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France: Total Begins 700MHz Trial

by Tom Allen

Total Telecom has received a temporary licence from French broadcast regulator CSA, to trial mobile telecom services in the 700MHz band. The license is valid in the region of Lacq (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), until the 22nd …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Apple Patents Method to Extend OLED Life

by Tom Allen

The US PTO has published two new Apple patents relating to OLED displays. One details a method to extend the lifespan of an OLED display – an area of concern for the company. The …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Sensor Enables Colour-Changing Touch – Without Touch

by Tom Allen

A team from Stuttgart’s Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and LMU Munich has developed materials for ‘touchless’ touch control. In a nutshell, the electrical and optical properties the materials used change when …

First Impressions of Windows 10

by Bob Raikes

This week, the topic of note was Microsoft. The company surprised everybody by showing its first ever notebook, and, like the Surface, the hardware seems very good. I have to say that I even …

Enter the Ring With DirecTV

by Tom Allen

AT&T now owns DirecTVDirecTV has launched a virtual reality app, for owners of the Samsung Gear VR or any Google Cardboard viewers. Big Knockout Boxing shows highlights from the 27th June BKB fight at …

IHS Predicts Nine Times Rise in QD Share

by Tom Allen

IHS has published a report on the wide colour gamut display market. This market is expected to grow from 2.8% of total display demand in 2015, to 25% in 2020 (WCG Displays Represent Quarter …

OLED-Info Pushes New Knowledge Base

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info has launched a new OLED information repository called the OLED Auditorium. The space hosts an online library of OLED presentations; lectures by “leading experts”; a virtual online conference; and networking opportunities. An annual …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Apple: iPhone Battery Tests Are ‘Not Representative’

by Tom Allen

As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are …

Currency Values and High Inventory Push PCs Down

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments fell 7.7% YoY in Q3’15, Gartner’s preliminary PC results show. Desktop PCs continued to exhibit weakness, with declines in the high single digits, while mobile PCs (notebooks and premium ultramobiles) fell …

Jim Bauman is 3M’s New EVP

by Tom Allen

Jim L. Bauman is 3M’s new EVP in the electronics and energy business group, replacing the retiring Michael A. Kelly. Bauman is currently SVP of business transformation (Americas). He joined the company as a …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 41

September Panel Revenues Fall, But Shipments Climb

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese panel makers have released their monthly results for September. AUO‘s revenues reached NT$31.4 billion ($965.5 million), up 3% MoM but down 11.8% YoY. The company shipped around 9.5 million large-sized (TV, monitor, notebook …

Google, Patents and Holograms

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent news, Google was quoted by almost all publications on this planet (it seemed) as filing for a patent that involves displaying holograms in their next generation head mounted display device. There is …