Vol 21 – Issue 46 – Page 4

Panasonic Expands Battery Recall

by Raverstead

Panasonic has expanded the recall of Toughbook H2 battery packs in the USA, which it began earlier this year. The recall now covers battery packs manufactured between June 2011 and September 2012 (previously May …

Colegrove Updates on Touch

by Raverstead

Jennifer Colegrove is from Touch Display Research and talked about touch and touchless input. She started by talking about “what’s hot” in the market, including non-touch areas. Colegrove said that she was one of …

Component Leak Shows Xperia Z4 Size

by Raverstead

The Xperia Z4 is widely expected to be Sony’s next smartphone, and now a website called Future Supplier claims to have seen the touch digitiser for the device. A 5.5″ display with 2560 x …

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LG…And OLED-A is Optimistic About Flexible Production

by Raverstead

The OLED Association (OLED-A) has predicted a 700% rise in flexible OLED capacity between 2014 and 2018. The Association predicts that the combined capacity of Samsung Display and LG Display will rise from 800,000m² …

Toshiba Provides Choice for Signage Customers

by Raverstead

Having introduced a 24/7 signage range (TD-Z) at ISE this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7), Toshiba showed a 16/7 range (TD-E) at Technology Exposed in September (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). …

EC Looks to Limit Display Power Draw

by Raverstead

The European Commission has published a working paper proposing new energy standards for large-screen TVs and monitors, which would cap their energy use. TVs in Europe are currently ranked according to the internal efficiency …

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Ingenic SoC Supports Two Screen Technologies

by Raverstead

China’s Ingenic has developed an asymmetric, dual-core MIPS-based chip for 301, as well as a 15 x 13mm development kit. The Newton2 dev kit includes the new processor (M200), eMCP memory, power management controller, …

Werner Asks If We Really Need UltraHD?

by Raverstead

Ken Werner of Nutmeg Consultants has been involved with Latin Display for some years, but a last minute problem with his visa meant that he couldn’t attend, so our own Bob Raikes presented his …

E Ink Result 19/11/2014

by Raverstead

E Ink Holdings reported a third quarter net profit of NT$100 million ($3.2 million) on turnover of NT$4 billion ($129.4 million), which compares with a net profit of NT$510 million ($16.5 million) on turnover …

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Macroeconomics in Russia & Germany

by Raverstead

I’ve spent the last two days in Munich and I’m writing this 343 on the late Easyjet flight home. I was thinking over the last couple of days of attendance at the Fujitsu Forum …

Wearable Sensor Meets Fabric Displays

by Raverstead

Most analysts would agree, the age of wearables is upon us and many are looking to fancy new flexible LCD and OLED displays to drive adoption into the mainstream. But BeBop Sensors (Berkeley, CA) …

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Fire TV Arrives In Time For Christmas

by Raverstead

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43) has been launched in the USA. It costs $40.

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