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Blaupunkt has Dual SIM Tablet

by Bob Raikes

The latest Blaupunkt Atlantis 1010 10.1″ 1024×600 Android tablet has an unusual feature which is a dual SIM card facility to allow the separation of work and personal browsing. The tablet costs €159.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Gartner Says More Decline for Device Market

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has released its overall forecasts for smart devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) which it expects to see decline 3% this year, after falling 0.75% last year. After that, the analyst sees …

More Panel Makers Release September Results

by Yvette Raikes

Following AUO last week, other panel makers have released their September figures. Hannstar posted September turnover of NT$2.87 billion ($91.2 million), up 127% YoY. Q3 sales came to NT$6.96 billion ($221.3 million), an increase …

Sharp to Exploit Foxconn in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reports that Sharp is to exploit its ownership by extending its sales of smartphones in Japan from the Aquos high end models that it currently sells to lower priced models.

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Consumer Spending on VR to hit $3.3 billion by 2020

by Bob Raikes

Aggressive promotional activity from smartphone vendors and the launch of premium smartphone VR solutions, including Google’s Daydream View, will help drive the installed base of VR headsets from 4 million in 2015 to 81 …

Tags:IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

The Future of Storytelling in VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a panel discussion at SIGGRAPH 2016, James Mathers from The Digital Cinema Society chaired the following panel: • Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at 20th Century FOX and Chief Creative Officer at Barco• Bei Yang, …

Tags:Content Creation| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

ICDM Starts Near-to-Eye Group for Display Measurement

by Bob Raikes

The ICDM, which develops the International Display Measurement Standard (IDMS) has established a new subcommittee for near to eye displays for VR/AR and HUDs. Tom Lianza of Photo Research as the subcommittee chair. The …

Fujitsu In Talks with Lenovo over PCs

by Bob Raikes

Fujitsu has confirmed that it is in talks with Lenovo about selling its PC business as the potential deal to work with Toshiba (and possibly Vaio) has never come to fruition. Lenovo has not …

AUO Posts September Result

by Yvette Raikes

AUO was the first panel maker to publish its September figures, posting turnover of NT$30.22 billion ($959 million), down 3.8% YoY. For the third quarter, sales were down 3.7% YoY to NT$86.02 billion ($2.7 …

Cdiscount Starts Triple Play Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

France’s Cdiscount has acquired 16 million customers since it was founded in 1999. It is now offering a streaming service which it describes as a “world first”. Cstream has three applications – music, video …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

DisplayLink Integrated into Windows Core

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink, which has technology for graphic display over USB, said that it has a version of its software that works with Windows 10th Anniversary Upgrade and it said that the software is integrated with …

PS4 Users Have to Choose VR or HDR

by Bob Raikes

Pocket Lint reports that when the PlayStation VR processor unit is connected to the PlayStation, normally it will feed HDMI to a TV as well as driving the HDR headset. Unfortunately, the website has …