple

by Steve Sechrist

The WSJ (Wall Street Journal) today reported Apple is getting the lion’s share (a whopping 92%) of all profits in the booming smartphone industry. The chart on the right shows global operating profits in …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Market Data| Materials| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 29| Wearables

Smartwatch Glass Revenues Well Ahead of Area Demand

by Tom Allen

Area demand in the display cover glass market is still dominated by smartphones, says IHS. A key factor in this continued trend is the rise in smartphone screen sizes. However, revenue in the cover …

Tags:Glass| IHS DisplaySearch| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29| Wearables

Device Forecast Falls From Q4

by Tom Allen

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) shipments are forecast to reach 2.5 billion this year: up 1.5% from 2014, although down from the Q4’14 forecast of 2.8% growth. Gartner expects end-user spending …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Devices| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| PCs| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 28