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Dixons Carphone Reports Strong First Year

by Helen Vince

Dixons Carphone reported a strong performance in its first year of trading since Dixons Retail merged with Carphone Warehouse (CPW). Group like-for-like revenue was up 6% for the year and 9% in the final …

Tags:Dixons| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

New Motorola Products Expected in Summer

by Tom Allen

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, has said that new Motorola products will be released this year – possibly as soon as the summer. They will include phones and watches, he told The Telegraph.

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Leaked Galaxy S2 Could Claim Thinnest Tablet Title

by Tom Allen

Specifications have leaked for Samsung’s rumoured Galaxy Tab S2 8.0, which (apparently) come from China’s TENAA certification centre. The 8″ model will be 5.4mm thick, with an OLED display and 1536 x 1048 resolution. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Ericsson: Smartphone Penetration to Reach 70% by 2020

by Tom Allen

In its latest Ericsson Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts that 70% of the world’s population will own a smartphone by 2020. Smartphone subscriptions will more than double, to 6.1 billion. 80% of new subscriptions will …

Tags:Ericsson| Market Data| Mobile Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Wearables Vendors Enjoy Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

IDC record the eighth consecutive quarter of steady growth for the global wearable market in Q1’15 – before the debut of the Apple Watch. Shipments grew 200% YoY, to 11.4 million units (from 3.8 …

Tags:Fitbit| Garmin| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wearable Market| Xiaomi

Renesas Display Unit Renamed Tianma NLT Europe

by Helen Vince

Following the transfer of Renesas Electronics Europe’s display business unit to its European subsidiary, Tianma Europe, the company has reorganised and is renamed Tianma NLT Europe GmbH. The new European sales structure means that …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tianma| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Canatu’s Film Used in 40µm Package

by Tom Allen

Canatu’s CNB Flex Film has been used to create a complete One-Plastic-Solution (OPS). The solution incorporates a display window, touch sensor and decoratin in a robust package, says the company. The OPS is designed …

Tags:Back Panel| Canatu| Components| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wearables

Acer Refreshes Mobiles at Computex

by Tom Allen

At Computex this month, Acer has introduced several new mobile devices, in addition to larger displays (Acer’s Projectors Compensate for Ambient Light). The 8″ Iconia One 8 (B1-830) and 7″ Iconia One 7 (B1-760HD) …

Tags:Acer| Computex 2015| Convertible PCs| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 23

HP Chooses Vuzix

by Tom Allen

Vuzix’s M100 smart glasses are being used in HP’s new Visual Remote Guidance Solution. VRG can be used for live collaboration between employees and customers, for voice, video and content sharing. A video can …

Tags:Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Vuzix

Toshiba Celebrates Five Decades of US Operations

by Tom Allen

Toshiba America is celebrating 50 years of operations in the USA this year. Toshiba entered the market in 1965.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Lenovo Moves Head of Mobile Unit

by Helen Vince

Chen XudongLenovo has announced a change in senior leadership at its mobile business group. Liu Jun, executive VP and chairman of the Motorola Mobility management board, will become a special consultant to the CEO …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 23

E Ink Upgrades Colour Announces Shelf Label Partnership

by Steve Sechrist

At SID Display Week 2015, we took time to meet with global marketing director of E Ink Holdings, Giovani Mancini to discuss the latest developments in the E Ink (e paper) universe. This includes …

Tags:Digital Signage| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| SID Display Week 2015| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 24