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Posiflex Expands Android POS Solutions

by Tom Allen

Posiflex is a vendor of POS solutions, and is due to launch two new Android-based models in Q3. These terminals are designed to meet retail and hospitality demands for lower-cost products, with a wide …

Rumour: Microsoft to Dump Windows for Phones

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is preparing to abandon Windows Phone and adopt Android for future smartphones and small tablets. So says the rumour (and we stress that it is a rumour) from Twitter tipster @MSNerd. The source …

French Regulator Warns of 700MHz Issues

by Tom Allen

French regulator, the CSA, has warned that two DTT multiplex operators will need to cease operations, once the 700MHz band is reallocated. The operators will need to pay indemnities to the broadcast network operator …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Samsung Doubles Battery Power With Graphene

by Tom Allen

Samsung claims to have made a breakthrough in battery power, using graphene and silicon. Graphene layers, added to a lithium-ion battery, are able to boost claimed performance by almost 100%, says the company. A …

OLED iPhone? Not For Three Years

by Tom Allen

A report from Business Korea claims that Apple will launch a curved-screen iPhone in 2018. The phone would feature an OLED display, according to the rumour. (frankly – I would treat with extreme caution …

Apple Watch Has ‘Excellent’ Display

by Tom Allen

Ray Soneira, president of DisplayMate, has put the Apple Watch through a series of tests in the company’s latest Display Technology Shoot-Out. His conclusion is that it is an excellent, artefact-free smartwatch display. The …

Elko Expands With Getac

by Tom Allen

Getac has taken on Elko Group to distribute its rugged laptops, tablets and other mobile devices in the Baltics, CEE and CIS regions.

HP Adds NTT System in Poland

by Helen Vince

NTT System in Poland has been named as an official distributor of HP’s consumer products.

Premium and Possible-Budget Phones Leak From Motorola

by Tom Allen

The 2014 Moto G had a reputation as a good budget handsetDetails about two Motorola smartphones were leaked last week. The first was a spec sheet for a phone known as the XT1585 ‘Kinzie’, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Huawei Chooses Cypress

by Tom Allen

Huawei is using Cypress Semiconductor’s TrueTouch capacitve touchscreen controller in its Mediapad X2 tablet PC. The TruTouch TMA568 controller enables gloved finger tracking and water tolerance.

Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 27

University of Toronto Examines the Usefulness of HUDs in Cars

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head up displays (HUDs) are all the rage in new car models these days. Firstly, they look cool and secondly the most desirable high end models have them installed by the factory. From a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Elo Makes Installation Easier

by Tom Allen

Elo’s 1590L is a 15.6″ LCD display, with a small form factor (with stand: 392 x 228 x 285mm) to ease installations. The stand is removable, providing various mounting options. POS and similar applications …