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Sony to Contest Apple and Samsung Launches

by Tom Allen

Rumours point to an upcoming announcement of Sony’s next flagship phone, the Xperia Z5, followed by a September launch. Leaksfly claims that the Z5 will have a 5.5″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 31

HTC’s Desire Range Keeps on Kicking

by Tom Allen

HTC’s Desire series is a long-running smartphone range, with the newest model – the Desire 626 – just launched in Europe. Billed as an affordable alternative to the HTC One M9, the phone uses …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Fast Charging Defines Motorola’s 2015 Phones

by Tom Allen

The Moto X and Moto G smartphones from Motorola have been greeted as solid premium and budget phones, respectively; the company is now hoping to repeat its success with the newly-announced 2015 versions. These …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Worldwide

AU Optronics (AUO) Result – 28/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics announced Q2 net profit of NTD4.43 billion ($143 million), up from NTD4.02 billion ($130 million) a year ago, on revenue which fell 3.1% to NTD92.3 billion ($2.9 billion). For the first half …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Vuzix Announces Safety Glass Platform with M100 Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

The M100 smartglasses platform has been in the market for quite some time and has been offered in a wide range of professional applications. As a short refresher, the M100 smartglasses offer a monocular …

Cypress Result 23/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. saw Q2 net losses of $90.05 million, compared with profits of $9.53 million a year earlier, on revenue of $484.8 million, up from $183.6 million. For the half year, there were …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 31

HEVC Advance Accepts Patents

by Tom Allen

Pete Moller of GE Licensing has been named as the group’s CEOHEVC Advance (the patent pool for IP rights holders who have contributed to the HEVC standard: HEVC Advance Offering Essential HEVC Patents) has …

Pace Result 28/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Set-top box maker Pace plc issued its interim six monthly results, with net profit up 54% to $85.4 million, from $55.4 million in the year ago period, on turnover of $1.08 billion, down from …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Research Reports Highlight Glass, Interactives and LFDs

by Tom Allen

Below is a list of the paid market research reports published this week: Research and Markets has published a report on the global LCD glass market, covering the period between 2015 and 2019. Specifically, …

How to Make a Rugged Phone Attractive

by Tom Allen

Rugged phone maker Cat Phones (part of the Caterpillar brand) has introduced its most durable model to date: the S40. In a survey of former smartphone users, who now use a rugged phone, Cat …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Nintendo Closes TVii

by Tom Allen

Three years after its launch, Nintendo is closing its TVii service (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 38). TVii was intended to be a single interface for multiple content sources, using the Wii U Game …

Tablet Processor Sales and Value Down in Q1

by Milos Pavlovic

Tablet processor chip sales fell 6% YoY in Q1’15, says Strategy Analytics. The market is worth only 1/7 of the smartphone processor market, at $733 million – a 6% decline in value. Apple (28%), …