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Ingram Brings Kyocera to LATAM

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Kyocera has taken on Ingram Micro Mobility to distribute its mobile phones in Latin America. The first will be the rugged Duraforce smartphone.

Tablet Launches Will Fall Next Year

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Sources in the Asian supply chain say that several tablet vendors are reducing the number of models to be launched next year. Asus, Samsung and Lenovo are all likely to cut plans, the sources …

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999 Location Tracking Made 4,000 Times More Accurate

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A new SMS-based system has been developed in the UK by EE, HTC and BT, which can pinpoint the location of 999 (emergency services) calls made using a mobile phone to within 30m. The …

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Huawei Hits Out at Windows Phone – Again

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Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), Huawei said that it had not made any profit on its Windows Phone venture. Now Joe Kelly, head of international media affairs, has gone a …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Windows

Nintendo Chooses Access

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The Netfront Browser NX product from Access has been chosen as the browser for Nintendo’s New Nintendo 3DS and 3DS LL handheld consoles.

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UltraHD Rumoured for Samsung’s Note 5

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A tip sent to Phone Arena claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 phablet will have a 5.9″ OLED display with UltraHD resolution – equal to 746ppi. The display will enter productionby August 2015. Display …

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Crocus Senses Flexing

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Crocus Technology, based in Switzerland, has developed a sensor solution for flexible displays, built on its Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology. MLU is a CMOS-based architecture using magnetic fields. The new solution can detect …

New Brands Join TCO

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European brands, MLS Multimedia and Vecom, have joined TCO Certified. MLS is a Greek company, which has certified its E550 notebook to the TCO Certified Notebooks approval level. Russia’s Vecom has certified its EM2331WIV …

Acer Names Head of Notebook Business Group

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Acer has promoted Jerry Kao to president of the company’s notebook business group. He currently serves as general manager of the group, which he co-heads with Jackson Lin, president.

Asus Brings First QD Laptop to Market

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The Asus Zenbook NX500 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 23), which uses a 3M quantum dot enhancement film, is now on sale. It costs $2,700, but Asus notes that it is a limited edition …

Barnes & Noble Buys Back Microsoft’s Nook Stake

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Barnes & Noble has bought Microsoft’s stake in the Nook business in preparation for a Nook business spin-off later in 2015. Just two years ago, Microsoft bought a 16.8% stake in the Nook business …

Bus Beacons in Proximity Advertising

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In the fast evolving world of DOOH (digital out of home) advertising, UK based Exterion Media announced a unique six month beta project in proximity advertising that targets a Norwich, UK bus line. It’s …