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Samsung Showcases Collaborative Classroom Technology at TCEA 2015

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is highlighting its fully integrated one-to-one learning package – Samsung School – at TCEA 2015 this week, as well as its full suite of education products and solutions including Galaxy tablets and smartphones, …

Spark II Revisits the Selfie Cam

by Tom Allen

Infosonics’ ‘Verykool’ S5015 smartphone focuses on the art of the selfie. The phone, also known as the Spark II, features an 8MP rear camera with dual flash and 5mp front camera, with auto focus and …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Samsung To Show Off Curves in Barcelona

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced what is widely expected to be the launch date of the next Galaxy smartphone: the 1st March, just before MWC, in Barcelona. The invitation sent to the Display Monitor team indicates …

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Processor Powers Premium Tier Mobile Experiences of 2015

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), has a growing customer design pipeline in excess of 60 premium tier mobile devices based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor. New devices based on …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Processors| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Xiaomi

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 6

by Tom Allen

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia and supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, …

LG Leak Suggests 3k Resolution

by Tom Allen

A leaked user agent profile, sent to LG community website Mylgphones.com, shows a high resolution for the device: 2880 x 1620. The phone in the profile used the code LG-VS999, which has been taken …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Resolution| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Tango Leaves Google Labs

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Tango, the 3D-sensing smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), has been moved from the conceptual ATAP labs and into the main body of Google. What the move means isn’t clear, but …

Huawei to Reveal New Phone in London

by Tom Allen

Jerry Huang, director of communications at Huawei, has revealed that the company will not launch a new phone at MWC, instead focusing on wearables. The next addition to the company’s premium P-Series (likely to …

NTT Trials Smartphone-Signage Links

by Tom Allen

NTT Communications is testing information sharing between smartphones and digital signage, using communication technology based on the Websocket and WebRTC protocols. Users will be able to download sightseeing- and disaster-related information from signage installed in …

Samsung Will Ditch Plastic Body

by Tom Allen

In its recent financial report (Samsung Profit Fell for First Time in 3 Years), Samsung said that it is to adopt a new mobile device strategy, following a year of ‘weak earnings’. The company will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Asustek Sees Tough Year Ahead

by Helen Vince

Asustek said it managed to achieve revenue growth in 2014 and is optimistic about its performance this year, despite tough competition in mobile devices. The company shipped 20.1 million notebooks in 2014, a 6.9% …

Apple Enjoys Best Quarter of Best Smartphone Year in Q4

by Tom Allen

Apple closed the gap with Samsung in the worldwide smartphone market in Q4’14, while the products themselves set a new record for both the quarter and the year, according to IDC’s preliminary data. Vendors shipped …