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Low-Cost Mobiles Push On-Cell Touch Growth

by Super User

Vastly more on-cell TFT LCD touch panels were shipped in the first six months of 2014 than all of 2013. NPD DisplaySearch data shows that total shipments in Q1 and Q2’14 exceeded 20 million, …

IBM Result 21/10/2014

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IBM posted a third quarter net profit of $3.5 billion on turnover of $22.4 billion, which compares with a net profit of $4.1 billion on turnover of $23.3 billion in the third quarter of …

Multitasking Rising, But Rarely TV-Related

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There has been a significant increase in multitasking (including, but not limited to, second screen use) while people watch TV, says TiVo. 51% of 856 survey respondents said that they multitask every time or …

Samsung Corrects Weak Colour Vision With OLED

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At IMID 2014, Samsung Display (SDC) introduced a 14″ OLED panel (rumoured recently, in Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41). Sources list the resolution as ‘WQUXG’, although this resolution does not exist and likely …

Competition to Cause Panel Price Drop

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According to reports from Asia, handset panel module prices are expected to fall more than 10% in Q4. The slump will be caused by competition for Chinese orders between vendors from Taiwan, China, Japan …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Changes at Tech Data

by Super User

Tech Data Mobile’s senior VP in the UK, Rod Millar, has resigned from the company and is to be replaced by Stephen Nolan.

Ingram Micro Result 29/10/2014

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Ingram Micro posted a net profit in Q3 of $72.2 million on turnover of $11.2 billion, while a year earlier the company’s net profit was $78.9 million on turnover of $10.1 billion. In the …

Headless Ghost Scares Up GPU

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An interesting peripheral is seeking funding on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/ojljme3). The Headless Ghost is a display emulator, which can ‘trick’ a PC into thinking that a monitor is attached. Because many PCs disable their GPU …

LG Puts Mobile SoC to Work

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A new mobile SoC has been developed by LG Electronics and is already being used in a smartphone. The ‘Nuclun’ CPU has been installed in the LG G3 Screen, a Korea-exclusive handset. Built with …

Samsung Refresh Surfaces Online

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A ‘new’ Samsung mobile device has been spotted online. The tablet is a refresh of the Galaxy Note 10.1, with references to a 2015 edition spotted on Samsung’s own website. Aside from the mention …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Rumour: Sony Developing Metal-Body Smartphones

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Sources in the Taiwan supply chain claim that Sony is developing smartphones (plural) with a metal-alloy chassis. These phones will be produced by Foxconn, with the chassis likely to be supplied by Foxconn Technology. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 35

Vestel Will Feed UltraHD TVs Through Own STB

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IFA, as a consumer electronics show, has always been an odd place for Vestel to exhibit, as the only products on display are OEM items, which may not even come to market. The company …