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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 05

by Tom Allen

The Microsoft Surface Book will be launched in Germany on the 18th February. An update to Android 6.0 is being rolled out to the Sony Xperia M5 smartphone now.

Tags:Germany| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Will Foldable Phone Arrive in 2016?

by Bob Raikes

HSBC has said that the pressure on Samsung’s smartphone business may lead the firm to bring forward its plans for a foldable OLED smartphone from 2017 to late 2016. (Rumors: Devices with Foldable Displays …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Polaroid Moves to UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Polaroid may be a well-known camera brand, but it has a share of the display products market. The company produces TVs, smartphones and tablets. CES 2016 marked the launch of Polaroid’s first UltraHD TVs. …

Tags:CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 02

ZTE Crowd Sources Innovation

by Tom Allen

The ZTE press conference takes this year’s coveted ‘worst-arranged event of CES’ award. The room was far too small for the number of people who wanted to attend, and was almost entirely full once …

Tags:CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 02| ZTE

Intel and Google Team Up on Realsense Phone

by Tom Allen

A smartphone developer kit with Intel’s Realsense and Google’s Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) technology has been announced. The 6″ device (2560 x 1440 resolution) costs $400 and features a 0.3MP …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Haier Sticks to 50Hz

by Tom Allen

Three new TV ranges joined Haier’s line up, including two Android TV models. The first of these, and the flagship, is a 75″ TV called the 75H9000U. The H9000U is an UltraHD set with …

Tags:CES 2016| Convertible PCs| Haier| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Xiaomi

Xiaomi Arrives in UK

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has decided to bring its smartphones to the UK market, signing a deal with New Way International. New Way was chosen based on its ‘hands-on’ approach with Xiaomi’s domestic rival, Huawei.

Tags:Distribution| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 01| Xiaomi

huawei

Huawei Claims Revenue Boost of 70% in 2015

by Bob Raikes

Huawei said that it had hit revenues of $20 billion, nearly 70% up from 2018 and that it has increased its smartphone sales by 44% to 108 million in 2015. As well as a …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

LeTV Celebrates Automotive Partnership

by Tom Allen

We had seen most of what LeTV had to show at Digital Experience/Pepcom some days before (Digital Experience Has Lots to See), but the company still had some interesting technology on the stand. The …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Hisense Begins Sharp Licensing

by Tom Allen

Hisense is now the third-largest TV maker, in terms of market share, in the world, announced Hisense American CEO Jerry Lin at the company’s press conference. Hisense has a 5.8% share of the worldwide …

Tags:CES 2016| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Licensing| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 02

TCL Chooses Nanosys

by Tom Allen

TCL continues to grow, said North American VP Chris Larson at the company’s press conference. TCL was the largest TV exporter in China in 2015, for the seventh year in a row, and is …

Tags:CES 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| phablets| Quantum Dots| Roku| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 23 - Issue 02