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Blu Kickstarter is Cancelled

by Tom Allen

Blu, a high-concept ‘wearable smartphone’ – which would literally curve around the wrist, and uses a 5.3″ flexible OLED display – was due to have its first products shipping in May. This seemed very …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 14| Wearables

Researchers Discover Self-Healing Nanowire Properties

by Tom Allen

Silver nanowires are one option to replace ITO as a conductive material in displays – they are lower-cost and flexible – but research has been limited due to a lack of understanding about their …

Light Polymers Lowers Cost of OLED Contrast Improvements

by Tom Allen

US/Taiwan-based Light Polymers has developed a lyotropic liquid crystal material (CR006) that can be coated on substrates, or directly onto OLED panel glass, to improve the contrast and readability of OLED displays. The reflective …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Canatu Achieves Super-Thin Dimensions on CNB Film

by Tom Allen

A new super-thin product has been added to Canatu’s range of transparent, conductive carbon nanobud films. The device is just 23µm thick, and targets thin devices and flexible applications. Canatu claims that it has …

Valens Launches HDBaseT 2.0 Testing Services

by Tom Allen

Testing and certification services are now available for new products using the HDBaseT 2.0 standard. The services conform to the Compliance Test Specification that was recently made available to HDBaseT Alliance members (HDBaseT Alliance …

Exertis Continues TechAid Support

by Tom Allen

Exertis is to donate eight of Dell’s Venue 11 7130 tablets to the TechAid programme in Ghana. The tablets will be used for childrens’ education. The company is also helping to raise money to …

Entatech First With Hannspree’s Wearable

by Helen Vince

Entatech in the UK is to be the first distributor for Hannspree’s first wearable device, the Smart Sports Watch.

Hisense Names European VP

by Helen Vince

Hisense has confirmed the appointment of Andreas Kretz as the company’s new VP of Hisense Europe and head of European R&D for smart TVs, tablets and smartphones. Prior to joining Hisense in February, Kretz …

Wrist-Worn Devices Will Lead Wearables For Years

by Tom Allen

New vendors, new devices and greater end-user awareness will drive the 2015 worldwide wearable market to new heights, says IDC. 45.7 million units will be shipped this year, says the firm, rising 133.4% from …

Surface 3 Loses RT

by Tom Allen

A rumour circulated the web at the end of March that Microsoft would launch a new Surface tablet sporting 64-bit Windows 8.1, rather than Windows RT. Lo and behold, the Surface 3 was announced …

Huawei Result 01/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Huawei Technologies Ltd. posted a 32.7% rise in net profit last year to $4.5 billion and a 20.6% increase in turnover to $46.5 billion. Huawei’s consumer group contributed $12 billion to total turnover for …

Tags:Financial Data| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14

E Ink Holdings Result 01/04/2015

by Helen Vince

E Ink Holdings Inc. posted a net profit of NT$793 million ($25.3 million) in Q4 on turnover of NT$3.7 billion ($118.2 million), which compares with a net profit in the fourth quarter of the …

Tags:E Ink| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 14