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Panasonic Detachable Toughbook Has Highly Specified Display

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has added to its Toughbook range by adding the “33” detachable notebook which has a 12″ 2160 x 1440 (3:2) chosen to give more vertical height for reading 8.5″ x 11 (US Letter) …

Picture Clears on LG G10 Fab Plans

by Milos Pavlovic

There have been a number of reports that LG Display is unsure about how to use the P10 G10.5 fab in Paju (LGD Confirms Plans for Large OLED Factory), which is intended to allow …

Nanoco and Kyulux to Collaborate on OLED/QLED Displays

by Bob Raikes

Nanoco and Kyulux said that they would work together to develop displays that can exploit Kyulux’s hyperflourescent emitters and Nanoco’s heavy metal free quantum dots Analyst Comment I have mentioned before that it seemed …

Samsung & Apple Sign Contract for 2018

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald is reporting that Apple has signed a contract with Samsung Display for the supply of flexible OLEDs for the iPhone that will be launched in 2018, the iPhone 9. That would …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Android Increases its Dominance in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has put out its numbers for Q1 and went through what the top brands are doing, but we have covered this with IDC & IHS (IHS Markit Sees First Positive Year-Over-Year Smartphone Shipment …

Sharp Buys eLux

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn will acquire US-based MicroLED company, eLux, for around $28 million through shareholdings by Sharp (31.82%), Cybernet (45.45%), Innolux (13.64%) and AOT (9.09%) – all of which are owned by Foxconn. The company was …

Google to Work with Asustek?

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Google is working with Asustek to make a new smartphone with a 5.7″ display and intended to give a good VR experience that it may launch later in 2017. As we …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Apple iPad Shipments Growing

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes is quoting ‘upstream supply chain’ sources as saying that the shipment of Apple tablets will grow to around 600K units in Jjuly, around 20% ahead of current numbers which include a new 10.5″ …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Amazon Adds Channels in Three Countries

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started a ‘Channels’ service for live TV to its Prime platform in the UK, Germany and Austria. The á la carte service allows individual channels to be added and include Discovery, Eurosport …

ATSC 3.0 Conference Optimistic On Next Generation Television

by Aldo Cugnini

With the completion of the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast TV standard now imminent, technologists, business executives, and industry experts gathered last week in Washington, DC for the “NextGen TV Conference: Powered by ATSC 3.0.” …

Consumer IT Market Down in Germany, but Overall Up

by Bob Raikes

The GfU in Germany has published its latest Hemix (home electronics) index, an extension of the previous Cemix index to now include electrical appliances and small appliances. I the first quarter of 2017, business …

Microsoft Research Publishes Results on a Phase Only Holographic Projection System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Siggraph 2017 is shaping up to be a very interesting conference for holographic display enthusiasts. Just a little while ago Facebook / Oculus announced their work on a head mounted display system to overcome …