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Lumia 430 Will be ‘Most Affordable’ Windows 10 Phone

by Tom Allen

A very low-cost smartphone has been introduced by Microsoft. The Lumia 430 is a Windows Phone with dual SIM slots, available for just $70. It is also ‘the most affordably-priced Lumia that will be …

Tags:Emerging Markets| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 13

O2 Goes to the Roots of Rugby for New Smartphone

by Tom Allen

A prototype smartphone for rugby lovers has been built – using grass from Twickenham Stadium. In an effort to boost its recycling credentials, O2 created the concept unit using tens of thousands of blades …

Atrust Provides OS Choice in Mobile Thin Client

by Tom Allen

Atrust of Taiwan has introduced a new mobile thin client running either Windows Embedded Standard (WE8S) (MT168W) or Linux (MT168L) The thin client is an 11.6″ model (1366 x 768) with a dual-core 1.58GHz …

Lenovo CEO Leaks New Moto 360

by Tom Allen

Lenovo (Motorola’s new owner) CEO Yang Yuanqing appears to have pre-empted an official announcement of a next-generation Moto 360 smartwatch, by sharing a picture on his Weibo account. Yang alluded to the smartwatch in …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 13

TCO Opens Display Draft for Comments

by Tom Allen

TCO Development has opened a draft criteria document for stakeholder comment (http://tinyurl.com/pb7gjrd), as part of its review of the TCO Certified criteria (TCO Reviews TCO Certified Criteria). The draft document deals with TCO Certified …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Will.i.am Works on Smartwatch With Gucci

by Tom Allen

Will.i.am launched a ‘smart cuff’ last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), and has now worked with fashion brand Gucci to develop another. The smartband, like Will.i.am’s Puls, is a standalone product that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Wearables

Swiss Watch Combines Traditional Mechanisms With Mobile Platform

by Tom Allen

Geneva-based Frederique Constant has unveiled a smartwatch with Swiss mechanisms and an analogue face. The Horological Smartwatch uses the MotionX platform, developed by Fullpower. MotionX is described as ‘tightly coupled firmware, smartphone applications and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Switzerland| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Vector Uses Memory LCD for 30-Day Battery

by Tom Allen

Vector’s smartwatch, which got significant coverage recently for the claimed 30-day battery life (Vector Claims Month-Long Battery), has been unveiled at Baselworld. The watch achieves its long life using a monochrome memory LCD display …

Tags:Memory LCD| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Microsoft Shares Windows 10 Hardware Specs

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has revealed the specifications of devices that Windows 10 will be able to run on at the Windows Hardware Engineering in China. Windows 10 phones will scale from 3″ to 7.99″, while desktop …

HP on Track to Split Businesses in November

by Helen Vince

HP says it is on track to split the company into two separate entities in November. The company announced last November its intention to form two new businesses, HP Enterprise which will focus on …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Impression Pi Boasts Control Through Computer Vision

by Tom Allen

uSens has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an interactive, mobile VR headset called Impression Pi (appropriately launched on Pi Day). The company says that development on hardware is nearly completed. The Kickstarter campaign is …

John Lewis EHT Sales up 8% in 2014

by Helen Vince

UK-based John Lewis’ electricals and home technology (EHT) business grew 7.9% year on year in 2014, despite what the firm described as a “challenging”market. The company said sales of large electricals and audio products …