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Kyocera Chooses Also in Germany

by Helen Vince

Kyocera has chosen Also in Germany to distribute its Torque rugged smartphones.

Sony to Cut Manager Roles, Sells Olympus Shares

by Helen Vince

Sony says it will reduce the number of management-level employees across all of its businesses to 20% from a current level of 40%, as part of a major overhaul of its personnel and pay …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 15

LGD in Talks to Buy OLED Affiliate

by Helen Vince

LG Display (LGD) is reported to be in talks with its affiliate, Global OLED Technology (GOT), in the US to acquire a 100% stake in the business. The move would enable LGD to strengthen …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Samsung Sponsors Home Country’s Olympic Games

by Tom Allen

Samsung will sponsor the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The company has signed a corporate sponsorship deal worth KRW100 billion ($91.4 million).

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 15

by Tom Allen

Alcatel‘s Onetouch Watch (TCL Transitions From Manufacture to Entertainment) is now on sale. The Watch has a circular face with a rectangular 1.22″ display (240 x 204 resolution). It can be pre-ordered now, for …

2014 EMEA Thin Client Results Will be Hard to Match

by Tom Allen

Thin clients in EMEA had a ‘brisk’ 2014 with 7.9% YoY growth (1.97 million units shipped) – but the market is now settling down. By the end of 2015, IDC expects the EMEA thin …

TV Panels Drive Large-Sized Shipments in 2014

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s MIC reports that, due to a 5% rise in LCD TV shipments last year, LCD TV panels were the main application for large-sized panel shipments in 2014. Shipment value of LCD TV panels …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| LCD TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 15| Worldwide

Panel Non-Adjustments to Cause Notebook Oversupply – MIC

by Tom Allen

There are no plans to lower notebook panel shipments this year, says Taiwan’s MIC. Concerns have thus been raised over excess supply and price competition. A YoY comparison puts the panel/notebook unit shipment declines …

Mexico Gives Away Almost 3 Million Digital TVs

by Tom Allen

Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has distributed around 2.8 million digital TVs to poor families in the country, as the nation prepares to switch off analogue signals. A total of 13 million TVs and STB …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Leia Shows Off new Holographic Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year we reported on a new type of display presented by David Fattal. The display uses a diffracting light guide to create 3D images floating in space. This report from my colleague Matt …

Tags:3D display| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15

FlexEnable Looking at New OLED & LCD Applications

by Bob Raikes

This week, I made a visit to FlexEnable, the company that is the ip and technology part of the Plastic Logic company that split between the factory in Dresden (which continues as Plastic Logic …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 15

LG Launches 5.5″ QHD Mobile Display with expanded Color Gamut

by Norbert Hildebrand

LG has launched a new mobile display panel that offers an enhanced color gamut and QHD (2,560 x 1,440) resolution. This translates into a pixel density of 538 ppi. The new panel also includes …

Tags:LCD displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 15