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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 9

by Tom Allen

Asian sources have said that three major notebook vendors – Dell, HP and Lenovo – are expected to release models with on-cell touch in the first half of this year. The sources said that …

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 …

Microsoft to Acquire Digital Pen Maker N-trig

by Helen Vince

Microsoft is reported to have acquired Israeli company N-trig, which produces digital pens and chips for touch screens, for approximately $200 million. Microsoft already owns 6.1% of the company and last year signed a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

ISE 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

3M Touch was showing its latest 55″ procap touch monitor being used as a tabletop. The sensor technology is metal mesh (presumably 3M’s own – Man. Ed.) and can support up to 80 touches. …

Sony Preparing UltraHD Playstation

by Tom Allen

The Playstation 4 and Xbox One disappointed when they were launched, with no mention of UltraHD gaming. We’re still not there, but a bright spot has appeared for fans of the format. According to …

Microsoft Developing Snapdragon 810 Handset

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is working on a new Windows Phone unit, which will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processor. Juha Kokkonen, general manager for portfolio and product management at Microsoft, confirmed the news, but no other …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 6

by Tom Allen

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia and supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, …

Microsoft Will Charge for Corporate Windows 10

by Tom Allen

While Microsoft has committed to providing Windows 10 for free to users of Windows 7 and 8 (both Home and Pro versions) (Microsoft unveils Windows 10), corporate users running the Enterprise version of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06| Windows

Microsoft to Invest in Android Startup Cyanogen

by Vanessa Browning

Microsoft is reported to have invested in Cyanogen, a company which offers an alternative Android mobile operating system to Google. According to a blog post in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft would be a …

Tags:Android| Investment| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Apple Becomes World’s Second Largest Mobile Phone Vendor in Q4 2014

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 7 percent annually to reach 515 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014. It was the first time worldwide mobile …

Tags:Apple| Lenovo| Microsoft| Samsung| Smartphone Market

Microsoft Reports Q4’2014 Results Signaling a New Direction

by Norbert Hildebrand

The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows …

Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

by Helen Vince

Apple has reported record first quarter results, with turnover 30% higher year on year at $74.6 billion and a net profit of $18 billion, which was 37% higher. International sales accounted for 65% of …