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Sony Replaces Mobile Unit CEO

by Raverstead

Sony has appointed Hiroki Totoki as the new president and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications, replacing Kunimasa Suzuki who has been made executive VP of Sony Entertainment. The announcement came as Sony released its …

Qualcomm Supports Higher Mobile Resolutions

by Raverstead

Qualcomm has spoken out in support of UltraHD smartphone screens. By mid- to late-2015, there will be several smartphones on the market using the format, the company believes. In an open document, Qualcomm argues …

Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 49

by Raverstead

The Iconia Talk S is Acer’s first 4G tablet. With support for voice calling and two SIM slots, it is intended to fully replace a smartphone. A quad-core Snapdragon processor runs Android on the …

Sony to Rethink Smartphone Strategy

by Raverstead

In an interview with The Nikkei newspaper (http://tinyurl.com/o5vybsm), Sony CFO Kenichiro Yoshida said that the company plans to rethink its smartphone strategy. While the recent finance results (see elsewhere in this issue) showed poor …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 44

MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 No 48

by Raverstead

The Blackberry Classic smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) is now available for pre-order in the UK. It is listed for £290 ($455). The world’s thinnest tablet – Dell‘s Venue 8 7000 (Display …

Infoquest Introduces Own Phones

by Raverstead

Infoquest is now distributing its own Android phone brand, Bitmore, in Greece.

Ingram Brings Kyocera to LATAM

by Raverstead

Kyocera has taken on Ingram Micro Mobility to distribute its mobile phones in Latin America. The first will be the rugged Duraforce smartphone.

Laibao Looks to Smartphones

by Raverstead

Laibao Hi-Tech, a Chinese firm, currently produces glass-based touch panels. Next year, it has said that it will extend this production to film-based units for smartphones. The company is targeting monthly shipments of 2 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Low-End Smartphone Panels to See Rising Demand

by Raverstead

Asian sources say that panel makers are expecting high demand for smartphone panels with 960 x 540, 800 x 480 and 854 x 480 resolutions next year. Chinese vendors seeking to improve their low-cost …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48

G Flex Mini’ Spotted in Factory Visit

by Raverstead

A journalist from Israeli website YNet recently visited LG’s phone factory in Korea, and appears to have spotted an unannounced model. The reporter wrote that it “seems like the G Flex…only smaller”. LG did …

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MDM Product Roundup Vol 21 Issue 43

by Super User

Various firms have confirmed Android 5.0 (Lollipop) will be arriving on their devices soon. The OS will be available on HTC’s One and One M8; Motorola’s Moto G (2013 and 2014, Moto X (2013 …

Kyocera Proteus: a “Wearable and Collapsible Smartphone”

by Helen Vince

Smartphones – It is easy to become fascinated by some of the high tech product concepts seen at exhibitions. The best of these are a blend of highly creative industrial design and technology that …