Samsung's new Galaxy S4 would be the "ultimate smartphone" if it ran Apple's iOS and accessed the Cupertino, Calif. company's app ecosystem, a clearly-impressed analyst said today. Others were less likely to think that Samsung's ...
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said it was still negotiating a deal for greater cooperation with Sharp, despite the Japanese display-maker's securing a $110 million investment to supply LCD panels to rival Samsung Electronics. Sharp's ...
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Japan's Sharp has secured a $110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the South Korean company's growing electronics empire. The deal gives Samsung a steady supply of ...
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Samsung is to buy 3% of Sharp for $110m. Key to the deal is Samsung agreeing that it will have 'no involvement in Sharp's business development in any way or form.' It is thought that a potential deal with Foxconn foundered when the ...
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IGZO: the name doesn't exactly roll off your tongue, but this new technology promises to make your tablet run a bit more smoothly. IGZO is a new technology from Sharp, and it's also an acronym for indium, gallium, zinc, and oxide—a ...
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IDG News Service - Sharp has announced two new 4K LCD monitors, which will display images at close to four times the overall resolution of traditional 1080p high-definition monitors available today. The new 32-inch LCD monitor series will ...
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Sharp will start selling the industry's thinnest 4K monitor, a 32-inch LCD screen that is just 3.5mm thick, in February. The company said the new monitor will go on sale for about 450,000 yen (US$5,500) in Japan. It uses Sharp's new IGZO ...
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Qualcomm has agreed to invest up to $120 million in struggling Japanese firm Sharp, with the two companies to work together to develop low-power displays for mobile devices. Qualcomm will invest half of that amount by Dec. 27, with the ...
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Japanese display maker Sharp said Thursday it is ramping up production of a screen technology rumored to be favored by Apple for its new devices, even as its yearly outlook plunged toward another large fiscal loss. The Osaka-based ...
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Sharp is displaying for the first time tablet displays based on its IGZO technology at the CEATEC electronics show outside of Tokyo, amid persistent rumors Apple will use the displays in its upcoming tablets. The Japanese manufacturer, ...
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Japan's Sharp said Wednesday it will soon launch a 7-inch tablet with its new IGZO displays, a week ahead of an Apple press event that is widely expected to reveal a mini tablet also linked to the new power-saving technology. Sharp's new ...
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Sharp has been bailed out by the banks to the tune of $4.6bn. Mizuho Corporate Bank and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi are to put up $2.3bn in loans and extend a $2.3bn revolving credit facility. Sharp has debts of $12.76bn, of which ...
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Sharp said Thursday it will soon launch a smartphone with its new IGZO display, a power-efficient technology that allows the device to last two days on a single charge and that is rumored to be Apple's choice for its upcoming tablets. ...
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In the ongoing race to build ever better flat-screen displays, a potentially disruptive technology has made a small debut at IFA, the consumer electronics show currently taking place in Berlin. In a corner of the booth of Japan's Sharp ...
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Apple has continued to dominate the Japanese smartphone market in recent months,new data shows,and analysts say it is likely to stay strong through the new year. New shipment numbers released by IDC on Wednesday put Apple firmly ahead of ...
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