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Samsung Empowers the Future of Virtual Reality at Facebook’s F8 Conference

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) announced today that it has deployed 2,600 Samsung Gear VR headsets powered by Oculus with customized Samsung Galaxy smartphones at the Facebook F8 Developer Conference, empowering developers to create …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Oculus VR| Samsung

Samsung Deepens Facebook Partnership

by Tom Allen

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance at Samsung’s MWC 2016 press conferenceSamsung supplied 2,600 Gear VR headsets, with customised Galaxy smartphones, for the Facebook F8 developer conference recently. The intent was to push developers …

Samsung Reaches Curved Monitor Milestone

by Tom Allen

Samsung has sold more than 1 million curved monitors, worldwide, since introducing its first model (SD590C) two years ago. The news was shared by SVP of visual display Seog-gi Kim. IDC estimates that the …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 14

by Tom Allen

Hisense has revealed two new UltraHD TVs for the German market, just before the European Championship football tournament. Both the 65″ M5500 and 433″ M3000 support DVB-T2 and HEVC decoding. They use Hisense’s Vidaa …

Samsung Receives Green Recognition

by Tom Allen

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has presented Samsung with the 2016 Design for Recycling Award. The award recognises Samsung’s use of environmentally-conscious materials and a recyclable design in its UN55K6250 LCD TV.

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Recycling| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Samsung Points to S7 as Finance Booster

by Tom Allen

Samsung has predicted a rise in its Q1’16 financial results, which are due to be released this month. The company has said that, driven by sales of the Galaxy S7, operating profit will be …

Samsung Augments Reality With Contact Lens Display

by Tom Allen

The Korea Intellectual Property Office has granted Samsung a patent for contact lenses with a tiny display and built-in camera, as well as sensors that detect movement. The ‘eye-mount display’ projects images onto a …

Tags:Cameras| Contact Lens Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Get a Free 48″ Samsung Smart TV when You Buy a Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge on AT&T Next™

by Isaac Oburu

Starting tomorrow, AT&T wireless and DIRECTV customers can get a free 48″ Samsung Smart TV. To qualify, buy a Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge on AT&T Next, activate a new AT&T wireless …

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Semiconductors Dip in February

by Tom Allen

The Semiconductor Industry Association has said that worldwide sales of semiconductors fell 3.2% MoM in February, to $26 billion. The result was 6.2% lower than February 2015 ($27.7 billion). Sales into the Americas fell …

LCD Price Fixing Claims Ongoing

by Tom Allen

Reports of LCD price fixing between 1996 and 2006 were first covered by us in late 2006 (Display Monitor Vol 13 No 50), and while most legislation has been finalised, some is still ongoing. …

Samsung’s Foldable Phone Coming in 2017

by Tom Allen

ET News claims that Samsung will release a foldable smartphone next year. The device will act as a 5″ phone when closed, and a 7″ tablet when unfolded.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

We now have a specification list for Acer‘s laser gaming projector, the Z850 (Acer Brings Laser to Gaming). Despite being described as ‘mirrorless’, it is in fact a DLP unit – there are no …