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Acer’s April Sales Down 36% MoM

by Helen Vince

Acer reported a 36% drop in sales in April from March and a 17.8% fall from April 2014 to NT$15.8 billion ($517.3 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$83.9 billion ($2.7 billion), …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

TiVo Looks to Failed Aereo for Inspiration

by Tom Allen

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers has said (at the Internet and TV Expo) that the company is developing an OTA service based on the Aereo (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 16) model – but “done …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Tivo| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Verizon to Acquire AOL

by Helen Vince

Verizon has signed an agreement to acquire AOL in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. According to Verizon, the acquisition further drives its LTE wireless video and OTT strategy, as well as supporting the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Verizon| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Rockioo Opens Kickstarter Campaign for Smartwatch

by Norbert Hildebrand

Rockioo has opened a Kickstarter campaign for a new smartwatch aimed at exercise enthusiasts. The device sports a very modern design, not dissimilar to the Pebble Steel smartwatch. The Rockioo smartwatch has a 1.63″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Jump From the Mountains – in NYC

by Tom Allen

North Face is challenging customers to go on a high-octane adventure – in-store. The retailer is testing the use of virtual reality headsets to transport people visiting its NYC store to a remote hiking …

Fraunhofer Coatings Enable Full-Laser Backlights

by Tom Allen

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) will show a coating that enables laser backlighting for holographic displays at SID 2015 (stand 222). SeeReal Technologies in Dresden joined Fraunhofer …

Samsung Delays Smartwatch on Apple Hype

by Tom Allen

SamMobile claims that Samsung is delaying a new smartwatch until the hype surrounding the Apple Watch has died down. According to the website, the watch is likely to be launched in September (probably at …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Android M and UltraHD Define Leaked Note 5

by Tom Allen

Specs of the Galaxy Note 5 and Note Edge 2 (codenamed ‘Project Noble’ and ‘Project Zen’, respectively) have apparently been leaked. The Note 5 is said to have a 5.7″ display, described as ‘2k …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Rumour: Apple Looking at Silver Nanowires

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News claims that Apple is looking into silver nanowire technology for the touch panels on the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad. By exchanging an ITO-based clear film for silver nanowires, Apple intends to raise …

Exertis Offers LG’s New Smartphone

by Helen Vince

Exertis says it has been signed as exclusive distributor in the UK for LG’s new G4 smartphone. The device will be launched at the end of this month.

Tags:Distributors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Taiwan Panel Makers’ Total Capex to Reach $2.6 Billion

by Helen Vince

Sources in Taiwan have estimated that the four local major panel makers will spend a total of NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) between them this year on capital expenditure. AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are …

Hon Hai Achieves Record Monthly High

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn Electronics) fared better than many Taiwanese manufacturers in April, reporting a record sales of NT$352.4 billion ($11.5 billion), up 4.2% sequentially and 19.7% higher year on year. For the January …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20