Vol 22 - Issue 29

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Continental Claims OLED Mirrors Are Safer and Fuel-Efficient

by Tom Allen

Continental has demonstrated how cameras and screens can be used to replace a car’s exterior and interior mirrors. Three cameras were installed in a test vehicle in the USA, as well as two 12.3″ …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Interactivity Everywhere – Samsung’s Office of 2025

by Tom Allen

Samsung, in its ‘Smart Futures’ report, claims that companies that fail to adopt new, smart technologies may not be around in 10 years’ time. Samsung’s report was produced in partnership with The Future Laboratory, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Meeting Rooms| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Commodore Revived for 21st Century

by Tom Allen

For those that grew up tapping away on the giant keyboard of a Commodore 64, this news might be a welcome surprise. The brand is being resurrected – as a smartphone. Sharing its name …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Asus Expects Sales to Fall

by Tom Allen

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company expects to ship between 7 million and 9 million tablets this year – down as much as 25.5% from 2014’s 9.4 million. At the end …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Asustek Expects to Break-Even on Tablets

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer said it expects its tablet business to break even this year, after reporting losses for its tablet operations in 2014 and the first half of this year. The company has taken measures …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29

China to Overtake Korean LCD Capacity

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that Chinese makers’ LCD capacity will pass Koreans’ in 2016, due to new and expanded G8 production. Meanwhile, Korean companies are increasingly looking to AMOLED. The sources said that Samsung …

Tags:China| Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Extreme Vis-Sim: Pluto

by Matthew Brennesholtz

As anyone with any connection to the Internet knows (i.e. all DD readers), the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to dwarf planet Pluto at 7:50AM EDT (11:50 Universal Time, as used by …

Tags:IMAX| Simulation| Visualisation| Vol 22 - Issue 29

4k, Wide Screen, Curves – Westinghouse Monitors Are Premium

by Tom Allen

Westinghouse launched two UltraHD desktop monitors, for professional users, at CE Week in New York last month. The 28″ WE28UX8310 and 39.5″ WE40UX8310 can show 12-bit colour and feature a variety of ports. The …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 29

V-Nova’s Perseus Drives Aerospace Telemetry

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has shown off the capability of its Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements), for use in aerospace applications. The codec was used in the flight of Airbus’ all-electric E-Fan technology …

Tags:Back Panel| Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Barcelona Remains Host of MWC

by Tom Allen

The GSMA has signed an agreement with the Barcelona City partners, extending their agreement for five more years. Under the terms, Barcelona will remain the Mobile World Capital and host of the Mobile World …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Russian IT Market Plagued by Uncertainty

by Tom Allen

The value of IT product sales in Russia last year totalled RUB700 billion ($12.3 billion), says PMR Research. In rouble terms, the market fell 1.6% YoY – although in terms of the euro, the …

Tags:it| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Russia| Vol 22 - Issue 29

iPhone Users Upgrade More Often

by Tom Allen

There is a split in the USA over how often to upgrade a smartphone. According to a survey by Gallup, 54% of users in the US say that they will only upgrade when their …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 29