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Asus Predicts Stronger Second Half

by Tom Allen

Asus shipped 4.3 million notebooks in Q2’15, down from 4.8 million in Q1’15 and 4.6 million in Q2’14. Desktop shipments were 500,000 units, down 100,000 from Q1. Asus has said that it is aiming …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Surface Orders to Increase

by Tom Allen

Sources from the upstream supply chain have said that Microsoft’s orders for new Surface 2-in-1 devices will be 50% higher than last year in Q4’15. Order visibility has already reached the end of 2015, …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Aiptek Bundles Projector and Tablet

by Tom Allen

A tablet with an integrated DLP projector, the ProjectorPad P70, has been developed by Aiptek. It is a 7″ tablet, but using the projector the on-screen image can be mirrored and displayed at a …

Tags:Embedded Pico Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Samsung Abandons Remote Redesign

by Tom Allen

Samsung has abandoned its plan to redesign the TV remote (‘Project PX’), according to Variety. The company had wanted to replace the remote with a dedicated tablet, using technology gained following the acquisition of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Samsung| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Google Tangos Over to Europe

by Tom Allen

The developer edition of Google’s Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) will be available in Europe from 26th August. The 7″ tablet uses multiple cameras, as well as IR and motion sensors, …

Tags:Germany| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Bevel Will Enable 3D Photography on Smartphones and Tablets

by Arthur Berman

Matter and Form Inc. (New York, NY) is currently engaged in a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to commercialize the “Bevel.” The Bevel is an attachment for smartphones or tablets that will …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Nvidia Shield Recalled

by Bob Raikes

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the Nvidia Shield 8″ tablet. WASHINGTON, July 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/NVIDIA-Recalls-Tablet-Computers/ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency …

Tags:Batteries| Health and Safety| Nvidia| tablets| warranty

Nvidia Shield Poses Fire Hazard

by Tom Allen

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the 8″ Nvidia Shield tablet. The battery in these products (model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX) has been found to occasionally overheat, posing …

Tags:Batteries| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| tablets| warranty

Windows is Up, Android is Flat, iOS Falls

by Tom Allen

A variety of factors created ideal conditions for Windows tablets in Q2’15, with the OS’s market share ending the period at a record high of 9% worldwide. Strategy Analytics’ new report (http://tinyurl.com/ozyr37h) shows that …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Windows

IDC: Tablets Fall as Vendor Landscape Evolves

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell 7% YoY in Q2’15, says IDC, to 44.7 million units. With little hardware innovation and few new products, QoQ results were also down 3.9%. There is a “profound shift” …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31

7″ Windows Tablet Seen at TENAA

by Tom Allen

China’s certification agency, TENAA, has seen a new Windows tablet called the Ramos Q7. The product has a 7″ display (1280 x 720), a quad-core 1.2GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Windows