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Smartwatch Adoption Will Accelerate – But No Killer App in Sight

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More than 100 million smartwatches will be in use worldwide by 2019, says Juniper Research. In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/qceaqhh), the firm predicts that the next 12-18 months will bring the product category into …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21| Wearable Market| Worldwide

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

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IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21| Worldwide

Exceptional 3D Available Worldwide

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Exceptional 3D says that its no-glasses 3D digital signage displays are now available in almost every country or region worldwide, through newly established distribution centres.

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21| Worldwide

Chinese Vendors Drive White-Box Growth

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Gartner predicts that white-box mobile devices will grow strongly this year: smartphones rising 50% YoY and tablets 15.6%. White-box products are typically aimed at the lower-end of the market, and Gartner expects both established …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Panel Shipments to Rise in Coming Years

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Reports from Asia, quoting ‘market observers’, claim that TV panel shipments will rise 2.7% YoY this year, to 217 million units, and 3.5% next year. The market will be bolstered by recovering growth in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| large displays| TV Production| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21| Worldwide

Low-Cost Vendors to Challenge Tier Ones

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Juniper Research has said that smartphone shipments will reach 1.2 billion this year: a 19% YoY rise from 2013’s 985 million. Emerging markets, with high uptake of low-cost models, will drive growth. Products from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Connected Sets Approach 1 Billion in 2020

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Digital TV Research predicts that almost 1 billion TV sets (965 million) worldwide will be connected to the internet by 2020; up from 339 million expected at the end of this year. The figure …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Q2 Marks End to Workstations’ Sideways Movement

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Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has referred to the workstation market’s Q2’14 as a ‘breakout quarter’ (while admitting that characterising a mature market as ‘breakout’ “verges upon [an] oxymoron”). Q2 saw record levels of unit …

Tags:Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

Taiwan Doubles Global Semiconductor Growth in 2015

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The global semiconductor market will be valued at $336.3 billion next year, a 3.1% YoY rise, says Taiwan’s MIC. Primarily this is due to the Apple Watch and new Internet of Things products. Taiwan’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

UltraHD TV Panels Exceed 470% Growth

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Worldwide UltraHD panel shipments will exceed 17.2 million units this year – a 473.4% increase on 2013. Data from Taiwan’s MIC shows that these units underwent a 178.8% QoQ increase in Q2, almost reaching …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Worldwide

LG Takes Deluxe Content

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UltraHD content will be delivered to LG’s new and current TVs by Deluxe Digital Distributions. The company, with operations in the USA, Europe and Asia, will handle content preparation and packing of native and …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Worldwide

Commercial Demand Bumps Desktops to Positive Growth

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Global PC shipments will reach 299 million units this year, down 0.1% from 2013, according to Taiwan’s MIC. Shipments have been bolstered by replacement demand for Windows XP units. The majority of desktop PC …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Worldwide