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Acer’s Redesigned Switch 11 Boasts Snap Hinge

by Tom Allen

Acer has slimmed down its Iconia tablet series, with a new model called the Iconia One 7. Available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB variants, the tablet features a micro-SD slot that will accept cards …

Tags:Acer| Convertible PCs| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Toshiba Phone Sensor Supports UltraHD at 30fps

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has announced a 16 megapixel (4624 × 3472) CMOS image sensor, the T4KC3, for mobile devices that can support the full resolution at 30fps. It can also support UltraHD and 4K formats at …

Tags:Imagers| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| toshiba| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Rumours Abound on Microsoft Surface Pro 4

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of reports of work by Microsoft to bring the Surface Pro 4 to the market. The rumours suggest it will have a 12″ display, a 256GB SSD from Samsung, an Intel …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Dell Rugged Tablet Supports Gloves

by Bob Raikes

Dell has added a new Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet, which enhances the firm’s range of rugged products including a 12″ convertible notebook, and 14″ Rugged and “Rugged Extreme” notebooks. The tablet works from -20° …

Tags:Dell| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 30

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Panasonic Updates 20″ 4K Tablet

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has upgraded its 20″ 4K tablet. The FZ-Y1 continues to have the 230 ppi IPS Alpha display but has had an HDMI 2.0 input added, allowing the use of the tablet as a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| tablets| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 30

New Samsung Tab S2 is Very Thin

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab S2 which is available in two sizes (8″ and 9.7″ diagonal). As with the Tab S, the display has an OLED display, but with lower resolution at 2048 …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Asus Expects Sales to Fall

by Tom Allen

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company expects to ship between 7 million and 9 million tablets this year – down as much as 25.5% from 2014’s 9.4 million. At the end …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Asustek Expects to Break-Even on Tablets

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer said it expects its tablet business to break even this year, after reporting losses for its tablet operations in 2014 and the first half of this year. The company has taken measures …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

White-Box Vendors Jump on iPad Hype

by Tom Allen

White-box tablet makers in China are expected to produce large tablets, to take advantage of hype around Apple’s expected 12.9″ iPad Pro. Taiwanese IC suppliers have said that there is likely to be a …

Tags:China| large displays| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Déjà Vu – All Over Again

by Barry Young

I am the CEO of the OLED Association a trade group that promotes the use of OLED technology and as a result, I am biased about OLEDs. Smartphones are the driving force that has …

Tags:OLEDA (OLED Association)| OLEDs| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29