Vol 22 – Issue 10 – Page 2

Samsung Display Apparently New Apple Supplier

by Tom Allen

As we have reported in the past (Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED), it is very likely that LG Display is supplying the flexible AMOLED screen to be used on the Apple Watch. New …

Electronic Partner to Distribute Hisense in Germany

by Helen Vince

Electronic Partner in Germany is to become an exclusive distributor of Hisense smartphones and tablets across the country.

Lenovo Names new Head of Channel Business

by Helen Vince

Lenovo’s head of SMB in Germany and Austria, Robert Pasquier, has decided to leave the company and is to be replaced by Bernhard Fauser. Fauser currently serves as director of sales for Lenovo’s Central …

Valve Streams Games Cheaply, Provides Console Release Date

by Tom Allen

Valve has finally provided a date for the release of its Steam Machine consoles. Units will begin to be released from November this year. At the same time the company showed off the Steam …

Gear VR Consumer Version Coming This Year, Says Oculus

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Gear VR (Samsung Brings B2B to Consumer Show) will be launched this year alongside the Galaxy Note 5 – or so implied John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR. Carmack told Game Developers’ Conference …

Semiconductors Rise to New January High

by Tom Allen

Worldwide semiconductor sales in January were the highest they have ever been at the beginning of a year, according to the USA’s Semiconductor Industry Association. Total sales reached $28.5 billion – an 8.7% YoY …

HTC’s February Sales Rise 27% YoY

by Helen Vince

HTC achieved a 27.7% year on year rise in sales in February to NT$9.2 billion ($292.1 million), though this was 25% lower than January’s result. Last month’s total brought sales for the first two …

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DVB-T2 with HEVC Trialled in Czech Republic (Again)

by Tom Allen

Czech broadcast network operator Ceske Radiokomunikace has begun a second test of DVB-T2 with HEVC, following a trial last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28). This test is expected to last until February …

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Samsung Buys Yesco Electronics

by Helen Vince

As we forecast in our CES report (No More Plasma for Samsung, But LED is New Category), Samsung has acquired a US-based LED sign and display manufacturer. Samsung has bought Yesco Electronics for an …

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Eye Tribe Shows Low Cost Eye Tracking at MWC 2015

by Bob Raikes

Danish software developer, The Eye Tribe, was showing its latest low cost eye-tracking software at MWC in a use case of controlling a TV.

Philips Breaks Records With iF Design Wins

by Tom Allen

The iF Design Awards in Germany honour products with outstanding design, and Philips broke records by taking home 52 of them this year. Products were recognised in all five categories: Product, Communication, Packaging, Interior …

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Video Walls Approach Value of $18 Billion

by Tom Allen

The worldwide market for video walls will grow at a 23.44% CAGR between 2014 and 2020, ending the period at a value of almost $18 billion according to a report (http://tinyurl.com/o2cb4p8) published by Markets …