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Apple Successfully Transitioned to Smartphone Warranties

by Tom Allen

Warranty Week has examined Apple’s warranty business. As well as being one of the world’s largest product warranty providers, the company also runs one of the world’s largest extended warranty plans – largely due …

Blu Lowers Cost of Large Display

by Tom Allen

Blu Products’ first flagship smartphone for 2016 is the Life One X: a dual-SIM, metal-chassis model with a 5.2″ display. A mid-range 4G model, the Life One X is housed in aircraft-grade aluminium. It …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 50

49 and Counting…

by Bob Raikes

This is the first of our “bonus” issues in 2015, #49. Since we started back in 1994, we have always said that we produce “a minimum of 48 issues per year” which was to …

Tags:CES 2016| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Registrations Opens for BVE 2016

by Tom Allen

Exhibitor registration is now open for BVE 2016, The show, which covers the broadcast sector, will run from the 23rd to 25th February in London’s ExCeL. Register at http://tinyurl.com/oxwmx38.

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 50

by Tom Allen

More than two years after we first came across the Avegant Glyph headset (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41), the company is now preparing to ship the product. Orders will be honoured throughout Q1’16, …

Garmin Takes Tech Data

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now a B2B distributor of Garmin’s wearable products in Ireland and the UK.

MCC and Pioneer Schedule OLED Mass Production

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Chemical and Pioneer Corporation say that they have developed a dimmable, colour-tunable OLED lighting panel using a wet-coat process. According to the companies, the new panel can be produced for ‘less than one-third’ …

Tim Cook Criticises Chromebooks as “Cheap”

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted Chromebooks as “cheap test machines”. He said that Chromebooks and similar products are only popular because they are the cheapest option. Analyst Comment If …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

TSMC Falls in November

by Tom Allen

TSMC announced consolidated revenues of NT$64.4 billion ($2 billion) for November, representing a 22.4% MoM and 12.2% YoY fall. Cumulative revenues for January – November rose 13.2% YoY, however, to NT$785.2 billion ($23.9 billion).

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Rumour: Samsung Will Cut OLED Prices

by Tom Allen

Korean media outlets have published multiple claims about Samsung’s OLED capacity. iNews 24 says that the company will ‘mass produce’ transparent OLED displays this month, with initial supply mainly going to retailers in North …

Magic Leap Taps Market for More Funding

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magic Leap is somewhat of a dark horse in the augmented reality arena. We have reported on them before even though their releases are more of a short marketing release than a clear statement …

PCs Down, But Replacements Will Boost Demand

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments will fall 10% YoY in Q4’15, which will weigh annual shipments down to -10.3%, says IDC. Short-term effects, such as the strong US dollar, depressed commodity prices and existing inventory have …