Vol 22 – Issue 43 – Page 4

Tech Data Distributes Aiptek

by Tom Allen

Tech Data is now distributing Aiptek’s pico projectors and dashcams in Germany.

Samsung Adopts Corning

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has chosen to use Corning Lotus NXT Glass as a backplane substrate for its LTPS OLED panels. These panels are used in the Galaxy Note 5.

Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV has produced new products in the largest and smallest ends of the consumer display market. The uMax Super TV was unveiled at an event in Beijing, and is a 120″ LCD TV, …

AUO has said that it will further decrease factory utilisation rate, to brace for falling demand this quarter, according to the Taipei Times. CEO Paul Peng told investors, after the announcement of AUO’s Q3 …

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Hisense Will Sell 8k TVs in 2015

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, Hisense has said that it plans to release an 8k TV this year. Hisense’s deputy general manager Cao Jianwei clearly states Hisense’s plan is to launch an …

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Apple Agrees Supply Deal With Samsung

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea claims that Samsung Display has been taken on by Apple as a supplier of OLED displays for the Apple Watch – and may also use panels in other products, such …

Stealing Expressions

by Tom Allen

Computer scientists in Germany and California have developed a way to capture and map facial expressions from one user to another. When one person frowns, for instance, that expression is transferred to a live …

Wearables Use Case Still Unclear

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has found that the value proposition for wearables is still unclear – even among ‘tech savvy’ buyers. This lack of a convincing use case is a major obstacle to adoption. The firm …

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Surface Pro 4 Scores Highly With DisplayMate

by Tom Allen

DisplayMate has released another display shoot out – this time dealing with Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 tablet (http://tinyurl.com/qdfprt2). The company writes that ‘the Surface Pro 4 has one of the very best and most …

AU Optronics Result 27/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

AU Optronics reported Q3 2015 net profit of NT$ 3.38 billion ($104.3 million). Turnover declined 3.3% QoQ to NT$89.30 billion. The decline in turnover was on account of lower panel prices, which outweighed the …

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New TFT Has Electron Mobility Above 100 cm²/vs

by Tom Allen

Researchers at Korea University (KU) and the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) have developed a new type of thin film transistor (TFT), which is much faster than its predecessors. The development has been …

Nook Makes eReader Waterproof

by Tom Allen

Rather than simply re-releasing a Samsung tablet as a faux eReader, Barnes & Noble has launched its first real Kindle competitor this year. The Nook Glowlight Plus is a revamped version of the Nook …

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