Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
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Shipments of smartphones with screens 5 inches or larger will more than double this year, as consumers are increasingly attracted to the large screen sizes offered by the phones, according to a prediction from IHS iSuppli. The company ...
Apple has allegedly cut its orders by roughly half in response to lower than expected sales of the iPhone 5 this quarter. Japanese business news network Nikkei has reported that Apple has asked Japan Display, Sharp and LG Display to ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook may have warned that there would be a significant shortage of new iMacs in October, but the shortage has continued into the New Year. The 21.5-inch model is reportedly facing shipping delays of seven to 10 days, while the ...
IDG News Service - China has punished six companies, including Samsung and LG, for manipulating LCD panel prices in the country, and ordered them to pay a total of $56 million in fines. Samsung, LG, and four Taiwanese companies ...
Organizers of Invest in Photonics 2012, a two-day international convention on photonics venture capital (VC) investment, said that participation at last month’s event increased “despite a tough investment decade in ...
Tags: Photonics, photonics venture capital, investment, lighting
The first teardown of an iPad Mini showed few surprises, but the team that took apart Apple's new smaller tablet said it was "extremely difficult" for do-it-yourselfers to repair. iFixit.com, which regularly rips apart devices sold by ...
Hewlett-Packard has filed a complaint against display manufacturers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America, seeking to recover damages it claims it suffered as a result of their involvement in a price fixing scheme. Chungwha ...
Apple kick-started pre-orders of the iPad Mini early today, and within hours, sold out the white model in all three Wi-Fi configurations. Pre-sales for the iPad Mini -- at 7.9-in., Apple's first downsized tablet -- started just after ...
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Seven international electronics manufacturers were fined a total of $1.92 billion by the European Commission on Wednesday for conspiring to fix the price of cathode-ray tubes (CRTs) in two separate cartels between 1996 and 2006. European ...
Tags: EU, price, CRTs, separate cartels
Organic LED materials specialistUniversal Display Corporation (UDC) has slashed its sales guidance for 2012, blaming push-outs of OLED TV production for the shortfall. Nearly one-third of the stock value of New Jersey-based UDC was lost ...
Tags: Organic LED, sales, OLED TV production, company news
If Apple uses a new, thinner display in its next iPhone, the battery could pack as much as 40% more capacity than the current 4S, an analyst said yesterday. The new device, dubbed "iPhone 5" by most, is expected to be unveiled by Apple in ...
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An Apple iPad with a smaller screen, if released, could create tough decisions for buyers and slow the momentum of the current 9.7-in. iPad and a number of Android devices with 7-in. and 8-in. screens, analysts said on Thursday. ...
Tags: Apple iPad, smaller screen, tablet market
More than 250 touch-screen digital signage displays from LG Electronics are at the heart of a unique program that's bringing interactive kiosks to Manhattan and the outer boroughs over the next several months, LG Electronics USA announced ...
Tags: LED Display, touch-screen, LG display, screen technology
Taipei,Oct.15,2012--AU Optronics Corp.(AUO),a major maker of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display(TFT-LCD)panel in Taiwan,has replaced old photo masks to overcome problems in production of display panels for Apple`s new iPad ...
Tags: Taipei, Ipad mini, AUO, backlighting modules