LG Electronics-Matsushita PDP battle
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- South Korea&#39;s LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it would file a counter measure against Japan&#39;s Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
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By David Magliano, The Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 16--You know what size television you want, and you know how much  you want to spend, but do you know your LCD from your DLP?   You're not alone.
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Avant-garde design promised Hardware Widow LG is to launch an "avant garde" Prada-branded mobile phone early next year, the company has revealed. LG's not saying much about the handset, beyond the fact it will incorporate an "advanced touch interface" to "eliminate the conventional keypad".â¦
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Plasma TV suppliers such as Panasonic  maker Matsushita Electric (6752.T), already outnumbered by the  rival LCD camp, are expected to lose further ground as LCD TVs  encroach on the 40-inch-class market, a plasma stronghold.
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LG.Philips LCD is planning to unveil a 52-inch multi-touch LCD (liquid crystal display) at next week's Consumer Electronics Show, it said Monday. The screen is 5-inches larger than one it recently showed in Japan and is the largest display of its type in the world, the company said.
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Ladies and gentleman, we're currently cruising at a speed of 70MPH... In the true spirit of healthy competition, LG Electronics has launched a rival to Pioneer's in-car SatNav entertainment device. The LG LAN9600R has a seven-inch touchscreen DVD monitor, MP3 player and CD tuner with European street-level navigation and integrated Bluetooth hands-free calling.â¦
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.  said on Monday it aims to mass-produce spark-resistant batteries, eyeing a potential sales opportunity following incidents involving rivals' battery packs.
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InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic) is refreshing its&#160;Toughbook rugged laptop PC line&#160;and aiming for a big jump in international sales of the computers over the next three years.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Canon 7751.T and Toshiba   6502.T said on Tuesday they would start mass production of   ultra-thin flat-panel TVs in early 2008, entering a market   dominated by makers such as Matsushita Electric Industrial   6752.T and Samsung Eletronics 005930.KS.
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(InfoWorld) - LG ElectronicsÂ has filed a lawsuit against the world's largest contract manufacturer of laptop PCs over the infringement of four patents related to DVD (digital video disc) technology, the company said Wednesday. The South Korean electronics maker is seeking an injunction against Taiwan's Quanta Computer to put a stop to its use of the technology, as well as cash compensation. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin on July 3, LG said. LG alleged that Quanta has been using the infringing technology to produce laptop PCs that have been supplied to U.S. computer vendors. Quanta counts Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and a number of other PC vendors among its customers. The two companies have another outstanding lawsuit in the U.S. on which LG expects a decision in the first half of 2008. LG sued Quanta in the U.S. District Court of Northern California in 2000 over the alleged infringement of PC-related patents. Originally, the trial court decided in favor of Quanta, but the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned the verdict. LG said it expects the ruling in this case to be in its favor. Quanta declined to immediately comment on the lawsuit. LG holds 5,000 international patents on DVD technologies, it said.
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LG Electronics (LGE) announced the availability of three mobile-phone models, the T5100, L3100 and L1100, in Taiwan on November 6. The T5100 features the companyâs first model equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera.
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At the CEDIA custom electronics show in Denver, LG Electronics is showing off a new prototype high-definition video disc player that it claims will play both iHD and BD-J interactive content, and will sell for $999. Is this one, finally, at long last, for real?
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(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.Â (Panasonic) and HitachiÂ have agreed to mutually supply PDP (plasma display panel) screens to each other as part of a deal reached to help boost profits in the competitive business area. Panasonic will start to supply Hitachi with 103-inch plasma panels this year and Hitachi will supply 85-inch panels to Panasonic from 2008, they said in a statement. The deal means that each company will be able to offer TV sets in each screen size without producing both size panels themselves. The relationship should also mean a stable supply of panels. While Panasonic and Hitachi compete on the shop floor for consumer PDP TV sales they have been working together behind the scenes on PDP research, development and production since 2006. The PDP industry is coming under increasing pressure from manufacturers of competing LCD (liquid crystal display) technology and that's pushing down prices and shaving profits. Deals like that announced on Thursday are intended to help keep the business profitable. The competition is being felt through the entire PDP industry. Last week South Korea's LG Electronics said it willÂ cut back production of PDP screensÂ by closing the oldest of its three plants but not increasing production at its other two factories to compensate. As a result, monthly capacity will drop from 430,000 panels to 360,000 panels. In JanuaryÂ Pioneer put plans to build a new PDP factory on hold. It blamed poor sales in the U.S. over the year-end holidays for the decision. In the first quarter of 2007 shipments of PDP panels fell 1 percent compared to the same period last year -- the first time the industry has seen a year-on-year decline, according to DisplaySearch. The drop was attributed to a loss of market share to LCDs at screen sizes over 37 inches. Total PDP shipments in the first quarter were 2.3 million, the industry researcher said. Â
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South Korean flat screen maker LG.Philips  LCD Co Ltd  said on Tuesday it was planning to  change its name to LG Display Co Ltd, pending approval at its  annual shareholder meeting on February 29.
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Shares in LG.Philips LCD Co Ltd  surged on Friday on market talk Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial was buying a stake in the South Korean flat screen maker, but both firms poured cold water on the talk.
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With their home market saturated, Japan&#39;s handset makers finally look abroad. Meanwhile, margins have plunged. When NTT Docomo (DCM ) unveiled its latest third-generation mobile phones on Nov. 17, gadget lovers were not disappointed.
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Korean mobile phone maker LG  Electronics Inc  unveiled at the start of Mobile  World Congress trade show on Monday a new KF-700 slider phone  with a large, 3 inch-touch screen.