Mobile Display Monitor – Page 953

UltraHD in an HD World

by Super User

SMPTE’s Annual Technical Conference, in Los Angeles, event will take place between 20th and 23rd October. 3M’s Jimmy Thielen will present a talk on using quantum dot films to cover the Rec.2020 colour gamut …

Netflix Acquisition Costs Pass to New Subscribers

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Netflix has raised the price of its UltraHD streaming services, to $12, for new subscribers. Current members do not have to pay the new price until August 2016. Higher acquisition costs were given as …

iPhone 6 Boosts ODM’s Revenues

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Foxconn Electronics and Pegatron both reported large increases in sales for September, rising 51% and 63% respectively from August, primarily due to shipments of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Foxconn’s …

Smartwatch Adoption Will Accelerate – But No Killer App in Sight

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More than 100 million smartwatches will be in use worldwide by 2019, says Juniper Research. In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/qceaqhh), the firm predicts that the next 12-18 months will bring the product category into …

LG Display Result 23/10/2014

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LG Display (LGD) has reported its third quarter results, posting a net profit of KRW354 billion ($334.1 million) on turnover of KRW6.5 trillion ($6.1 billion), which compares with a net profit in Q3 of …

Google Developing Chromecast 2

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Mario Queiro, VP of product management at Google, has said that the company will launch a second-generation Chromecast device. Although few details were shared, Queiro said that more advanced hardware will mean that it …

TSMC Plans 16nm in 2015

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TSMC’s co-CEO, CC Wei, has said that the company will begin volume production of 16nm FinFET process products in Q2’15, or early Q3’15. In tests, these chips have shown that processor speeds can reach …

BlackBerry Passport Sells Out

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The Taipei Times reports that in a recent interview with John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, he said that supplies of the new Passport smartphone have sold out, demonstrating the phone’s popularity. According to the …

No Radical Shifts in Apple’s Third iPad Mini

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The iPad Air 2 and retina-class iMac garnered the lion’s share of attention at Apple’s press event in mid-October, but there was another device introduced. The iPad Mini 3 is almost identical to the …

LG Electronics Result 29/10/2014

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LG Electronics has announced its third quarter results, posting turnover of KRW14.9 trillion ($14.3 billion) for the quarter, an increase of 7.4% year on year from KRW13.9 trillion ($13.3 billion), while net profit for …

LG Engineers Speak About Transparent and Flexible Screens

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Two of LG Display’s chief research engineers have spoken about upcoming display technology with the Wall Street Journal (http://tinyurl.com/ps33cjw). Lee Bu-yeol is LGD’s chief research engineer for transparent displays and Park Weon-seo is the …

iPhone 6 Orders Reach 50 Million

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Pegatron is expected to ship about 25 million iPhone 6 handsets before the end of 2014, say reports from Asia. A similar number is expected from Foxconn, putting overall iPhone 6 shipments at around …

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