NEC Unveils Android-Based Smart Digital Signage Panel, Using OPS Spec January 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes NEC Display Solutions just got into the smart digital sign contest, but in a very different way. Whereas companies like Samsung and LG are effectively extending variants of their Smart TV development and hardware into commercial displays, NEC is using the Open Pluggable Spec (OPS) to allow an open-source Android player box to be snapped …
Navori Adds New Android Digital Signage Player To Product Line January 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Swiss software firm Navori, which has been developing in the digital signage space for more than a decade, has updated the Android offer it first introduced around this time last year. The QL StiX 3400 is an Android player that’s about the size of a deck of playing cards, but has the bits inside …
TargetR Issues Major Upgrade On Android Digital Signage Platform January 28, 2014 by Dave Haynes The UK-based software firm TargetR is introducing a major upgrade to its digital signage content management platform – putting server-level logic and s\ome pretty impressive capabilities into low-cost Android-based playback devices. TargetR Display Stacks for Android, says a release, is a self-contained digital signage solution incorporating peer to peer communications, touch screen interactivity, face detection …
Capital Networks Picks Up Award For Its NFC-Big Screen Integration January 8, 2014 by Dave Haynes Congratulations to long-time industry friends and Sixteen:Nine sponsors Capital Networks, which has picked up a 2014 DIGI Award for what was judged one of the best new products for the digital signage market in 2013. The Best New Audience Participation Tool award was for Audience.mobile, an integrated Dynamic NFC (Near Field Communication) solution. I got a demo …
Android And Windows Move In Together January 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes Some of the early reports coming out of CES are about work that would see the Windows and Android operating systems running on the same computing device, seamlessly. AMD has a partnership with BlueStacks – emulator software that makes Android apps run on Windows devices – to develop technology that would run Android apps within …
Hisense Latest DisplayCo To Debut Giant Quasi-Tablets December 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense is the latest company to release a big quasi-tablet that could be used for digital signage, though the caution here is that these are TVs and not commercial panels. However, the Hisense smart TVs run Android 4.2.2 and run the Marvell ARMADA 1500 media processor, which is what’s driving those Google …
Digital Dividers Get Brand Messages On Grocery Conveyors November 26, 2013 by Dave Haynes We’ve seen marketers try all kinds of gadgets and gizmos to get digital screens in front of shoppers when they are out buying their groceries, but few have stuck because of issues with cost, reliability or purpose. Like screens on shopping carts that would have to ensure endless, untold abuse. Here’s yet another angle at …
The Big-Ass Tablets Are Coming! November 10, 2013 by Dave Haynes Bryan Mongeau from BroadSign is a very close follower of the Android space, both of the software and the gear. He sent along a note flagging this new smart screen from Acer, as showcased on The Droid Guy blog. The cleverly-named TA272HUL (rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?) is a 27-inch monitor with a very …
A $45 Android PC If You Don’t Want Pi September 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s now another teeny PC player out there, at the same starter price point as the Raspberry Pi. The CuBox is 2″ by 2″ by 2″ and runs Linux and Android Jelly Bean. For the $45 base price, the CuBox-i has a single-core 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM and a LAN port. You can buy …
Video: The Impending Android Invasion September 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes While BroadSign is unabashedly promoting the features, benefits and comparative benefits of its Android digital signage offer versus the dozens of other ones that have popped up in the last two years, it’s also a really good primer for understanding how the Google mobile operating system applies to this sector. The preferred choice for many …
