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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 33

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeFlir Systems‘ Cat S60 smartphone, which we saw at MWC 2016, has now been launched. It is being distributed in the UK by Southwest Technology Solutions and costs £425 ($560). The new …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Rugged Displays| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 33

AUO Brings LTPS and AMOLED to Touch Taiwan

by Tom Allen

At Touch Taiwan this year (24th-26th August), AUO is showing both large and small panels, with highlight technologies including fast refresh rates, narrow borders and AMOLED. LTPS technology is being used in smartphone and …

Tags:AMOLED| AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch Taiwan 2016| Vol 23 - Issue 33

ELKO is Lenovo’s Official Notebook Distributor

by Isaac Oburu

Elko, a Russian distribution company, will distribute Lenovo notebooks in Russia.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Russia| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Ingram Takeover Delayed

by Tom Allen

The acquisition of Ingram Micro by China’s Tianjin Tianhai (a division of the HNA Group) has been delayed. The date that the deal must be completed by has been extended to the 13th November …

Tags:Ingram Micro| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Sharp Cancels Cuts to Raise Morale

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s Tai Jeng-wu (left) and Foxconn’s Terry Gou (right). Image: Nikkei.Japan’s Sankei Shimbun and Nikkei Shimbun quote Sharp president Tai Jeng-wu as saying that he will cancel a base and managerial salary reduction at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Sony to Launch TWO Consoles in September

by Tom Allen

Sony will introduce two new Playstation 4 consoles at its event next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. As well as the Playstation Neo, Sony will launch a refreshed model of its standard …

Tags:Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Cyberdrive Matches High-Res Audio With UHD Video

by Tom Allen

A company called Cyberdrive (previously Forte Audio) is intending to fill a (niche) gap in the media player market, by providing compact players that can output high-res audio and UltraHD video. Cyberdrive has launched …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

AMOLED Encapsulation Growing at Double Digits

by Tom Allen

AMOLED displays continue to increase their share of the overall display market, expected to reach about 11% this year and 22% in 2020. IHS says in a research note that, to support this growth, …

Tags:AMOLED| Encapsulation| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service

by Tom Allen

Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Smartphone Orchestra Plays Music Through Thousands of Phones

by Tom Allen

The Lowlands music festival in the Netherlands hosted the first edition of the Smartphone Orchestra this month. Attendees used their phones to collectively play a single piece of music, composed ahead of time for …

Tags:audio| Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Xiaomi is Prepared to Enter US Market – Slowly

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg says that Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market – a move that it has avoided until now, although it has been selling accessories like earbuds. Company VP Huge Barra, formerly …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 33| Xiaomi

Facebook Works With Unity on Gaming Platform

by Tom Allen

Facebook and Unity have announced the Facebook PC Gaming Platform: a competitor to platforms such as Steam and Origin. According to TechCrunch, it is an evolution of the Facebook Games Arcade, a beta of …

Tags:| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 33