Mobile Display Monitor – Page 958

LG to Use In-House Processor

by Super User

A 5.9″ smartphone, using an application processor developed in-house, will be announced by LG before the end of the year. The claim comes from a Korean-language article in Money Today.

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Vivo IV Recognised as World’s Thinnest Phone…

by Super User

The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely …

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

New York Requests Beacon Removal

by Super User

US-based advertising company Titan has been asked to remove Bluetooth beacons it placed in phone booths around New York City. The Mayor’s office requested that Titan remove the beacons – despite their installation being …

Vaio Pursues Panasonic in Domestic Market

by Super User

Vaio, Sony’s ex-PC unit (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has shown a tablet PC concept that appears to target the same audience as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. Despite the similarity, though, Vaio says that …

Smaller iPhone Outsells Larger Cousin

by Super User

Statistics from mobile analytics firm Mixpanel show that around 20% of iPhone 6 handsets sold are iPhone 6 Plus models. In total terms, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 represents just over 6% of all iPhones …

4G Arrives on Asus’ Padfone Series

by Super User

The PF451CL is a 4.5″ addition to Asus’ Padfone line-up – a range of smartphones that can dock into a larger chassis to power a tablet. In the case of the PF451CL (aka Padfone …

TCO Phases Out Old Criteria

by Super User

As TCO Development updates its TCO Certified criteria, older versions are phased out. Several documents will be retired in 2014: * TCO ’03 Displays FPD (1st December) * TCO ’06 Media Displays (30th November) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Samsung to Market 60GHz Wireless in 2015

by Super User

Samsung has said that it will commercalise 60GHz wireless products next year. Data transmission speeds are as much as five times faster than today’s Wi-Fi (4.6Gbps). A 1GB film can be transferred in ‘less …

Blackberry Returns to Classic Form Factor

by Super User

A leaked image, apparently of the Blackberry Classic smartphone, shows a return to the company’s traditional physical keyboard form factor. Image source N4BB claims that the phone will have a 3.5″ LCD screen; 720 …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

TPK Denies Hon Hai Interest

by Super User

TPK Holding has dismissed rumours that Hon Hai Precision is investing in the business and also denied reports that there had been changes made to its management. Reports had suggested that Hon Hai was …

Tech Data Expands Panasonic Offering

by Super User

Tech Data in the UK is aiming to increase awareness of Panasonic’s Toughbook line of rugged handheld devices and is targeting the public sector, particularly the emergency services. The company has recently expanded its …

Fraunhofer Transfers Data Quickly With IR Light

by Super User

Modules have been developed that can transfer data, wirelessly, at up to 1Gbps over a distance of 10m. Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), the modules rely on LiFi technology: that …