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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 31

by Tom Allen

A new version of the Blackberry Passport smartphone (Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design) has been released in the USA. The Passport Silver Edition has a more rounded design and a silver colour, rather …

Visionox Develops Rollable OLED

by Tom Allen

Visionox has shown a prototype rollable, flexible AMOLED panel. It is a 4.6″ unit with 800 x 480 resolution. The prototype has a curvature radius of sub-3mm and a thickness of 20µm. The plan, …

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

Acer’s Redesigned Switch 11 Boasts Snap Hinge

by Tom Allen

Acer has slimmed down its Iconia tablet series, with a new model called the Iconia One 7. Available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB variants, the tablet features a micro-SD slot that will accept cards …

Tags:Acer| Convertible PCs| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31

EC Begins Pay-TV Antitrust Investigations

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has involved six major US film studios in an antitrust filing. A Statement of Objections (a formal step in EC violations into expected antitrust inquiries) has been sent to Disney, NBC …

STMicroelectronics Result 24/07/15

by Yvette Raikes

STMicroelectronics posted Q2 profits of $35 million, a decrease from $38 million a year earlier, on turnover of $1.76 billion, down from $1.86 billion. For the six months profit fell to $12 million from …

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

Samsung Top in Smartphones, but Down From 2014

by Bob Raikes

IDC released its preliminary data on the smartphone market in Q2 by highlighting that it’s the growth in emerging markets that is driving the market. In total, 337.2 million smartphones were shipped, up 11.6% …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 30

IHS Forecasts OLED Materials

by Bob Raikes

IHS has a new report available on OLED materials. At the moment, the market is dominated by Samsung Display’s purchases, but will be overtaken by LG Display from 2016. Chinese makers are also expected …

LG Display Result 23/07/2015

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) reported a 4% sequential drop in turnover in the second quarter to KRW6.7 trillion ($5.7 billion), though this was 12% higher than last year’s Q2 turnover of KRW5.9 trillion ($5 billion). …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

LGD to Invest $906 Million in G6 OLED Fab

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) is to invest KRW1 trillion ($906 million) in a 6G flexible OLED production line at its Gumi Plant in Gyeongbuk Province, Korea. The new line will produce 7,500 input sheets per …

Tags:Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Landmark Entertainment Look at Virtual Reality for a Theme Park in China

by Norbert Hildebrand

Landmark Entertainment Group is known for creating theme park attractions like Kongfrontation, Terminator 2 3D, and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man 5D at Universal Studios. Now it has developed a design concept for the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Theme Parks and Amusements| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 30

VW Adopts HUD for New Passat Models

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head Up Displays (HUD) are moving more and more into the mainstream car market. The latest entrance comes from VW. Of course, as VW owns Audi, it already offers HUDs in these models, but …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

What Apple Means for the Tech Sector and for Investors

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the release of the latest quarterly result data from Apple, the stock has fallen around $5 per share or about 4.5% in one day’s trading. Of course, this comes after an investors call …