Vol 22 – Issue 05 – Page 12

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 5

by Tom Allen

Amazon held a one-day sale of the Fire Phone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) in the UK last week, cutting the price of the 32GB model to £85 ($130) and the 64GB to £125 …

HTC’s ‘Smartwatch’ is Actually a Fitness Tracker

by Tom Allen

Sources have told Forbes that the rumoured HTC smartwatch (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) is, in fact, a fitness band. It has been linked to the company’s recent partnership with Under Armour (Rumors …

SkoolLive Expands Kiosks to South Arizona

by Tom Allen

SkoolLive works with about 2,000 schools across the USATwo school districts in south Arizona will roll out advertising kiosks from SkoolLive to select schools over the coming year. During a trial period, Vail district …

LG Signs Tech Data for Hotel TVs

by Helen Vince

In the UK, Tech Data has been selected to distribute LG’s full range of TVs for hotels.

NEC Tours Across DACH

by Tom Allen

NEC Display Solutions will take a roadshow through the DACH region in March and April. The ‘A World of Visual Experience’ show will begin in Zurich on 4th and 5th March, before moving to …

iBoardTouch Directs Itself at Education

by Vanessa Browning

iBoardTouch was a new name to us at BETT 2015. The company is mainly interested in large LCD touch displays which are made in China and now are being sold through its own sales …

Qualcomm Leak Shows 810 Successor

by Tom Allen

A Twitter-based source, Leakfly, has shared preliminary specifications for Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 and 600 family processors. The roadmap document shows that the 820 uses 64-bit ‘TS2’ cores, which are based on a Samsung …

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Toray Phosphor Sheet Raises LED Brightness

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claims that Toray Industries has developed a phosphor sheet that can raise WLED brightness by 10%, without an increase in input power. The sheet is intended for use with WLEDs formed …

Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design

by Tom Allen

Acer showed off several new products – possibly the largest portfolio of new devices of any company that we met with at BETT. Two Chromebooks – the C740 and C910 – were introduced. Following …

Lenovo Chooses Broadwell for Education Upgrades

by Tom Allen

An update to Lenovo’s Thinkpad 11e Chromebook series was announced at BETT. The device is available as a notebook or a convertible, with stand, laptop, tent and tablet modes. Optionally, the Thinkpad supports the …

Dolby Laboratories Result 29/01/2015

by Helen Vince

Dolby Laboratories Inc. recorded a Q1 net profit of $41.4 million on turnover of $234.2 million, which compares with a net profit in the first quarter of last year of $44.5 million on turnover …

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Panel Mix Shifts at Sharp

by Tom Allen

Sharp has cut LCD panel production for smartphones and tablets, due to weak sales to Chinese makers, sources have told The Japan Times. The output of IGZO panels at the company’s Kameyama No. 2 …

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