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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 …

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$70 Million Pay-Out Settles Lenovo Lawsuit

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A class-action lawsuit, which has been ongoing in the USA for more than a year, is now being settled by Lenovo. The suit said that the company’s Ideapad U310 and U410 ultrabooks had an …

LG First to Bring UltraHD OLED to Market

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LG’s UltraHD OLED TVs, first seen at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), are now available for pre-order in South Korea. The 65″ 65EC9700 and 77″ 77EG9700 use the company’s WRGB pixel …

NLT’s Modules Are HMIs for Machinery

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MSC Technologies is now stocking four new LCD modules from NLT Technologies in Europe. The NL8048AC19-14F (7″), NL8048AC19-13 (7″), NL8048AC21-01F (8″) and NL12880BC20-07F (12.1″) are robust units designed for outdoor use and machinery HMIs. …

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Eyevis Renews European Roadshow

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Eyevis is running its international roadshow again this year. Between 7th October and 6th November, the company will visit six cities in Spain, France and the UK, showing off its own product. These include …

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PCA France Signs Lenovo

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PCA France has been named as official distributor for a selection of notebooks from Lenovo.

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Kobo Fends Off Dust and Water in Aura H2O

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The ‘world’s first’ waterproof eReader has been introduced by Kobo. The Aura H2O uses a 6.8″ Carta E Ink screen (an upgrade from the Aura HD’s (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 16) Pearl technology) …

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Apple to Replace Sub-Par iPhone Batteries

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A number of iPhone 5 smartphones have been found to have underperforming batteries. These units, sold between September 2012 and January 2013, have a shorter battery life than intended. Customers in Europe, the USA …

Looping, Streaming and Playout Promoted at IBC

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The SceneGate 8073 is an entry-level OTT and IPTV set-top box (STB) from Albis (hall 14, stand C04 and C15). The 85 x 85 x 35mm box supports 1920 x 1080 content and functions …

Samsung Keeps Professional Monitor Supply Tight

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We saw Samsung’s UD970 LCD monitor at CES, and again at InfoComm (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 3 & 25). Now, the company has released the 31.5″ UltraHD model to the European market. Designed …

Spend Less Time on the Phone and More With Children

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Reg Bailey, chief executive of UK charity Mother’s Union, has said that British parents are some of the most likely in Europe to neglect their children. Bailey cited a Unicef study, examining the behaviour …

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Samsung Trials New Retail Concept

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Last week Samsung brought a new retail concept to the UK which it has been trialling in the US. Called CenterStage, the idea was developed by Samsung and Cheil Worldwide

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