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Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Shipments in Q1

by Tom Allen

Smartphone sales in Q1’15 rose 19.3% YoY, to 336 million units, says Gartner. Emerging markets – excluding China – led growth, with the fastest-rising regions named as emerging APAC, Eastern Europe, the Middle East …

Very Early Specs Appear for Nvidia Shield 2

by Tom Allen

GFX Bench has benchmarked a new device simply listed as the ‘Shield Portable’, which is believed to refer to the second-generation Nvidia Shield handheld console. The specs may not be finalised, or accurate; for …

Tags:Consoles| Handhelds| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Smaller Zenfone Variant Appears in China

by Tom Allen

A new smartphone, rumoured to be the Zenfone 3, has appeared at China’s TENAA certification centre. The phone (model number: Asus Z00EDB) features a 5″ display (1280 x 720), compared to the Zenfone 2’s …

Tags:Asus| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Oculus Rift Will be Expensive, But Look Closer…

by Tom Allen

After revealing the Q1’16 launch date, Oculus VR has shared pricing for its Rift headset. Speaking at the Re/code annual Code Conference, CEO Brendan Iribe said that the Rift would be priced in the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Flexible, Plastic and High-Res Displays Honoured by SID

by Tom Allen

The winners of the 20th annual Display Industry Awards have been announced. The winners will be recognised during a special event on 3rd June, as part of SID 2015. Each product was chosen for …

OLEDs Enable ‘Next Evolution’ in Display Technology

by Tom Allen

Plastic and flexible screens are the next evolution of display technology, says IDTechEx, and will be made possible through OLEDs. In a new report (paid), IDTechEx asserts that the first smartphone with a flexible …

Lenovo’s Touchscreen Not Limited by Physical Display

by Tom Allen

Click for a larger imageA video posted to YouTube (http://tinyurl.com/p866lsx) shows a conceptual handset from Lenovo, with an integrated focus-free laser projector. As well as showing films, photos and so on, the ‘Smart Cast’ …

Tags:Embedded Pico Projectors| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

QDs, Nanowires, OLEDs and More at SID 2015

by Tom Allen

SID 2015 is taking place from 31st May – 5th June in San Jose, California. Display Monitor has a significant presence on the ground at the show (please say hi!), and here we are …

Apple Readying Google Competitor

by Tom Allen

9to5Mac says that Apple is preparing ‘a major new iOS initiative’ known as Proactive, to challenge Google Now. The software will use Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook and third-party apps. It will apparently replace the …

Tags:Apple| Google| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Avago to Buy Broadcom for $37 Billion

by Helen Vince

Avago Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Broadcom for $37 billion. The deal values the combined company at $77 billion in enterprise value. Once the transaction is completed. Hock Tan, president …

Tags:Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Pixelworks Enables Asus Enhancements

by Tom Allen

Asus’ new Hero Zenpad tablet uses Pixelworks’ mobile display processor and True Clarity image enhancements. The tablet, which has 2048 x 1536 resolution, features blur-free images, sharp images and ambient lighting compensation. Comment We …

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Vol 22 - Issue 23

AR and VR on the Mind

by Norbert Hildebrand

It seems that AR and VR are on everyone’s mind these days. The whole area of augmented and virtual reality is of great interest to the business world, as demonstrated by the acquisition of …