Vol 22 – Issue 08 – Page 5

Philips to Sell Lumiblade OLED Lighting Unit

by Helen Vince

Philips is reported to have confirmed that it plans to sell its Lumiblade OLED lighting unit and is already in talks with potential buyers. A spokesman for the company said that he believes the …

LG Display Suspected as Sole Apple Watch Supplier

by Tom Allen

JJ Park, an analyst with JP Morgan, claims that LG Display is the sole supplier of the plastic OLED screen used on the Apple Watch. Park believes that as many as 29 million Apple …

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Samsung and LG Still at War Over OLED Secrets

by Helen Vince

Korea’s Suwon District Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted four Samsung Display officials for violation of the unfair competition prevention and trade secret protection act. The CEO of one of LG Display’s subcontractors was also …

Vaio Narrows Light Angle to Save Power

by Tom Allen

Vaio, now an independent company after being spun out of Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 27), has announced its first new products, with a return to the premium ‘Z’ series. The Vaio Z …

Beacons and Bright Screens Trialled in Berlin

by Tom Allen

Deutsche Bahn has launched a pilot project at the Berlin Südkreuz railway station, trialling high-brightness touch screens and beacon technology. Six dual-sided totems, each with 3,000 cd/m² of brightness and 1920 x 1080 resolution, …

LG to Avoid Competition With April Launch

by Tom Allen

An LG source has told Pocket-Lint that the G4 smartphone will not be launched at MWC next month; instead, the company’s next flagship will not make an appearance until April. LG will use the …

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Lenovo Declines to Ramp Production

by Tom Allen

Notebook shipments at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics, a joint venture between Lenovo and Compal, will not be ramped higher in the next fiscal year, say sources in the supply chain. The decision was taken due …

Qualcomm Sets Up Local 4G to Stream UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android …

Small, Lightweight HMD Developed for Golfers

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article in Nikkei Technology, Masa Corp has shown a smartglass device developed specifically for golfers. The article shows a look around design that provides the golfer with specific information related to …

LG will Show Watch Urbane at MWC

by Norbert Hildebrand

LG will announce its newest smartwatch at MWC in March 2015. The Urbane watch is made from full metal and is designed for the “sophisticated and cosmopolitan wearer”. It follows in the footsteps of …

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Virtual Reality a New Frontier for Religions

by Norbert Hildebrand

Talk about virtual reality often focuses on the display aspect and the challenges for the potential user. However, the content driving such devices will be more important than the resolution, brightness or any other …

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Peerless Gets Further into Displays

by Bob Raikes

We’re still adjusting to Peerless as a supplier of displays as well as its (at least to us) traditional business of mounts and stands. There was lots to see at ISE. The Peerless Wireless …