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O2 Goes to the Roots of Rugby for New Smartphone

by Tom Allen

A prototype smartphone for rugby lovers has been built – using grass from Twickenham Stadium. In an effort to boost its recycling credentials, O2 created the concept unit using tens of thousands of blades …

Atrust Provides OS Choice in Mobile Thin Client

by Tom Allen

Atrust of Taiwan has introduced a new mobile thin client running either Windows Embedded Standard (WE8S) (MT168W) or Linux (MT168L) The thin client is an 11.6″ model (1366 x 768) with a dual-core 1.58GHz …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 13

by Tom Allen

The UK price of Acer‘s Revo One RL85 (Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation) has been shared. The mini PC will be available from the 6th April and will start at £200 ($300), scaling …

Majority of US TVs Now HD

by Tom Allen

81% of US households own at least one HD TV, according to the Leichtman Research Group, and 51% own multiple HD TVs. This is up from 46% and 17% in 2010. UltraHD TV awareness …

Lenovo CEO Leaks New Moto 360

by Tom Allen

Lenovo (Motorola’s new owner) CEO Yang Yuanqing appears to have pre-empted an official announcement of a next-generation Moto 360 smartwatch, by sharing a picture on his Weibo account. Yang alluded to the smartwatch in …

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Weak Demand Causes Panel Price Fall in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Weak demand meant that monitor panel prices continued to fall. Vendors still have inventories, so …

Exterion Media Secures The Hague Advertising Contract

by Tom Allen

A contract to operate street furniture in the Hague area, in the Netherlands, has been won by Exterion Media. Exterion will operate the furniture for the next five years. The contract covers 2,500 advertising …

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Hisense Germany Adds to Sales Team

by Helen Vince

Tino LohseHisense Germany has hired two new regional sales executives. Tino Lohse joins the company from Schmid Electronics GmbH and has also worked for Vestel and Beko. He will be responsible for sales in …

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TCO Opens Display Draft for Comments

by Tom Allen

TCO Development has opened a draft criteria document for stakeholder comment (http://tinyurl.com/pb7gjrd), as part of its review of the TCO Certified criteria (TCO Reviews TCO Certified Criteria). The draft document deals with TCO Certified …

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Barco’s Uniti Becomes Edison Finalist

by Tom Allen

Barco’s Coronis Uniti medical display (Barco Unifies Radiology Workflows) has been named as a 2015 finalist for the 2015 Edison Awards. These awards recognise innovation, creativity and ingenuity.

Will.i.am Works on Smartwatch With Gucci

by Tom Allen

Will.i.am launched a ‘smart cuff’ last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), and has now worked with fashion brand Gucci to develop another. The smartband, like Will.i.am’s Puls, is a standalone product that …

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Samsung Germany Names AV Marketing Head

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics in Germany has appointed Mike Henkelmann as the new head of marketing for AV. Henkelmann has worked for Samsung for more than 10 years and in his new position will be responsible …

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