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Ingram Micro Adds Kazam

by Super User

Ingram Micro Mobility has added Kazam smartphones to its portfolio. The company is now distributing the devices in Italy and Poland.

Tags:Europe| Ingram Micro| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Will.i.am Makes Good on Smartwatch Promise

by Super User

Will.i.am told the world that he was going to release a smartwatch earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 15), and here is the finished result. The singer calls his new product, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

HTC’s Butterfly Successor is Waterproof

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HTC has unveiled the successor to its Butterfly flagship smartphone (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 43) in Tokyo. The Butteryfly 2 features the same 5″ (1920 x 1080) display and a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Samsung Shares Power

by Super User

No charger? No problem. Samsung’s newest accessory is called the Power Sharing Cable, and its usage is pretty self-explanatory. Able to tether most smart devices or digital cameras together, the micro-USB to micro-USB cable …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Xiaomi Signs Agora in Czech Republic

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Xiaomi has chosen Agora in the Czech republic as a new distributor for its smartphones.

Tags:Czech Republic| Distributors| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21| Xiaomi

Sapphire Spreads Across Asia

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Engadget claims that Huawei will release a version of the Ascend P7 smartphone with a sapphire screen. ‘A Huawei rep’ said that the phone would be available in limited quantities in China, beginning in …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

Sony Looked at Flexible Displays for Its Smartphone Line

by Super User

When we talk about smartphone leadership, Sony is not the first name that comes to mind. In a recent interview of Thomas Waldner, Senior Design Manager at Sony Mobile Communications by Trusted Reviews, the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

‘FingerShadow’ Saves OLED Power

by Super User

A paper published by Microsoft Research (http://tinyurl.com/nqvq736) has shown a new way to conserve power on mobile devices. Recognising that the screen is the most power-hungry component in a smartphone, Microsoft researchers have developed …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Other| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Smartphones Reach New High as Xiaomi Joins Top Vendors

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Global smartphone shipments remained above 300 million units in Q3’14, having reached that point in Q2. According to IDC, new releases and an increased emphasis on emerging markets were key. In total, vendors shipped …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Microsoft Competes With Chromecast

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Windows Phone Daily has uncovered an FCC filing detailing a Chromecast-like dongle for Windows Phone smartphones. The ‘Microsoft HD-10’ possesses WiFi, HDMI and USB connectivity. It also supports Miracast (used for Windows Phone 8.1’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21| Windows

Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design

by Super User

The Blackberry Passport is perhaps Blackberry’s least conventional device of recent years. With a 4.5″ square display (1440 x 1440, 453ppi) and physical keyboard, the Passport is a long way from the iPhone 6. …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21