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IFA 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Bang & Olufsen did not show any new TVs at IFA but focused on new audio products. Changhong is selective on a country basis about where it sells TVs under its own brands in …

Samsung Cable Supports DeX on HDMI

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has released a new cable that can be used with the recently announced Note 9 smartphone that can convert the USB-C connector to an HDMI port. The cable can also be used with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| USB| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Huawei Gets Kirin Chip to 7nm Process

by Bob Raikes

Huawei gave a keynote and after an introduction when the IFA exec said that he had visited the Huawei HQ in China and that it is extremely impressive, Richard Yu of Huawei came on. …

Lenovo Continues to Innovate

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo was showing its own brand, Medion and Motorola products on its booth. It has also started to develop smart home products. We started by looking at the X1 Extreme which is a 15.6″ …

Sharp Teases New Flagship Handset with Flexible OLED at IFA 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp brought its latest flagship smartphone handset to the IFA 2018 conference in Berlin this week, ahead of the device’s official launch. Codenamed “Johnny”, the device, currently known by its model number 801SH, features …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 35

Samsung Display Has a Task Force for Foldables

by Bob Raikes

There is more and more noise around the possibility of Samsung making a folding smartphone, although there were reports of some damping down of speculation by Samsung last month, and Samsung Display has set …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Sony Focuses on New Master Series TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At the Sony press conference, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said Sony is focused on three main areas: electronics (to capture, record, watch and listen), entertainment (music, movies, anime, TV and games), and financial …

Sharp Highlights Gen 2 8K Displays and Ecosystem

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp held a press conference at IFA and we attended. Clearly, one of the highlights was the introduction of Generation 2 8K displays. (the first generation barely shipped in Europe, despite a lot of …

Pixelworks Iris Processor Used in ZTE Axon 9 Pro Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Pixelworks, a provider of visual processing solutions, has announced that ZTE’s Axon 9 Pro smartphone incorporates Pixelworks’ third-generation Iris chipset, powering its video streaming and picture quality. The company says that the technology enables …

LG Majors on AI & Shows 8K

by Bob Raikes

LG did not hold a conference, although two executives did give a keynote, focusing on the ThinQ AI technology. After an introduction that hyped up IFA, and covered some of the area that was …

TV Market Flat, but Other Opportunities for Co-Innovation

by Bob Raikes

The second event we went to during the press days was the IFA Global Opening event which took place in the “IFA Next” area. where conferences and discussions are held and where research and …

Anatomy of iPhone Leaks

by Steve Sechrist

It’s that time of year again, and autumn leaves are beginning to turn, as the “winds of September remember…” according to the Gordon Lightfoot verse in the ’75 song hit, The Wreck of the …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34