Vol 22 – Issue 08 – Page 3

InfoSonics’ Phablet is Low Cost

by Tom Allen

US-based Infosonics has stepped up a size with a 6″ phablet: the S6001 Cyprus. A mid-range product, the Cyprus features an IPS panel with 1280 x 720 resolution. It also has dual SIM slots, …

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Arrow Electronics to Acquire Data Modul

by Helen Vince

Arrow Electronics, through its wholly-owned subsidiary in Munich, Germany, is initiating an all-cash tender offer to acquire the shares of Data Modul, for a purchase price of €27.50 per share. In conjunction with this …

Panasonic to Sell Osaka AV Site

by Helen Vince

Panasonic has reached agreement with a real estate developer to sell the main site of its audiovisual equipment business in Osaka. The site has been used to develop colour TVs and other Panasonic consumer …

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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 …

Neptune Reverses Watch/Phone Paradigm

by Tom Allen

Start-up Neptune has an interesting take on the smartphone/smartwatch combination, with its new product(s): the Neptune Duo. The Neptune Duo consists of two devices: the Neptune Hub (a smartwatch) and Neptune Pocket (a phone-style …

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IDC: Record Smartphones Cannot Keep European Mobiles From Stagnation

by Tom Allen

Total mobile shipments fell 5.2% YoY in Western Europe throughout 2014 – the second consecutive year that the market has shrunk. Total shipments reached 174.1 million units. Feature phones continued to plummet, with shipments …

Samsung to Use its $56 Billion Cash to Fund Growth

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics’ head of investor relations, Robert Yi, has said that the company plans to use its $56 billion cash to fund growth, which could include mergers and acquisitions. Speaking in an interview with …

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Sony Intends to Head UltraHD IP Alliance

by Tom Allen

Sony plans to form a group called the IP Life Consortium, say Asian sources, to boost IP-based UltraHD video broadcasts. Ten companies, including Cisco and Rohde & Schwarz, will be members.

Orange Achieves Double-Digit TV Rise

by Tom Allen

Orange had almost 7.2 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of Q4 – a 10.4% YoY increase.

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German HD Climbs Rapidly

by Tom Allen

More than 3 million households were subscribed to SES’ HD+ platform in Germany at the end of last year. 1.65 million were paying for the service as of 31st December: a 17% increase compared …

Jupiter Systems Launches 3 new Products at ISE

by Matthew Brennesholtz

At the recent Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, Jupiter Systems (Hayward, CA) highlighted three new product lines in its booth. These included Canvas 3.0, the newest version of its collaborative visualization software, the …

Xara Designer Goes to Pro X10

by Bob Raikes

Xara has released a new version of its all-in-one graphic design package, Designer Pro X10. Since 1994, when Xara first launched its vector graphics design tool, this piece of software has rivalled products from …

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