MWC 2015 – Display Daily

Trends from MWC

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have posted a review of trends and developments at MWC by Norbert Hildebrand. He covers wearables and smartwatches as well as automotive and other technology developments.

Tags:Automotive| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Wearables

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14

by Tom Allen

Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, France and Germany; residents of Canada have been told to ‘stay tuned’, so …

MWC Grows to 93,000 Visitors

by Bob Raikes

MWC 2015 was the biggest so far, with a claimed 93,000 visitors from 200 countries, even though entry costs from €750 just to walk the floor and several thousand Euros for premium attendee packages. …

Strategy – Horizontals and Verticals

by Bob Raikes

This week we have three event reports across the two publications. Mobile Display Monitor includes a substantial report on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, while the Large Display Monitor has reports …

HTC Shows Smartphone and Fitness Band at MWC 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

HTC has announced the new One M9 smartphone with 5″ FHD display and Qualcomm 820 octacore processor. The LTE phone is the new flagship model and like its predecessor comes with a metal enclosure …

Garmin’s Fitness and Smartwatch Devices Impress

by Norbert Hildebrand

Garmin was showing an impressive array of fitness and smartwatches that also address many sports and fitness requirements. As one would expect from Garmin, GPS plays an important role in its products. While not …

Tags:Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 11

SK Telecom has New Ideas and a PicoProjector

by Norbert Hildebrand

SK Telecom had three developments that are relevant to displays at MWC 2015. First there was the Bignote Beam, an input system for projection systems. The unit uses IR emanating from a wand or …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Pico Projectors| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Haier Uses MWC to Launch 3 New Tablets

by Norbert Hildebrand

Haier announced three new tablets at MWC 2015. The W800 is an 8″ 1280 x 800 IPS Windows 8.1 tablet with a quad core Intel processor. The device is available in selected European markets …

Panasonic Has Some Surprises at MWC

by Norbert Hildebrand

Panasonic surprised visitors with some new products at MWC that are relevant to our readers. The first was a CCTV software solution for storing and analyzing video streams with face recognition software. If you …

Alcatel One Touch Has Lots to Show

by Norbert Hildebrand

Alcatel One Touch announced its Idol 3 smartphone that comes either as a 4.7″ or 5.5″ model. While the 4.7″ has an 1280 x 720 IPS display, the 5.5″ model has a FullHD IPS …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Droiders Develops Apps for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

Droiders is a developer of apps for augmented reality hardware. While the company does not develop or manufacture its own augmented reality hardware it does offer a “cardboard box” approach for smartphones to provide …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Microsoft Shows Lumina 640 XL at MWC 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

For the first time, Microsoft has taken over the release of new mobile phones after its acquisition of Nokia’s mobile device activities. The Lumia 640 is a 5″ 1280 x 720 IPS LCD smartphone …