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Facebook to roll out 360-Degree Videos

by Bob Raikes

Facebook, in a blog post, said that it would support 360º videos in its News Feed. There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook already, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

HEVC Advance Gains MediaTek

by Bob Raikes

The HEVC Advance patent pool has added MediatTek as a member.

Tags:Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Osterhout Design Group Opens R7 Smartglasses For Pre-order

by Norbert Hildebrand

After many announcements, ODG (Osterhout Design Group) is now offering the R7 smartglasses for pre-order on its website. They earlier announced the R7 device as well as a more consumer-oriented device, at CES 2015 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 18

How Long Do You Work for an iPhone 6?

by Bob Raikes

Click to see a bigger imageStatista published a nice chart showing how many hours of work it takes to buy an iPhone 6, according to data from the Prices and Earnings report, published every …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 38

IHS Analyses Samsung & LG Small OLED Developments

by Bob Raikes

IHS has released a report that looks in detail at the OLED plans for LG and Samsung. Samsung hnow has five years of experience in making small OLEDs for its Galaxy smartphones and has …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Asustek Aims at Affordable Smartphones in India

by Bob Raikes

Asustek has launched a new ZenFone Go phone in India. The product costs 7,999 rupees (US$121) and is intended to be more affordable than products previously sold in that country. The phone has a …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Samsung Silicon Valley HQ to Open

by Bob Raikes

Samsung opened two big new buildings in Sillicon Valley to act as a centre for innovation and support for its US clients. In San Jose, a new 10 storey (102,000m²) building for up to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Is Roku Going to UltraHD?

by Bob Raikes

There are increasing rumours that Roku will move to release an UltraHD, likely to be known as the Roku 4. There were new adverts on a streaming service “Cinema Now”, followed by a reference …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 38

European ICT Market Reversing to Growth

by Bob Raikes

The European IT Observatory (EITO) said that, after two years of declining sales and minimal growth, business in information and communication technology products and services is set to expand again this year by 0.9% …

Tags:ICT| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Microsoft Band 2 With a curved OLED display?

by Bob Raikes

There are web reports that Microsoft’s new Band 2, expected on October 6th, will use a curved display. The rumours are based on a picture published by Microsoft Insider.

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Meizu Uses AMOLED in Pro 5

by Bob Raikes

Meizu of China has adopted a 5.7″ FullHD AMOLED (reported to be from Samsung) with Gorilla Glass 3 into its latest Pro 5 phone. The device has an octa-core (Samsung’s Exynos 7420 SoC) CPU, …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 38

MDM Product Round Up Vol 22 #38

by Bob Raikes

Dell has added USB Type-C connectors and Windows 10 to its Venue 8 Pro and Venue 10 Pro as well as changing the CPU to a Intel Atom Z8500 Quad Core processor. Wi-fi is …

Tags:Chromebooks| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 38