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DivX & MainConcept Stay Busy

by Super User

DivX and MainConcept have now split again from Rovi and had their own booth. Emphasis at the show was on HEVC support and new codecs and the company was showing live encoding of three …

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Vestel Adds Mobile Phones

by Super User

Slightly surprisingly, Vestel had a lot of digital signage monitors at IFA. Also, slightly surprising at IBC, the news that we got was about the company’s new smartphones that have been developed in-house although …

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Vestel Provides Launch Timings for IFA Products

by Super User

Following our discussion with Vestel at IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), we have now confirmed launch windows for various products that we saw at the show. * The single-wire TV and OLED …

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Systeam Expands Portfolio

by Super User

In Germany, Systeam has added new products to its portfolio from Lenovo and Eiki. The distributor is now offering Lenovo’s PCs and Eiki’s videoprojectors to customers throughout Germany.

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LTPS is in Oversupply

by Super User

There is an oversupply of LTPS LCD panels in the market, say sources in the Asian supply chain. The sources, quoting unnamed analysts, say that it may take two or three years before the …

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Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design

by Super User

The Blackberry Passport is perhaps Blackberry’s least conventional device of recent years. With a 4.5″ square display (1440 x 1440, 453ppi) and physical keyboard, the Passport is a long way from the iPhone 6. …

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Retail Applications Driving the Market

by Super User

The next session was about retail applications. G

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Sony Beats Microsoft in Price – Again

by Super User

Last month, Microsoft dropped the price of the Xbox One in the UK to

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Samsung Matches Curve of the Eye

by Super User

A curved 27″ monitor has been introduced by Samsung. The company says that this makes the S27D590C perfectly suited to entertainment uses such as gaming. Viewing distances to all parts of the screen are …

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Argos Makes Key Appointments

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UK retail chain Argos has made two new appointments as part of its strategy to become a digital retail leader. Ian Dobson joins the company as head of customer and market insight, in which …

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Flexible Phones Next Year, Says Smartkem

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Flexible smartphones will be available by ‘late 2015’, according to UK-based organic semiconductor materials supplier Smartkem. Mike Cowin, head of strategic marketing, told Mobile Today that this year’s fixed-curve models are “just the beginning… …

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LG’s Entry-Level Phone Boasts 4G, Dual-SIM

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LG’s F60 is the company’s newest entry-level offering – with 4G connectivity. Powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm quad-core processor, running Android 4.4, the phone shares many functions with the LG G3. These include Knock …

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