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Alcatel’s Value Phone Costs $30

by Tom Allen

Alcatel, a division of TCL, has unveiled a new smartphone exclusively for MetroPCS customers in the USA. The Alcatel TRU is a low-cost value smartphone with a large display. The 5″ screen of the …

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Vuzix Result 15/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Vuzix reported Q2 2016 net loss of $4.5 million, up 38% YoY from $2.7 million. Turnover was $560,877, up 31% YoY from $427,812. Higher sales of engineering services and the iWear video headphones boosted …

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MIT’s DuoSkin Combines Tech and Fashion

by Tom Allen

MIT, with Microsoft Research, has unveiled a temporary interface for devices like smartwatches and PCs. It is called DuoSkin, and is a fabrication process based around temporary ‘tattoos’. The ‘tattoos’ are made of gold …

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Cadillac Works on Curved Console With LGD

by Tom Allen

Cadillac has designed a concept car with the infotainment interface spread across several arched displays. The new concept uses ‘at least’ three curved OLED screens, which Cadillac has developed with LG Display, and is …

Lite-On to Expand Automotive Production

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Lite-On is investing NT$10 billion ($320.3 million) on expanding its facility at the Nantze Export Processing Zone in Kaohsiung. The work includes building a new manufacturing plant for automotive electronics and an operational …

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Acer Loses Smartphone Leader to Qualcomm

by Tom Allen

The co-president of Acer’s BYOC Smart Products business unit, and head of the smartphone and wearable divisions, is leaving the company to (apparently) join Qualcomm Taiwan as its president. ST Liew joined Acer in …

E Ink Result 16/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

E Ink holdings reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$ 780 million ($24.9 million). Turnover was NT$3.5 billion ($111.7 million). For the six month period, net profit was NT$508 million ($16.2 million). Turnover for …

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Asustek Result 13/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Asustek reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$4.1 billion ($130 million), down 11.4% YoY. Turnover was NT$93.94 billion ($3 billion), down 5.5% YoY. Net profit included about NT$942 million ($30 million) from foreign exchange …

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 32

by Tom Allen

Doogee of China has launched a new handset called the T5, aka ‘the Businessport Phone’. It is IP67-compliant, with a 5″ display (1280 x 720) and 4,500mAh battery with fast charging. Doogee claims that …

Microsoft Makes Streaming High Priority

by Tom Allen

Microsoft’s Team Xbox has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Beam. Beam, based in Seattle, enables live stream viewers to play along with the streamer. The streamer can use Beam’s own protocol …

Apple to Refresh iPad Pro in 2017

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an KGI Securities analyst with a respectable track record on Apple predictions, has said that the company will launch as many as three iPads in 2017. In an investor note, Kuo said …

eMagin Result 11/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

eMagin reported Q2 2016 net loss of $2.2 million, up over 2 times from $66,000 in the same period previous year. Turnover was $5.5 million, down 21% YoY. Manufacturing issues and lower volume of …

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