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Mobile Banking Will Double by 2020

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 1 billion people will use their smartphones for mobile banking this year. The global user base is expected to double, to 2 billion, by 2020 – representing 37% …

Tags:Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Applied Materials Advances Flexible OLED Manufacture

by Tom Allen

Applied Materials has shown two new systems that enable volume production of high-resolution, thin and lightweight flexible OLED displays, for mobile devices and TVs. The Applied AKT-20K and AKT-40K are plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition …

New Smartphone Challenger Has Fizz

by Tom Allen

A new challenger has entered the (smartphone) arena – and it’s one that we weren’t expecting. In the coming months, Pepsi will launch a line of self-branded phones and accessories in China. The first, …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC

by Tom Allen

Dell has signed a deal to acquire data storage company EMC, for $67 billion. With the acquisition, Dell will diversify its portfolio away from the PC market and towards data storage for enterprise users. …

Asus Takes More Panels From Tianma

by Tom Allen

According to Asian news sources, Tianma Optoelectronics is expected to become the main panel supplier for new notebooks from Asus. Tianma already supplies Asus with smartphone paanels.

Asus and Acer Rise On-Month

by Tom Allen

Asus’ revenues rose to NT$43.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in September, while Acer’s reached NT$29.4 billion ($904 million). The Asus result was up 7.6% MoM and 5.7% YoY. However, while Acer’s revenues rose 40.2% MoM, …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41

ITC Rules in Samsung’s Favour

by Tom Allen

In September 2014, Nvidia filed a complaint against Samsung and Qualcomm at the USA’s International Trade Commission (ITC). Nvidia accused Samsung of infringing on three patents, and wanted to block sales of Samsung’s Qualcomm-powered …

Qualcomm Leaves AR Market With Vuforia Sale

by Tom Allen

Software specialist PTC (formerly Parametric Technology Corporation) is to acquire the Vuforia augmented reality business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences (a subsidiary of Qualcomm). The deal is worth $65 million. Vuforia is a platform and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 41

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 41

by Tom Allen

The DxO One iPhone camera attachment (DxO Boasts of World’s First ‘Truly Connected Camera’) is now available in Europe. Officially announced two months ago (Samsung Brings Tizen to Emerging Markets), Samsung‘s Z3 smartphone is …

ASU Researchers Remove UV Output From OLEDs

by Tom Allen

The quality of light from modern electronics leaves much to be desired, according to a research team at Arizona State University (ASU), which hopes to make these products mimic natural light more closely. This …

Blackberry and Sony Could Leave Smartphones in 2016

by Tom Allen

The CEOs of Blackberry and Sony have expressed doubts about their stay in the smartphone market. Blackberry CEO John Chen has said that the company could withdraw from making smartphones altogether next year. He …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Microsoft’s Augmented Reality Work Not Confined to Hololens

by Tom Allen

Jaron Lanier – credited as one of the pioneers of virtual reality, now working at Microsoft Research – is working on multi-person augmented reality. The work – shown privately at Siggraph earlier this year …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41