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New Smartphone Challenger Has Fizz

by Tom Allen

A new challenger has entered the (smartphone) arena – and it’s one that we weren’t expecting. In the coming months, Pepsi will launch a line of self-branded phones and accessories in China. The first, …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41

SlimPort NANO∙CONSOLE Launched on Indiegogo

by Isaac Oburu

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that the SlimPort® NANO?CONSOLE has officially launched on Indiegogo. A mobile-enabled dock with remote for Android mobile devices, the NANO?CONSOLE allows users to: Connect their SlimPort®-enabled mobile device to …

Tags:Analogix| Android| HDMI| Smartphones

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 41

by Tom Allen

The DxO One iPhone camera attachment (DxO Boasts of World’s First ‘Truly Connected Camera’) is now available in Europe. Officially announced two months ago (Samsung Brings Tizen to Emerging Markets), Samsung‘s Z3 smartphone is …

Tags:Cameras| India| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 41| ZTE

Android Devices with Force Touch User Interfaces on the Way

by Phillip Wright

Synaptics has announced a force-sensing touch screen controller which will offer Android device developers the opportunity to add a new touch screen user interface modality. The Synaptics announcement is timely since a similar user …

Tags:Force Sensing| Smartphones| Synaptics| Touch Controllers| Touch Interfaces| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Microsoft Active in Every Mobile Category

by Tom Allen

Microsoft used an event in the USA to announce its first-ever laptop, which appears to have been well-received by market watchers. We have covered the whole event in more detail for our paying subscribers, …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Wearables| Windows

Microsoft HoloLens 10 2015

Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York

by Norbert Hildebrand

During a hardware release event in New York, Microsoft showed off a multitude of new devices in what seems to be a complete reset of the Microsoft device line. In the first 10 weeks …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 40| Wearables

Sky Devices Produces Phablet for the Masses

by Tom Allen

Sky Devices, a US-based mobile phone manufacturer, has revealed a new ‘phabulous’ phablet called the Sky 7.0W – one of its two 7″ devices, with 1024 x 600 resolution. The phablet is a dual-micro-SIM …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 40

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 40

by Tom Allen

AMD has said that it will work with Oculus VR and Dell to drive PCs with the Oculus Ready certification (Oculus Lists VR Challenges). AMD will fit these PCs with its own Radeon GPUs. …

Tags:AMD| Dell| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Oculus VR| PCs| Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Taiwan| toshiba| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Crowdfunding Aims at ‘No Compromise’ PC Phone

by Tom Allen

A Swedish entrepreneur, Jonathon Gustafsson, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a ‘no compromises’ smartphone to the market. The ‘Symetium’ looks like a traditional smartphone. However, it’s real intent is “[to] remove the …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39