Vol 21 – Issue 45 – Page 6

Blackberry’s New Strategy is Bold Move

by Raverstead

John Chen, CEO of Blackberry, has told Reuters that the company may not launch any devices in 2015. Instead, the focus will be on a select few models and ensuring that they remain successful …

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eMagin Raises OLED Efficiency

by Raverstead

Details of eMagin’s final R&D contract – part of the $6.8 million awarded to the company last month (Display Monitor Vol. 21 No 41) – have been announced. $750,000 will go towards the development …

Markets for ITO Film Replacements

by Raverstead

Touch Gesture Motion 2014 was well populated with presentations on alternatives to indium tin oxide (ITO) transparent conducting films (TCF). The ITO Replacement session kicked off with a market research overview provided by Sweta …

5G Will Offer Speed and Capacity

by Raverstead

Rahim Tafazoli, the head of the UK’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey, has said that capacity, not speed, will define 5G networks. The technology will be user-centric, offering low latency …

Sony Mobile Hires German Sales Manager

by Raverstead

Sony Mobile in Germany has named Jürgen Strätker as sales manager in the region.

Wearable Market to Reach 100M by 2018

by Helen Vince

Market Intelligence – The wearable market is forecast to reach around 108M devices by 2018 with growth following the doubling from just under 20M devices in 2014 to over 40M next year and with …

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LG Display Pushes OLED-TV Panels Forward

by Helen Vince

OLED – LG Display will ramp up its M2 OLED-TV panel line next month, according to a report in South Korea’s ET News quoted in English on November 11 by Amy Fan and Alex …

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CVision 3D Running Kickstarter Campaign for Mobile 3D Displays

by Helen Vince

3D Displays – CVision 3D (Shenzhen, Taipei, and Los Angeles) has launched a kickstarter campaign to raise $20K to further the development of 3D displays for use in smartphones and tablets. As of November …

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Interview With Magnetic 3D CEO Tom Zerega

by Helen Vince

3D – I had the chance to visit Magnetic 3D’s offices in downtown Manhattan and speak to Magnetic’s CEO Tom Zerega. Magnetic 3D is a developer and manufacturer of autostereoscopic displays from 22″ to …

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LG Display Pushes OLED TV Panels Forward

by Raverstead

LG Display will ramp up its M2 OLED TV panel line next month, according to a report in South Korea’s ET News quoted in English on November 11 by Amy Fan and Alex Wolfgram …

New Brands Join TCO

by Raverstead

European brands, MLS Multimedia and Vecom, have joined TCO Certified. MLS is a Greek company, which has certified its E550 notebook to the TCO Certified Notebooks approval level. Russia’s Vecom has certified its EM2331WIV …

Electronica 2014 Roundup

by Raverstead

An Internet-of-Things gateway with Intel’s Quark technology was on show by Aaeon. The AIOT-X1000 was announced at Computex earlier this year. It runs on an SoC with a 32-bit single-core, single-thread Pentium instruction set …