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Allview Black Friday 2015: Over 50 Products With Up to 50% Discounts for European Technology Frenzies

by Isaac Oburu

Allview, the European smartphones and tablets brand, present on the market for over 10 years is offering limited-time Black Friday savings on its latest devices. Consumers will enjoy savings of €30 to €200 off …

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High Resolution Without High Power Draw

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Kogakuin University, working with Fujitsu, has developed software that can scale smartphone video playback to UltraHD at 30fps, without consuming extra power. The new technology has been used in the ‘Xevic’ image processor …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Lenovo Kills Vibe

by Tom Allen

Chinese sources have said that Lenovo will phase out its Vibe smartphone brand, in favour of replacing it with the Lemon series and Motorola branding, in the China market.

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 47

A-Si Leads, but High-Tech Smartphone Panels are Rising

by Tom Allen

Total smartphone panel shipments rose 4% MoM in September, with particular growth noted in the high-end, says IHS. Shipments reached 160 million units and, while a-Si units continued to lead, LTPS TFT-LCD demand is …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 48

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Economic Daily News claims that Apple will show new 13″ and 15″ Macbook Air models at WWDC 2016, next summer. The 11″ model will be discontinued, and the new editions will be thinner …

A “Goldilocks” Smartphone-Based VR Headset

by Arthur Berman

Virtual reality is well on its way to becoming a commercial reality for consumers. None-the-less, the hardware choices currently available to consumers are somewhat bipolar. In the context of this article, bipolar refers to …

Tags:Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 46

by Tom Allen

The 8″ Nvidia Shield tablet has been re-released, after it stopped selling the device earlier this year. Nothing has changed aside from some minor alterations to the case, and the price: the tablet now …

Asus Aims for 50% Smartphone Rise

by Tom Allen

Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, has said that the company will be able to ship 20.5 million smartphones this year. 13.5 million were shipped in Q1-Q3, and the company plans to ship another 7 …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Hyundai Virtual Guide Introduces Augmented Reality To The Owner’s Manual

by Isaac Oburu

Later this year, Hyundai will be the first mainstream automaker to launch an augmented reality owner’s manual app. The Hyundai Virtual Guide app is the brand’s modern take on the traditional owner’s manual, allowing …

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LG Electronics Honored With 21 CES 2016 Innovation Awards

by Isaac Oburu

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA®), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association, is recognizing LG Electronics’ (LG) excellence in design and technology with 21 awards for innovative products to be on display at CES 2016 in …

Tags:Awards| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Smartphones

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 45

by Tom Allen

Pre-orders have now started for Apple‘s iPad Pro tablet, with sales expected to begin this month. Pricing scales from $800 to $1,080. Asus has enhanced the Zenfone 2 smartphone (Asus Swims Against Current With …

Analyst Rubbishes Apple OLED Claims

by Tom Allen

The Apple Watch is the company’s only product with an OLED displayAlthough there have been rumours of Apple extending its OLED screen use from the Apple Watch to iPhones, an analyst now claims that …