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Canon Result 28/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Canon saw Q2 profits of ¥68.2 billion ($559 million), down 16% from the year-ago profit of ¥80.8 billion ($663 million), on revenue of ¥974.4 billion ($7.99 billion), up 5% from ¥926.8 billion ($7.6 billion) …

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

Flextronics Changes Name

by Tom Allen

Flextronics has officially changed its name. The company will now be known simply as ‘Flex’, to reflect the fact that it is ‘more than just an EMS, supply chain solutions or a ‘tronics’ company’.

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

Huawei Chooses Synaptics for Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Huawei has chosen to use the ClearPad touchscreen solution, from Synaptics, for the Huawei Watch. The ClearPad touch controller was chosen for its reliability, low power draw and responsive qualities.

Nichia/Everlight Dispute Ongoing

by Tom Allen

Patent disputes between Japan’s Nichia and Taiwan’s Everlight Electronics have been on-going since 2012. The two companies have been pursuing litigation against one another over LED patents. Everlight won a victory in late 2014 …

Freescale Semiconductor Result – 27/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

Including $6 million of charges related to the merger with NXP Semiconductors, Freescale Semiconductor announced record Q2 profits of $122 million, up from $86 million a year ago, on turnover which increased from $1.19 …

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Samsung Brings Tizen to Emerging Markets

by Tom Allen

Samsung has confirmed that it has a smartphone called the Z3 (Tizen Moves Away From Entry-Level), running the Tizen OS, and has announced the launch markets. Samsung will first bring the phone to India, …

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

OLED Lighting May Move to LG Display

by Tom Allen

LG is considering moving its OLED lighting business from LG Chemical to LG Display. Reports from Korea say that the idea behind the move is the consolidation of LG’s OLED business in a single …

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

Leak Shows First Glimpse of iPhone 6S

by Tom Allen

The appearance of the iPhone 6S’s front panel has apparently been revealed, although it appears identical to the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6S is said to feature the pressure-sensing Force Touch as its biggest …

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

Samsung’s Wireless Charging Encourages Galaxy Use

by Tom Allen

Samsung appears to have wised up to the fact that most people, on arriving at work, take their smartphone out of their pocket and leave it on the desk. This helps to remain alert …

Blackberry Considers Smartphone Exit

by Tom Allen

Blackberry CEO John Chen has admitted that the company may be forced to stop making smartphones. If the current state of business carries on, and efforts to turn the company around fail, then it …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 31

AT&T Result 27/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

AT&T reported Q2 net profits of $3.0 billion, compared with $3.5 billion in the year-ago quarter, on revenue of $33.0 billion, up 1.4%. U-verse TV lost 22,000 subscribers in the second quarter as the …

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

So “the Germans won’t spend money on TV”?

by Bob Raikes

It was back to the office with a bang this week for me. Because of staff vacations, I had to work close to full time on our newsletters. Next week, we are planning our …