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Peratech Secures £1 Million Investment

by Helen Vince

UK nanotechnology firm, Peratech, has completed a £1 million ($1.5 million) investment round. The company, which develops new touch technologies, will use the funds to increase its sales and engineering employee base. Peratech is …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 28

LTPS Smartphone Demand Causes Tablet Price Competition

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has shared its latest panel pricing data from the PriceWise service, covering early July. The Chinese smartphone market is unchanged from June, entering a state of maturation. Brands are cautious with orders, …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Tizen Moves Away From Entry-Level

by Tom Allen

A leaked Samsung phone, apparently called the Z3, has appeared online. The phone will run the Tizen OS and be the follow-up to the Z1 – despite the Z2 having never made an appearance …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| Vol 22 - Issue 28

LGD Cuts Laptop Size and Weight

by Tom Allen

LG Display has announced a new range of LCD notebook panels, which it says are thinner and lighter than any before. The ‘Advanced In-Cell Touch’ (AIT) panels feature embedded touch sensors, and are available …

Tags:In-cell| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Chinese Makers Look to OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Etmag claims that Chinese panel makers are increasingly investing in AMOLED and PMOLED technologies, to secure flexible display orders from China-based wearable vendors. Everdisplay, Tianma (G6), BOE (G5.5) and CSOT (G6) are all said …

Tags:AMOLED| BOE| China| CSOT| Everdisplay| Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 28| Wearables

Glass Production Outsourced by LG

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News says that LG Electronics is to outsource part of its reinforced glass manufacturing process. Cutting and etching processes will be outsourced, to reduce costs.

Tags:Glass| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 28

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Microsoft Names New Austria Manager

by Helen Vince

Microsoft has appointed Dorothee Ritz as general manager for Austria, taking over from Georg Meier who has left the company to pursue other interests. Ritz has been with Microsoft since 2004, most recently serving …

Tags:Austria| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Note 5 Follows S6 Design

by Tom Allen

A CAD render, apparently of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, has been shared by Twitter-based @Onleaks and Nowhereelse.fr. The handset is similar in appearance to the Galaxy S6, with a curved metal frame. The display …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Phone Vendors Avoid Duties With Foxconn

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is said to be producing smartphones for the Latin American market at a factory in Brazil. Xiaomi’s Hong Mi 2 and Asus’ Zenfone 2 are both being produced at the facility, say sources. …

Tags:Acer| Foxconn (Honhai)| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 28| Xiaomi

HTC Result 09/07/2015

by Milos Pavlovic

HTC Corporation posted a net loss in the second quarter the year of NT$8 billion ($257.8 million) on turnover of NT$33 billion ($1 billion). The company’s sales in June were down 19.5% sequentially and …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 28

France Requires Repair Labelling

by Tom Allen

France has passed a law requiring ‘repair labels’ on all electronic devices. The labels will describe how easy the devices are to repair, and for how long spare parts will be available. Next year, …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Research Reports Look at Gestures and Materials

by Tom Allen

Two new paid reports have been released; we have a summary of both, as well as a link to the relevant website. An analysis of the gesture recognition market for smart TV is available …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 28