BYOD (bring your own device) has traditionally referred to the act of people bringing their personal devices into their work environment with the ability of being able to access privileged company documents and information on those devices. Continue Reading
Category Archives: FPD Industry News
Major Changes At Best Buy Now, Maybe More to Come For The CE Industry
In a somewhat surprising bit of news today, the CEO of Best Buy, Brian Dunn, announced his resignation. Dunn was a 28-year veteran of the leading electronics retailer in the US and rose up through the ranks after starting as a salesperson. Continue Reading
LCD TV Panels to Attract Zero Import Duty
Recently the Indian government announced that it was eliminating the import duty on LCD panels of any kind. Continue Reading
Hon Hai Invests in Sharp’s Gen 10 – Joining to Compete with Samsung and LG
Sharp has been suffering from low capacity utilization at its Gen 10 fab in Sakai, due to a lack of panel orders and strong competition from other TV brands in the worldwide TV marketplace. Continue Reading
Clarifying Display Issues on the New iPad
Apple announced on Wednesday the next generation of its iPad tablet. The new iPad will start at $499 for the 16GB version and $629 with high speed cellular connectivity starting March 16. The new iPad has several new noteworthy features including an A5X processor, iSight 5 megapixel camera (similar to the one used in the iPhone 4S), voice dictation capability, 4G LTE cellular connectivity and, as expected, a high resolution display. The new iPad is slightly thicker and heavier than the iPad 2 (9.4 vs. 8.8 mm and 1.4 vs. 1.33 pounds, respectively). Continue Reading
