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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 …

Tags:BlackBerry| Dell| HTC| India| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| toshiba| Vol 21 - Issue 48| Wearables

Infoquest Introduces Own Phones

by Raverstead

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

Tags:Android| Distributors| Greece| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 48

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.

Tags:Distributors| Ingram Micro| Kyocera| LATAM| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

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 …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

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 …

Tags:Ceatec 2014| Flexible Displays| Kyocera| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

by Helen Vince

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started.  Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving.  Some …

Tags:Automotive| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 40

Successful Mobile Ad Design Depends on GDP – Says Todacell

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Mobile Displays – Todacell is an international advertising network with offices in the US, Europe and Israel. The company found that there were some inconsistencies in advertising response which they could not explain -what worked …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Tesco Cancels Hudl Smartphone

by Super User

Tesco’s Hudl tablet was wildly popular last year, but the company has cancelled plans for a 4G smartphone under the same brand. Since the phone, apparently capable of challenging the Galaxy S5, was first …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Tesco| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Vivo IV Recognised as World’s Thinnest Phone…

by Super User

The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely …

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