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Acer is Massively Mobile

by Tom Allen

Acer is never an official part of CES. Instead, the company just ‘happens’ to have a suite in a hotel somewhere in Las Vegas in early January! Isn’t it weird how these coincidences just …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| CES 2016| Convertible PCs| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 02

LG’s Signature is Pure and Gimmick-Free

by Tom Allen

William Cho, president and CEO of LG USA, opened the company’s press conference on the 5th January – traditionally the first display-related presentation of the show. He described LG’s theme this year (‘Innovation for …

Tags:CES 2016| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| DLP Projectors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 02

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Acer Signs New LATAM Deals

by Tom Allen

Acer has announced that Bahamas Telecommunications and Ecuador’s Corporacion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones will now sell its smartphones and wearables in Latin America.

Tags:Acer| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

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Reuters Adds to Apple Rumours

by Bob Raikes

Reuters has added to the rumours about Apple’s plans for iPhone displays. The news agency has reported the rumours that Apple is close to finalising deals with Samsung Display and LG Display for OLED …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Lenovo Starts Zuk Sales in Vietnam

by Bob Raikes

Zuk transparent phone shown in the summerThe Shanghai Daily reports that Lenovo has started to sell smartphones under its Zuk brand in Vietnam as, along with others, it looks for new markets to counter …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 52

HP Smartphone Return Rumoured

by Milos Pavlovic

German website Dr.Windows claims that HP is to return to the smartphone game in 2016, describing a 5.8″ phablet called the HP Falcon. The phone will apparently feature 2560 x 1440 resolution and a …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Better Pixels and Cheaper Tech Coming to Vegas

by Tom Allen

CES is almost here again – in fact, it will only be a couple of days away by the time you read this piece. Cue a week of meeting and greeting, some (hopefully) fascinating …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Smartphones| tablets| UltraHD| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Samsung ‘Will Cut Shipments by 12%’

by Tom Allen

The Korea Times claims that Samsung will cut its smartphone shipments in 2016 by more than 12% YoY. An official from one of Samsung’s local partners is reported to have made the comments. Another …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 52

4k and Retina Scanner Rumoured for LG G5

by Tom Allen

Despite rumours to the contrary (Samsung and LG Will Pass on UHD in 2016), a new report from Android Headlines claims that LG’s G5 handset will sport a 5.6″ 2560 x 1440 or UltraHD …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 52

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Huawei Sets New Record

by Tom Allen

Huawei has said that it has sold over 100 million smartphones this year – a new record amongst Chinese firms. Last year, the company sold 75 million phones. He Gang, president of Huawei’s mobile …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 51

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Windows 10 Delayed Again

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has said that Windows 10 Mobile will not be rolled out to existing smartphones until next year. This follows a previous delay in October, until December.

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 51| Windows

Samsung and LG Will Pass on UHD in 2016

by Bob Raikes

Only Sony has produced an UltraHD smartphone, to dateKorea’s iNews24 claims that both Samsung and LG will forgo producing UltraHD smartphones in 2016. Instead, they will favour 2560 x 1440 displays, at most. The …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 51