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1. Apple tablet delayed. The rumors continue PR drip

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... the other using a 10.6-inch TFT LCD panel. Leaky sources tell the Taiwanese wire that Foxconn, Quanta and Pegatron will build these machines and the report even reckons that the OLED unit will cost between ...

2. Innolux becomes new LCD giant

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... chairman of massive manufacturer Hon Hai (Foxconn). At stake is the lucrative Chinese market for LCD TVs and monitors - a market keenly coveted by the Korean players in the field, Samsung and LG Display. ...

3. 55 inch B&O TV a snip at $18,700

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... a 55 inch LCD TV priced at a tad under twenty thousand bucks. The flagship BeoVision 7 was previously only available at a parsimonious 40 inches in North America, but now features 'the sophisticated Bang ...

4. Shortage of chips threatens LED supplies

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   Strong demand for LEDs for backlit applications and lighting has created a shortage in the supply chain that will last until the first quarter of 2010.Strong demand for LEDs for backlit applications ...

5. Large area TFT-LCDs continue to grow

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   The September shipments of large area TFT-LCD panels hit 52 million units, an augury of better times ahead.The September shipments of large area TFT-LCD panels hit 52 million units, an augury of better ...

6. AT&T sues display manufacturers over alleged price fixing

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 21 October 2009

   AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers for allegedly fixing the price of mobile LCD screens in the US. AT&T has sued a number of liquid-crystal display manufacturers ...

7. Spring Design introduces Android E-Reader

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   ... Alex’s dual-screen display design allows users to easily read text on a monochrome 6" EPD screen, while simultaneously browsing dynamic hyperlinked multimedia information on a secondary 3.5" color LCD ...

8. Solar cell powers LG e-reader

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Monday, 12 October 2009

   ... power after four or five hours in the sun. The Solar Cell e-Book is based around a 100m solar cell just 0.7mm thick and weighing 20g. It fits the six-inch TFT LCD display panel which the company already ...

9. Sony debuts ultra-thin Vaio X notebook

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 08 October 2009

   ... 11.1-inch LCD display (1366 x 768 resolution) and a 3.5 hour battery that can be upgraded to a 14 hour model. "It's one thing to make a notebook thin but when you consider the fact that the X Series also ...

10. Gateway takes on Apple's iMac

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... MSRPWindows 7 Home OS20-inch HD widescreen Ultrabright LCDResolution: 1600 x 900 resolutionIntel Pentium Dual Core Processor T4300 (2.1GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)Intel GL40 Express ChipsetIntel GMA ...

11. Seven ton zero emission electric truck rolls

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... said Samra. The company has a range of heavy duty electric vehicles that includes Nautilus drayage vehicles. The transmission is a six speed automatic type, while the Mule 150 includes LCD display and ...

12. Pentax camera aimed at first-time DSLR users

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... digital SLR includes a high resolution 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor with sensor-shift Shake Reduction for stabilized image and video capture up to four stops.   A 2.7-inch LCD features Live View ...

13. Slideshow: AMD previews next-gen gaming

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    ... theoretical resolution of 268 megapixels. In contrast, the average 19 inch LCD display typically has an image quality of only slightly more than 1 megapixel.  ...

14. AMD showcases Eyefinity multi-display technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... the average 19 inch LCD display typically has an image quality of only slightly more than 1 megapixel. "Today's revelation of the new experience made possible by PCs powered by AMD technology has been ...

15. Corning says glass shortage not as bad as it thought

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... that production in October. Corning produces substrates used by TFT-LCD companies like LG, Samsung, and a bundle of Taiwanese manufacturers. Prices of panels rose significantly after Corning warned of ...

16. Stanford team develops open source 'Frankencamera'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... with image and general processors and a small LCD screen. The imaging chip is taken from a Nokia N95 cellphone, and the lenses are off-the-shelf Canon lenses, combined with actuators to give the camera ...

17. Analysis: Sony's 3D TV gambit likely to fail

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    Sony has pledged to lead the "commercialization" of 3D by introducing a 3D compatible BRAVIA LCD TV in 2010. Unfortunately, Sony's latest initiative is likely to fail spectacularly. San Francisco (CA) ...

18. New Panasonic compact camera coming next month

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    ... an optical viewfinder. Unlike DSLRs, it can also shoot video in 1280 x 720 HD format and comes with a 3 inch LCD display. At 119mm x 71mm x 36.3mm, the DMC-GF1 features a pop-up flash and also offers ...

19. Sony sells US TV factory to Hon Hai

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    A Sony factory that assembles and ships Bravia LCD TVs to North America has been snapped up by Taiwanese megamanufacturer Hon Hai.A Sony factory that assembles and ships Bravia LCD TVs to North America ...

20. In July, chips bursting out all over

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... showed a serious move upwards, fueled by continuing good sales of the Apple iPhone and the me-too cellphone manufacturers jumping on the bandwagon. Sales of LCD TVs continued on a high spurred by the ...

21. Large TFT LCD growth continues, prices rise

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    Displaysearch released figures for sales of large area TFT LCD panels in July and said shipments of 49.2 million units is a record for the sector.Displaysearch released figures for sales of large area ...

22. Epson coughs to price fixing scam

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... US Justice Department. Epson Imaging Devices pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix prices of LCD panels sold to Motorola for use in its Razr phones between fall 2005 and summer 2006. A one-count felony ...

23. Color e-book reader market set to boom

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... the majority of revenues with practically all devices in the market using E Ink's electrophoretic display technology. Some use cholesteric LCD technology but other electrophoretic display supplies like ...

24. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google others sued over patent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... Cellphones sold by some of the defendants use the patent to transfer data from the camera sensor to the LCD screen, it's alleged. Chipsets for computers also infringe this patent, it's alleged.The patent ...

25. Sony adds speakers to new Walkman range

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... LCD screen with playback at up to 30 frames per second. It features the company's Clear Audio and Digital Linear Phase Speaker System technologies. The battery gives up to 42 hours of music playback ...

26. European monitor market shrinks again

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    ... of last year. The preliminary data also indicates that the 19" LCD format remains the best-selling size with over 30 percent of the market, down from 36 percent in the previous quarter. 22" LCDs were ...

27. PC industry staggering back - reports

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... of HP notebook in 2010 and also has firm orders from Apple, Sony and Lenovo. Wistron will benefit from Acer outsourcing 10 million, while it will also produce a million notebooks for Toshiba. On the LCD ...

28. Samsung touts DualView cameras for narcissistic social networkers

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 13 August 2009

    ... and TL220] cameras feature dual LCDs with one on the front of the camera and another one on the back." Indeed, both the TL225 and TL220 feature a smart gesture user interface (UI) with a built-in gravity ...

29. Glass shortage steadies prices on LCD screens

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    The earthquake that broke Cornings substrate plant in Japan earlier this week is, as expected, a boon for TFT LCD manufacturers who faced a glass glut otherwise.The earthquake that broke Cornings substrate ...

30. Japanese earthquake stops supply of glass to LCD makers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    Glass firm Corning said that the 6.5 earthquake that hit Tokyo yesterday has caused it to adjust its expectations for the quarter because LCD manufacturing will stop for some time.Glass firm Corning ...

31. Chip sales continue June collywobbles

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 02 August 2009

    ... flat, and LCD TV chips weakened said Diesen. He is predicting a 15 percent fall in total semiconductor dollar sales in 2009. One of the problems with semiconductor sales during the last two or three months ...

32. Sony bleeds money despite big cuts

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... against any optimism in the near future - he said the outlook wasn't at all brilliant. Its LCD business is doing reasonably well. Sony is undergoing a massive restructuring, with 16,000 jobs on the line. ...

33. Consumer electronics spending expected to drop by 7.7% in 2009

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 19 July 2009

    ... accounting for 15% of overall industry sales. Unit numbers are projected to be up 8% in 2009, while LCDs will see a 24% increase in unit numbers, the CEA said. However, lower price points and an apparent ...

34. Shortages continue on hectares of LCD glass

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    Supplies of glass substrate for use in the TFT LCD manufacturing market continue to be tight and the situation won't ease until the fourth quarter of this year.Supplies of glass substrate for use in ...

35. Supply problems hit panel manufacturers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

    Global panel shipment levels are likely to crawl a little higher this year, thanks to high demand for LCD television panels. But Taiwan's large-area TFT-LCD manufacturers are struggling. Taipei, Taiwan ...

36. LCD companies accused of cartel collusion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    Philips and LG Display have been accused of colluding together to keep the price of LCD panels high.Philips and LG Display have been accused of colluding together to keep the price of LCD panels high. ...

37. TI changes ad strategy after Better Business Bureau investigation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... projectors features such a system, they are impenetrable to dust, which results in certain performance and cost of ownership advantages over 3LCD-based projectors. The challenger noted that these claims ...

38. Sharp intros LED TVs

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    Sharp today announced what it claims to be the lowest power consumption LCD TVs available on the market today. The new Aquos TVs come in four sizes and integrate a new panel that promises “extremely ...

39. Verizon readies Blackberry Tour

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... an HVGA+ 2.4" color TFT LCD screen with res of 480x360 pixels. It also supports Bluetooth, has an integrated speaker and microphone, a media player which supports MPEG4, and audio formats MP3, AAC, AAC+, ...

40. Vizio doesn't make any of its LCD TVs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 July 2009

      More and more brand names are shifting to external manufacturers to make their LCD TVs for them. More and more brand names are shifting to external manufacturers to make their LCD TVs for them. ...

41. Dell screws up pricing again

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 06 July 2009

    Just a few days after Dell advertised two LCD monitors at a tenth of their normal price, the company has done it again, this time with the Latitude E4300 notebook.Taipei, Taiwan - Just a few days after ...

42. Sony, Panasonic get into 3D content

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 06 July 2009

    ... will make 3D movies in a research institute it has in Hollywood. Japanese firm Victor has already created a 46-inch LCD screen to display 3D images but its sales targets are modest because according to ...

43. Chip sales rose in May

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 July 2009

    ... Securities Research, said that memory and LCD chips improved, compared to April. He predicts a 15 percent drop in world semiconductor dollar sales this year. PC processor chips were flat - while volumes ...

44. Dell tries to avoid paying up in LCD snafu

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 July 2009

    ... customers were expecting. Dell advertised two LCD monitors at about a tenth or their normal price, at just NT$1,000 - about US$30. According to the Taipei Times, in the six hours before Dell corrected ...

45. Sharp blocked over wide screen displays

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 24 June 2009

    The USA's International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Japanese giant Sharp cannot import some LCD monitors and TVs because they infringe on a Samsung patent.The USA's International Trade Commission ...

46. Price rises loom on notebook, monitor glass shortage

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 24 June 2009

    A shortage of glass substrate used to make TFT LCD panels means prices continue  to climb on products using them, well into July.A shortage of glass substrate used to make TFT LCD panels means prices ...

47. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... 2.0 connector can be used as a video output for use with an additional display, LCD, CRT or projector.  Use the extra screen real estate to multi-task with video, social media pages, email, calendars, ...

48. Time is right for Indian flat panels

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    High local demand means the time is right for LCD panel manufacturing to take off in India, says research from Frost and Sullivan. Mumbai, India - High local demand means the time is right for LCD panel ...

49. LCD makers have a heart of glass

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Displaysearch produced an analysis of TFT LCD screens showing a breakdown of panels on different fab generations. Displaysearch produced an analysis of TFT LCD screens showing a breakdown of panels ...