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by Yvette Raikes
Global smartphone shipments will grow until 2021, according to IDC’s updated forecast. 1.47 billion were sold in 2016 and this is expected to rise to 1.7 billion in 2021, with the researcher predicting a …
Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Norbert Hildebrand
Magic Leap, the heavy hitter of attracting investment money, has received its first design patent describing a pair of virtual reality glasses in their US patent D795952 simply named “Virtual Reality Glasses”. A long …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Arthur Berman
A research team led by Kyung Cheol Choi at the Electric and Electronic Engineering Department within the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Korea) is developing an OLED technology that is hoped …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Len Scrogan
In many ways, the virtual reality exhibitors at the ISTE 2017 expo hall reminded me of the sights, sounds and drama of a major multi-match boxing event. (The ISTE 2017 educational technology conference held …
Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Alan Spencer
According to the IDC Wearables Tracker, the worldwide wearables market again has shown positive growth as shipments grew 10.3% in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same quarter in 2016. Shipments reached …
Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32| Wearables
by Bob Raikes
Flexible, glass-free electrophoretic active matrix displays fromPlastic Logic are now available from Review Display Systems. Plastic Logic manufactures. Standard sizes are available from 1.1” to 10.7” (1280×960) with up to 16 grey scales.
Tags:Distribution| E Ink| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Yvette Raikes
Samsung has introduced two new wearables designed for fitness. The Gear Sport smartwatch has a circular Super AMOLED 1.2″ 302ppi full colour display. It is said to have military-level durability. The Gear Fit2 fitness …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 32| Wearables
by Jasmine Kang Sodha
BOE Technology announced FY17 H1 results with revenues of CNY44.6 billion ($6.7 billion), increasing 68.6% on a yearly basis. The reported net profit was CNY4.3 billion ($653.4 million), reversing from a net loss of …
Tags:BOE| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Bob Raikes
In the US, Chinese TV maker, Haier, has filed an anti-trust lawsuit claiming that the MPEG LA (and LG, Samsung, Panasonic, Philips and the Columbia University Trust Committee) are monopolizing the ATSC patents and …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor
by Bob Raikes
DirecTV has added 25 ABC, NBC and Fox local affiliates to its DirecTV Now streaming service bringing the total to 130 local stations in 70 markets. The company plans to increase this number further …
Tags:DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Andrew Fenn
Access has announced a partnership with JVCKenwood. JVCKenwood has selected Access’ NetFront Browser NX for its new in-car infotainment device, currently being shipped to unnamed British and Japanese luxury car-makers for their 2017 lines. …
Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Andrew Fenn
OLED panel shipments for smartphones and televisions continued to rise in the second quarter of 2017. According to Ubi Research, smartphone panel shipments increased by 0.6% from the previous quarter, rising to 96.3 million …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 32
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