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i-SFT Gives Discount to DFF Members

by Helen Vince

The i-SFT is giving members of the German Flat Panel Display Forum (DFF) a 10% discount on its new portable micro spectrometers, as well as on other measurement devices from this new product family, …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Silicon Valley Coalition Backs Samsung

by Helen Vince

A group of US IT firms has formed a coalition in support of Samsung in its long-running patent battles with Apple. Dell, Facebook. Google and HP are among eight firms which have submitted an …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Toshiba Phone Sensor Supports UltraHD at 30fps

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has announced a 16 megapixel (4624 × 3472) CMOS image sensor, the T4KC3, for mobile devices that can support the full resolution at 30fps. It can also support UltraHD and 4K formats at …

Tags:Imagers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| toshiba| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Microsoft Result 22/07/2015

by Helen Vince

Microsoft Corp. has reported its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net loss in Q4 of $3.2 billion, compared with a net profit in the final quarter of last year of $4.6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Rumours Abound on Microsoft Surface Pro 4

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of reports of work by Microsoft to bring the Surface Pro 4 to the market. The rumours suggest it will have a 12″ display, a 256GB SSD from Samsung, an Intel …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 30

MDM Vol 22 No 30 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Apple has introduced a new iPod Touch with a 4″ Retina (1136 x 640) display. It’s based on an A8 64 bit chip (said to be six times faster) and also includes a GPU …

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

Dell Rugged Tablet Supports Gloves

by Bob Raikes

Dell has added a new Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet, which enhances the firm’s range of rugged products including a 12″ convertible notebook, and 14″ Rugged and “Rugged Extreme” notebooks. The tablet works from -20° …

Tags:Dell| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Rumour: Names Revised for Win 10 Phones

by Bob Raikes

A Chinese website, IT Home, calims that the new Windows 10 handsets will be called the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. Resolutions will be FullHD according to the site, with 5.2″ and 5.7″ …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30| Windows

Qualcomm to Reorganise Business, Cut 4,500 Jobs

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm has announced a major reorganisation of its business, in a plan which will see around 4,500 staff losing their jobs worldwide. The company also said it would not rule out breaking itself up. …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Pericom has USB Type-C for Alt Mode

by Bob Raikes

Pericom has developed a USB Type-C support chip (the PI3USB30532) with alternate mode switching to support DisplayPort V1.2. There is a 6×4 differential crossbar signal switch that allows 5Gbps for USB 3.1 and 5.4Gbps …

Tags:Chips| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 30

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Panasonic Updates 20″ 4K Tablet

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has upgraded its 20″ 4K tablet. The FZ-Y1 continues to have the 230 ppi IPS Alpha display but has had an HDMI 2.0 input added, allowing the use of the tablet as a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| tablets| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Kyocera BLU Life Reaches 100K Hours

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, Ginsbury, has said that Kyocera is extending the backlight lifetime specification on 26 of its LCD modules to 100,000 hours. Sizes are from 4.3″ to 12.1″. Ginsbury said that the enabler for …

Tags:Kyocera| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30