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Intel Looks to Peak Performance

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Following its acquisition of Basis in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10), Intel has revealed its first smartwatch. The Basis Peak will be shipped this year and will be thinner and lighter than …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

New BOE Fab to be Supplied by Air Liquide

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French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has won a ‘major’ contract with BOE. Under the terms, Air Liquide will provide gas to BOE’s new G8.5 FPD fab in Chonqing, China. The factory will be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Rugged Mobiles Expand at Tech Data

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The rugged line-up of phones offered by Tech Data has been expanded with products from RugGear Europe. Feature phones, smartphones and tablets for the B2B and B2C channels are now being offered in Germany …

Intel Peaks Interest With Smartwatch

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After purchasing fitness tracker firm Basis in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10), Intel is preparing to deliver its first smartwatch: the Basis Peak. The name was announced at the Intel Developer Forum …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

AUO Sees Slow Sales in September

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AU Optronics (AUO) saw its monthly sales fall 3.5% year on year in September to NT$35.6 billion ($1.1 billion) taking sales in the first nine months of the year to NT$302.7 billion ($9.9 billion), …

Opera Compression Enables Full Smartwatch Browser

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If, for some reason, you wanted a full web browser on your wrist, then worry not: Opera and Samsung have you covered. Owners of Samsung’s Tizen-powered Gear S smartwatch will be able to download …

Microvision Nets $1.9 Million in Orders

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Pico projection technology specialist Microvision says it has received purchase orders to the value of $1.9 million for components for high definition display modules being developed by its Fortune Global 100 customer. Microvision announced …

Longshine Shows First Hybrid Smartwatch

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Longshine Technologies, a Chinese ODM, has developed a product that marries the analogue and digital worlds. The circular Halo smartwatch has an analogue face and transparent OLED touchscreen. Currently in the prototype stage, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Transparent Displays| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Microsoft Confident of ‘Real World’ Windows Feedback

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One million people are testing Windows 10 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39), according to Microsoft. About 65% of these have installed the OS on a PC, while 35% have it on a virtual …

Sling Media and ViXS Downconvert for Multiple Streams

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Sling Media and ViXS Systems have worked together on a new network transcoder, which uses Sling technology and a ViXS XCode 5190 chipset. The device can perform 2560 x 1440 to 1280 x 720 …

Emagin Receives $6.8 Million in R&D Contracts

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Emagin says it has been awarded three new R&D contracts totalling $6.8 million. One of the three new contracts is a $1.1 million contract over 15 months to further enhance the full colour brightness …

Tags:AMOLED| eMagin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Smartphones Drive MEA Handsets to Record Sales

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A new record was set for the MEA tablet handset market in Q2 this year, rising 27% YoY to 64 million units. IDC says that most growth came from smartphones, which are rapidly gaining …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21