Vol 23 – Issue 07 – Page 2

VR is Child’s Play

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I went to the 2016 North American International Toy Fair on February 15th & 16th to see the latest in toy technology, especially how it relates to displays. Normally I only go to the …

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Samsung mobile, famous for its AMOLED displays has targeted high brightness and daylight readability in their newest Galaxy S7 flagship offerings. The S7 and Edge achieved an almost 25% brightness increase over last year’s …

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Wearable Growth in Triple Digits

by Tom Allen

The worldwide wearable market jumped forward in Q4’15, says IDC, due to the rising popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. 27.4 million units were shipped in Q4, 126.9% higher than Q4’14. For …

Restructuring Halts Toshiba Product Launch

by Tom Allen

Wearvue grew out of the Toshiba Glass concept, first seen in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41)An augmented reality product from Toshiba, called the Wearvue TG-01, has been scrapped – just one week …

Will Flagship Samsung S7 Sell?

by Steve Sechrist

In its yearly update, Samsung showed its flagship smartphone duo at the Mobile World Congress on Sunday including the Galaxy S7 and Edge (curved display) models. But beyond the extended hype, some say the …

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Users to Blame for 75% of Device ‘Failures’

by Tom Allen

No trouble is found with almost 75% of mobile devices returned to mobile network operators and manufacturers in Europe and North America, according to Blancco Technology Group – a provider of mobile device diagnostic …

Zenfone Shipments Lowered

by Isaac Oburu

Asus has adjusted the set target for worldwide shipments of its Zenfone-series smartphones from 30 million to 25 million units. Analysts suspect the downward adjustment is due to increasing competition from China-based smartphone vendors …

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Google Pushes Android 6.0 to Shield

by Isaac Oburu

The Nvidia Shield (Nvidia Reaffirms Move to Gaming Products With Streaming Console) is the first device to get version 6.0 (Marshmallow) of Android TV. The software update comes with new features and includes various …

Asustek Challenges Knox

by Tom Allen

Asus has released a video showing off a new series of business tablets called the Zenpad M Series, although information about them is still thin. Built for business, the 7″ and 10″ units are …

Liberty Global Prepares UHD Boxes

by Isaac Oburu

Balan Nair, CTO of Liberty Global, has said that their set-top boxes will be UltraHD-capable beginning next year. However, Liberty Global has said that it has no plans to introduce UltraHD services itself this …

Arris Warns of 10% Cuts

by Tom Allen

Arris has made ‘substantial progress’ in the integration of UK STB company Pace (Arris to Acquire Pace for $2.1 Billion). The company closed the deal in January, following a declaration of full year 2015 …

Technicolor Uncovers Extra Cisco Synergies

by Tom Allen

Technicolor has ‘found’ an additional €30 million in synergies, following its acquisition of Cisco’s Connected Devices (set-top) business last year (Technicolor Acquires Cisco’s CPE Business). Synergies are now expected to exceed €130 million by …