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Barnes & Noble Co-Brands Samsung’s S2

by Tom Allen

A variant on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 (New Samsung Tab S2 is Very Thin) has been released through a collaboration with Barnes & Noble. The Galaxy Tab S2 Nook has B&N’s Nook software pre-loaded, …

Tags:Barnes & Noble| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Barnes & Noble and Samsung Unveil New Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 NOOK

by Helen Vince

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), in conjunction with Samsung Electronics America, today announced the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 NOOK, an 8-inch tablet blending Samsung’s elegant design and multi-tasking power with NOOK’s unparalleled reading …

Tags:Barnes & Noble| Samsung| tablets

Medium Adds Samsung Displays in Germany

by Helen Vince

Samsung hospitality and smart displays are now available in Germany through distributor Medium.

Tags:Distribution| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 35

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 36

by Tom Allen

An incorrect detail in our recent article, ‘Canon Claims World’s Lightest DCI Projector‘, has been pointed out. The XEED 4K500ST in fact has higher-than-DCI-4k (4096 x 2160) resolution: it is actually 4096 x 2400, …

Tags:China| Colour Management & Processing| Konka| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Notebooks| OLED TVs| Portrait Displays| Samsung| Skyworth| Software| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 36| WebOS

Samsung Unlocks The Walled Garden

by Tom Allen

Samsung held a big press event before the show started. We actually managed to get a seat at the Samsung press conference – a big improvement over previous IFA and CES events and a …

Tags:IFA 2015| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 36

VR @ ISTE 2015

by Len Scrogan

Immersive virtual reality has never had a significant footprint at ed-tech conferences—until now. The ISTE 2015 educational conference, with over 21,000 in attendance, is the largest ed-tech conference held in the U.S. Yet the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Google| Oculus VR| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 36

by Tom Allen

The OnePlus 2 smartphone (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset) has been launched. However, in keeping with the company’s theme of exclusivity (and to garner more attention), potential customers must register online before being “invited” …

Tags:Broadcast| Colour Management & Processing| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Portrait Displays| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Samsung Scores Highly in Germany

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s UE40JU6550 curved UltraHD TV ranked first in Stiftung Warentest’s August TV results, with a rating of ‘good (2.0)’, out of eight different models from four manufacturers. TVs were rated on factors including image, …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Apple Storms into Wearables Market at Number Two

by Tom Allen

Following the launch of the Apple Watch, Apple entered the worldwide wearable market in second place in Q2’15 – just 4.4% behind market leader Fitbit. IDC says that 3.6 million Apple Watches were shipped …

Tags:Apple| Fitbit| Garmin| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 34| Wearable Market| Xiaomi

TSMC Wins Ruling Against Former Executive

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is reported to have won a lawsuit involving one of its former R&D executives, which claimed that the employee had passed details of TSMC’s 28-nanometer process technology to Samsung. Liang …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Taiwan| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Design Flaw Breaks Note 5 Pen Detection

by Tom Allen

A design flaw has been uncovered in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, which can break the pen detection mechanism. Inserting the S Pen stylus the wrong way round (i.e. with the nib pointing out of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Try a Samsung Phone – For a Dollar

by Tom Allen

In a push to further compete with Apple (Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch), Samsung is giving iPhone customers in the USA a chance to ‘test-drive’ its flagship Galaxy S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ or …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 34