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Static Metal Becomes ‘Digitally-Readable’

by Tom Allen

A building at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, in Canada, is to be partly-sheathed in an interactive façade. Passers-by will be able to ‘read’ information storied in the façade by photographing …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| North America| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Donation Sets Up 3D and VR Broadcast Centre

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeMark Cuban – Indiana University (IU) alumnus and owner of the Dallas Mavericks – has donated $5 million to IU Athletics, to create a student-focused video, broadcasting and technology centre. Opening in …

Tags:3D| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Rumour: Samsung Skips Tizen Z2

by Tom Allen

Tizenexperts.com claims that Samsung’s Tizen Z3 smartphone will be launched towards the end of the current financial year – despite the Tizen Z2 still being a no-show. The website claims that its sources say …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Sony Delays Z4 Tablet

by Tom Allen

Sony has postponed the launch date of its Xperia Z4 tablet, revealed at MWC 2015, to the 29th June. The Wi-Fi version can be pre-ordered now, for £415 ($645).

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sony| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 24

LG G4 Available in UK

by Helen Vince

LG’s new G4 smartphone is now available in the UK through Exertis and selected high street and network operator LG partners.

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Visionox Begins AMOLED Mass-Production

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeChina’s Visionox has begun mass-production of a 5.5″ AMOLED display panel, for the mid-range/high-end smartphone market. The company is using its G5.5 plant for the process (Visionox Follows Samsung in OLED Capacity).

Tags:AMOLED| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Large Battery Options for Handheld Group’s Rugged Tablet

by Tom Allen

The Handheld Group’s Algiz A10X-7P01-V2 is a rugged tablet PC, running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on a quad-core Intel Celeron CPU, with 4GB of RAM. It is compliant with IP65 and MIL-STD-810G protection, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Taiwan Chip Makers Post Increased Sales

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) achieved a 15.4% year on year increase in sales in May to NT$70.1 billion ($2.2 billion), though this was 6.9% lower than the previous month. TSMC’s sales for the first …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Kopin Positive on New Applications (IC10)

by Bob Raikes

Dr John Fan is CEO of Kopin, which makes microdisplays. Fan said that the company is looking strongly at going into wearables. He said that the headset is the most important wearable device, but …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

Gagnon Warns on Inelastic Market for Large TVs (IC7)

by Bob Raikes

In a talk over lunch, Paul Gagnon of IHS gave a good talk on TV trends. He was very interesting on the conservative nature of buyers of very big screens. The sales of very …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Tactus Adds Feeling to Touch (IC6)

by Bob Raikes

Tactus is a developer of IP for creating raised areas on touch screens, which it calls “Phorm”. This can be used to create better keyboards and input systems. The company has its first product …

Tags:Haptics| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Prysm Continues its Pivots (IC5)

by Bob Raikes

Stuart Monks is from Prysm which has developed LPD laser phosphor displays. Monks came from Polycom to join the company and is looking at how collaboration occurs in an enterprise. Prysm, as we have …

Tags:Collaboration| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24