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German Market Remains Steady in 2014

by Tom Allen

The positive trend in consumer electronics (CE) sales in Germany continued through 2014. Compared to 2013, sales were up 2.1%, and stable growth is predicted for 2015. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published …

Dell Readies 2015 Education Lineup

by Tom Allen

Dell’s new additions to its education portfolio include a laptop, tablets and a Chromebook. All four products (Chromebook 11; Venue 10 and 10 Pro tablets; and Latitude 11 Education Series laptop) are ‘playground-proof’, with …

Snapdragon Rival Coming to LG

by Tom Allen

Phone Arena claims that LG is to back away from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip in favour of its own device. The chip will be a quad-core ARM unit, with four Cortex-A72 cores and four …

Vaio Narrows Light Angle to Save Power

by Tom Allen

Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z …

Xiaomi Readies US Launch – Minus Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi is preparing to launch its products outside Asia – but that doesn’t include mobiles. Hugo Barra, VP of international at the company (and formerly head of product management at Google’s Android unit), said …

Dell Introduces Its Most Comprehensive and Reliable Education Solutions Portfolio Ever

by Helen Vince

Dell has announced a range of new additions to its state-of-the-art portfolio of education solutions to enhance the learning experiences of students around the world: the Dell Chromebook 11; Venue 10 and Venue 10 …

Tags:Dell| Education| Notebooks| Projectors| tablets

TVs and Tablets to Dominate OLED Share

by Tom Allen

OLED panel revenue fell 4% YoY in 2014, says Korea’s UBI Research, due to low sales of the Galaxy S5. Additionally, many TV manufacturers -including Samsung – are now looking at quantum dot LCD …

Shield Successor Set for March Debut

by Tom Allen

Fudzilla claims that Nvidia will release a successor to the Shield tablet this year, powered by its new X1 processor (which follows 2013’s K1). Expected to be announced in March, the tablet will have …

HTC Bases New Tablet on Nexus 9

by Tom Allen

Upleaks claims that HTC is working on a new tablet based on its Nexus 9 (Google’s New Nexus Devices Feature Android L – for Lollipop). It will have similar dimensions (so is likely to …

Tags:Google| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 08

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 8

by Tom Allen

The Zenbook 305, revealed by Asus at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), will be available soon. The 13.3″ unit, which has a Core-M processor and 1920 x 1080 resolution, will cost …

Mobile Devices May Interfere with Children’s Development

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the introduction of mobile devices, their use has been spreading from adults to the younger generation. In the US and many other countries this development has on the one hand created an increase …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 06

ARM Reaches 120fps UltraHD on Mobile

by Tom Allen

ARM has IP for a new processor called the Cortex-A72, for mobile SoC, which can support UltraHD at 120fps. 10 vendors, including HiSilicon, MediaTek and Rockchip, have already licensed the processor. The Cortex-A72 is based …