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AU Optronics Result 30/04/2015

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) posted a net profit in the first quarter of the year of NT$5.3 billion ($173 million), a significant improvement on Q1 2014 when the company’s net profit was NT$166 million …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Wearable Vendors Disengage From Android

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that vendors have been developing their own wearable platforms in-house, following relatively low shipments of Android Wear products last year. Asus uses its own OS for its new Vivowatch, for …

HTC Result 30/04/2015

by Helen Vince

HTC reported turnover of NT$41.5 billion ($1.3 billion) in the first quarter of the year, 25% higher than Q1 of last year. The company said it expects Q2 turnover to be in the range …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

BOE Announces Investment in Gen 10.5 LCD Fab

by Norbert Hildebrand

As reported by DisplaySearch and ET News, BOE has announced plans to build the largest LCD plant in the world starting in 2016. The investment will be around CNY40 billion (roughly $7 billion) and …

Tags:BOE| Investment| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Merge VR Offers Headset and Motion Controller for $129

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual headsets are designed either as standalone devices or are a shell holding the viewer’s smartphone as the display source. The Merge VR headset falls in the second category and adds a virtual reality …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Virtual Sets| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Does the Apple Watch Live up to the Real World?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Apple Watch has been expected to create a breakthrough for all wearable devices. In reality it will be pretty difficult to judge how successful the Apple Watch will be, as Apple stated that …

Huawei Prepares European Rollout

by Tom Allen

Huawei’s stand had an unfinished look about it – explained, we heard, by the ornate false ceiling collapsing the day before the show opened! Other exhibitors, including competitors, pitched in to help resurrect the …

TV Connect 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Arris’s new remote looks attractive – and Ruwido was on the firm’s booth, so….Access was showing its latest developments. Access makes components (such as a browser) that are integrated into middleware. The company’s added …

Resolution on a Budget Promised by Dune HD

by Tom Allen

Dune HD was the sponsor of the show’s lanyards and badges, and had a prominent spot near the front of the hall. The company was promoting its new UltraHD products, which – it said …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Canatu Raises Light Transmittance

by Tom Allen

Canatu announced a new generation of high-optical-transmittance carbon nanobud (CNB) films at Printed Electronics Europe last month. The Generation 6 film features ‘significantly improved’ light transmittance over previous products, as well as zero haze …

Tags:Canatu| CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| ITO Replacement| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Rice Uni Bringing Touch to Gaming in a Whole New Way

by Tom Allen

The USA’s Rice University is developing haptics for virtual reality, to provide gamers with physical feedback. The Hands Omni glove is a prototype, sponsored by VR company Virtuix. The glove inflates bladders underneath the …

Tags:Haptics| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18| Wearables

Albis Focuses on IPTV

by Tom Allen

Albis Technologies showed its Scenegate set-top boxes. These are designed to support both traditional (IPTV, broadcast and VoD) and value-added services (OTT, interactive, media sharing). The Scenegate 8073 is Albis’ newest STB, introduced at …