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Casio Has Plans for Core Business

by Tom Allen

At BETT, Casio was launching the Core – a new laser-LED hybrid projector that is positioned for mass-market adoption. As a solid-state model, the Core has a long lifetime, with no filters or lamps …

Xiaomi Doubled Revenue in 2014

by Helen Vince

Xiaomi reported that it more than doubled its revenue last year, with pre-tax sales rising to almost $12 billion. The company’s mobile phone sales were 227% higher than the previous year, reaching 61.1 million …

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

Rumour: Flexible OLEDs From Foxconn Next Year

by Tom Allen

Asian sources claim that Foxconn is developing flexible OLED panel technology and expects to send out 5″ samples in 2016. Reports from Japanese media say that the panels will be used on smartphones and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Global LED backlighting production value to fall 10% in 2015, say Taiwan makers

by Vanessa Browning

The value of LED backlighting production will fall by about 10% this year, say Taiwanese LED makers, as TV and tablet production value falls. Both smartphones and TVs will represent about 30% of production …

Sigma Launches UltraHD VP9/HEVC Chip

by Bob Raikes

The first topic that we discussed with Sigma Designs was HDR technology. Sigma was the first company to support Dolby Vision technology in its SoCs and both TCL and Philips have shown sets that …

Display Daily goes Live!

by Bob Raikes

It may be slightly crazy as we all dash around for CES, but the holiday (?) gave us the chance to finalise the build of the new website at DisplayDaily.com. From now on, our …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor

Asus Looks to The Wrist in 2015

by Vanessa Browning

Focus Taiwan claims to have heard from Asus CEO Jerry Shen that the company will launch three new wearable products this year. A second-generation smartwatch will be introduced in Q3’15, with its own cellular …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Rumour: Samsung Puts Galaxy Alpha to Bed

by Vanessa Browning

The metal-body Galaxy Alpha will be discontinued under pressure from low-cost devices, according to Korea’s ET News. Samsung tellingly chose to release a low-cost smartphone – the Galaxy A5 – in late 2014, without …

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

Modder Jams Together Console and Monitor

by Tom Allen

Modder Ben Heck has, in the past, turned his skills to creating portable gaming laptops based on an Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. His newest challenge saw him turn an Xbox One into a …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04| xBox

Ingram Micro signs German Deal

by Helen Vince

In Germany Ingram Micro has signed a deal with Dutch company Skool to distribute a new line of tablets and notebooks for the education sector.

Nvidia’s Teraflop Chip Enables Self-Aware Cars

by Vanessa Browning

In a big shift from last year, when its stand was all about gaming, Nvidia focused on automotive applications at the 2015 show. Nvidia’s new Tegra X1 chip is a quad-core device using four …

CES Display Prospects

by Bob Raikes

This holiday break saw no really big stories this year – an unusual development. In most years, as soon as we have closed for the break, something big, usually a company story, breaks. So …

Tags:ISE 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 01