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Vimmi Claims Low Latency OTT Video

by Bob Raikes

Vimmi is an Israeli company that was in the country area and is a supplier of OTT video services. The company has 200 ‘microservices’ that it can supply to support those wanting to establish …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 09

LetinAR Developing its Pin Mirrors for AR

by Bob Raikes

We reported briefly on LetinAR from CES, but we caught up with them only at the very end of the show and had no time to discuss with them. There was a little more …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 09

We Get a Chance to Look at Varjo’s Headset

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported several times on Varjo, the Finnish start-up that is developing an augmented reality system with variable resolution – fine in the centre and more coarse over the rest of the image. (Varjo …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Next-Generation TCO Certified Drafts Coming This Month

by Andrew Fenn

From March 22nd, TCO Certified will release draft criteria and make these available for stakeholder comment, until May 31st. During this period, drafts for all eight product categories—Displays, AIO, Notebooks, Tablets, Smartphones, Desktops, Projects …

Huawei Moves Notebook Camera

by Bob Raikes

5G was, of course, the main topic for Huawei at MWC and the company made a number of announcements. In products, Huawei focused on a new laptop at MWC, the Matebook X Pro which …

Gartner: MENA IT Device Spending to Reach $27 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IT device spending in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to reach $27.4 billion in 2018, a 1.6% increase from $26.96 billion in 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. …

Acer Injects More Cash into StarVR HMD Project

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has invested an additional $5 million in StarVR, a head-mounted display joint venture partnership with Starbreeze, raising its stake in the venture from 50% to 66.7%. At the end of 2017, StarVR and …

SIA: Global Semiconductor Sales Increased by 21.6% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The SIA has announced the global semiconductor industry posted sales totalling $412.2 billion in 2017, the industry’s highest-ever annual sales and an increase of 21.6% compared to 2016. Global sales for the month of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 25 - Issue 10

Latin America pay TV subscribers by country

Digital TV Research: Latin America Pay-TV Decelerates

by Andrew Fenn

Although the economic recession waned somewhat in 2017, the Latin American Pay-TV sector was still affected. According to Digital TV Research, the number of Pay-TV subscribers was flat year-on-year. Fewer than 5 million additional …

Sony Supports HDR in XZ Phones

by Bob Raikes

Hideuki Furumi of Sony kicked off the press event on its booth before the start of the event by talking about the key concept of current president, Kaz Hirai, ‘Kando’ which is to say …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Nokia Has News at the Top and Bottom of its Range

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand always attracts attention at the show and is licensed by HMD Global for smartphones. The company captured a lot of attention last year with a new feature phone and it got …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …