Mobile Display Monitor – Page 959

Air 2 Rumours Begin to Break

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Taiwan’s Commercial Times claims that the iPad Air 2 will be launched in October. A second-generation iPad Mini with Retina Display may also arrive in early 2015, followed by the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad Pro …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

GTDC Recognises Samsung’s Top Growth – Again

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The Global Technology Distribution Council has presented Samsung with its Gold ‘Rising Star’ award. Samsung is now recognised as the fastest-growing hardware company in the USA, in the $500 million (and higher) revenue category. …

HP Pursues Chromebook Philosophy for Windows

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A new notebook has joined HP’s Stream 14 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33), with a similar thin and light design and minimal local storage. Available in two sizes (11.6″ and 13.3″), the HP …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

LG to Use In-House Processor

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A 5.9″ smartphone, using an application processor developed in-house, will be announced by LG before the end of the year. The claim comes from a Korean-language article in Money Today.

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Vivo IV Recognised as World’s Thinnest Phone…

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The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

New York Requests Beacon Removal

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US-based advertising company Titan has been asked to remove Bluetooth beacons it placed in phone booths around New York City. The Mayor’s office requested that Titan remove the beacons – despite their installation being …

Vaio Pursues Panasonic in Domestic Market

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Vaio, Sony’s ex-PC unit (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has shown a tablet PC concept that appears to target the same audience as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. Despite the similarity, though, Vaio says that …

Smaller iPhone Outsells Larger Cousin

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Statistics from mobile analytics firm Mixpanel show that around 20% of iPhone 6 handsets sold are iPhone 6 Plus models. In total terms, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 represents just over 6% of all iPhones …

4G Arrives on Asus’ Padfone Series

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The PF451CL is a 4.5″ addition to Asus’ Padfone line-up – a range of smartphones that can dock into a larger chassis to power a tablet. In the case of the PF451CL (aka Padfone …

TCO Phases Out Old Criteria

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As TCO Development updates its TCO Certified criteria, older versions are phased out. Several documents will be retired in 2014: * TCO ’03 Displays FPD (1st December) * TCO ’06 Media Displays (30th November) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Osram Takes on Nanoco QDs for LEDs

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Nanoco has signed a 12-month agreement with Osram, to supply quantum dots (QDs) for LED lighting. LED lights are generally less ‘warm’ than incandescent bulbs, but are very long-lasting. QDs are a way to …

960 x 540 is New Nokia Resolution

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A dual-SIM Windows Phone smartphone from Nokia has passed through the USA’s FCC. The ‘RM-1090’ (or possibly RM-1091) is roughly the size of the Lumia 830, with a 5″ display and 960 x 540 …