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Moscow University Automates Mismatch Detection

by Tom Allen

The Graphics & Media Lab CMC of Lomonosov Moscow State University has developed ‘a practical algorithm for automatic channel mismatch detection in S3D video’. The algorithm was used to evaluate more than 100 S3D films in …

Tags:3D| 3D Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

HP Approaches Intel’s Wire-Free Vision

by Tom Allen

On the first day of the BETT show, HP launched a variety of new mobile devices, which we detailed in Mobile Display Monitor in Vol 22 No 4 (HP Focuses on Business for Mobility). …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 5

by Tom Allen

Amazon held a one-day sale of the Fire Phone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) in the UK last week, cutting the price of the 32GB model to £85 ($130) and the 64GB to £125 …

HTC’s ‘Smartwatch’ is Actually a Fitness Tracker

by Tom Allen

Sources have told Forbes that the rumoured HTC smartwatch (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) is, in fact, a fitness band. It has been linked to the company’s recent partnership with Under Armour (Rumors …

Haier Adds Esprinet in Spain

by Helen Vince

Haier has added Spanish distributor Esprinet for its range of smartphones, tablets and its new line of Android-based LCD TVs.

iBoardTouch Directs Itself at Education

by Vanessa Browning

iBoardTouch was a new name to us at BETT 2015. The company is mainly interested in large LCD touch displays which are made in China and now are being sold through its own sales …

Avnet’s Q2 Sales Drop 4.6%

by Helen Vince

Avnet Technology Solutions, the enterprise technology business of Avnet Inc., reported a 4.6% year on year drop in turnover in Q2 to $3.1 billion. By region, sales in the Americas were little changed YoY …

Tags:Distributors| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Qualcomm Leak Shows 810 Successor

by Tom Allen

A Twitter-based source, Leakfly, has shared preliminary specifications for Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 and 600 family processors. The roadmap document shows that the 820 uses 64-bit ‘TS2’ cores, which are based on a Samsung …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| SOCs| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Toray Phosphor Sheet Raises LED Brightness

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claims that Toray Industries has developed a phosphor sheet that can raise WLED brightness by 10%, without an increase in input power. The sheet is intended for use with WLEDs formed …

Sony Wants to Address the Wearable Market with Partnerships

by Norbert Hildebrand

PC World published an article on Sony’s appearance at the Wearable Device Technology Expo in Tokyo. Kaz Tajima, senior vice president at Sony Mobile Communications, said that Sony is looking for collaboration partners for new …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 04| Wearables

Ericsson Sues Apple over Patent Licensing

by Norbert Hildebrand

Ericsson has sued Apple in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas over the use of smartphone technology. According to a press release from Ericsson, the lawsuit follows a lawsuit from Apple …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Samsung has no Interest in Buying BlackBerry

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to The Wall Street Journal Samsung is not interested in buying BlackBerry at this point in time. J.K. Shin, Samsung’s mobile phone business leader said that Samsung is talking to BlackBerry to extend their …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 04