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Apple Looks For Second Watch Builder

by Tom Allen

Apple Daily, a Chinese source, says that Apple is seeking a second OEM to assemble the second-generation Apple Watch. The company is apparently talking to Foxconn, Inventec and Wistron, who would join current manufacturer …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

LG to Compete With Apple Pay

by Tom Allen

Left-to-right: Wi Sung-ho, CEO of Shinhan Card; Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Company and Kim Duk-soo, CEO of KB Kookmin CardLG has launched its own mobile payment service, to compete …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Payment Systems| Vol 22 - Issue 47

LG Display Plans OLED Investment

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Digital Times says that LG Display plans to invest $4.2 billion in new OLED facilities, to meet expected market demand from 2017 onwards. The new ‘P10’ fab will be located in Paju, South …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Augmented Reality Will Outgrow VR

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s proposed ‘Pokémon Go’ game is a perfect example of mobile AR. ABI Research has forecast that augmented reality will prove to be a larger market than virtual reality in time. The firm projects …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Tablets Stabilise in Western Europe

by Tom Allen

8.7 million tablets were shipped to Western European countries in Q3’15, which was down just 1% from last year, says IDC. The firm believes this to be a ‘clear sign’ of stabilisation in the …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Baanto Applies Shadowsense to Aviation

by Tom Allen

Baanto has signed an agreement to develop Shadowsense-powered touchscreens for L-3 Display Systems’ military and commercial aircraft displays. Existing displays will be adapted for avionics use. They will feature five touch points, palm/false touch …

Apple and Samsung Claim All Smartphone Profits

by Tom Allen

Financial services company Cannacord Genuity estimates that Apple took 94% of the smartphone industry’s profits in Q3 – while shipping only 13.5% of the volume. Samsung, meanwhile, made 11% of the smartphone industry’s profit. …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Merck To Develop OLEDs in Korea

by Tom Allen

Merck also unveiled a new logo, which will be used worldwide (excluding the USA and Canada)Michael Grund, MD of Merck Korea, has said Merck plans to make additional investments in Korea, focusing on OLED …

Nokia Kicks Off Alcatel-Lucent Acquisition

by Tom Allen

Nokia has begun its share exchange offer for Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Sign MOU), which is expected to be completed next year.

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 22 - Issue 46

KDDI Develops App for Vuzix

by Tom Allen

KDDI R&D Laboratory, of Japan, has developed a custom application for Vuzix’s Android-based M100 smart glasses. The app uses the camera and HMD on the glasses to overlay augmented reality images on to the …

Emerging Markets Boost Smartphones to 15.5% Growth

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales were driven by continued demand for affordable models in emerging markets in Q3’15, says Gartner. Global sales reached 353 million units: up 15.5% YoY. The increased availability of low-cost smartphones in …

Fossil Expands Wearable Presence

by Tom Allen

Fossil Group is to acquire US-based wearable technology firm Misfit. Misfit will bring a scalable cloud and app platform, a software and hardware engineering team and a pipeline of products to Fossil.

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Wearables