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SMI Refreshes Eye Tracking Glasses for OEMs

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Sensomotric Instruments (SMI) has developed a glasses-type eye-tracking platform for OEM use. The ‘Eye Tracking Glasses 2 Wireless’ product is designed for integration into head-mounted displays and smartglasses. It is an iteration on the …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Blackberry Classic to Arrive in Mid-December

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Blackberry CEO John Chen let the release date of the Blackberry Classic (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41) slip during a talk in China last month. Speaking at the MIT Enterprise Forum in Hong …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

eMagin Contract Dramatically Improved OLED Performance

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In October (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), eMagin announced that it had been awarded three new R&D contracts, totalling $6.8 million. The company has now revealed that $6.45 million of that total is …

Tags:AMOLED| eMagin| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Everdisplay Targets Multiple Mobile Sizes Next Year

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Everdisplay has shown two new AMOLED panels at an event in Shenzen, China. The first is a 1.63″ unit for wearables, which will enter mass production in Q2’15. The company also showed a prototype …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Huawei Doubles High-End Shipments

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Huawei has said that it shipped 16.8 million smartphones worldwide in Q3 this year, a 26% YoY increase. Around four million of these were mid- to high-end devices, shipments of which doubled compared to …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

iPad Display Shoot-out: Apple Air 2 and Mini 3

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One of Apple’s latest tablets is pushing the display boundaries once again, this time with display screen reflection in the Apple iPad Air 2 which cuts the record holder (Samsung’s) number by half with …

Tags:Apple| DisplayMate| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

JDI Demonstrates Small, High-Res Panels

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Japan Display (JDI) has shown new panels at Display Innovations 2014 in Japan. As well as a small, high-resolution unit, the company showed a panel for automotive applications and an OLED product. Using LTPS …

Tags:Automotive| Japan| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Project Ara Prototype On Show in January

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Project Ara is a modular smartphone concept; it was initially devised by Motorola and is being worked on by Google (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). Project lead Paul Eremenko has announced (http://tinyurl.com/mev2rvr) two …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Rumour: Sony Changes Flagship Introduction

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Recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), it was said that Sony Mobile was looking to withdraw from the smartphone business in emerging markets. Now sources in the Taiwan supply chain say that the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Samsung Refresh Surfaces Online

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A ‘new’ Samsung mobile device has been spotted online. The tablet is a refresh of the Galaxy Note 10.1, with references to a 2015 edition spotted on Samsung’s own website. Aside from the mention …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Sharp Improves Memory LCD Power Savings

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Sharp has developed a new Memory LCD panel (Display Monitor Vol 17 No 26), consuming 0.1% of the power of current devices. Designed for wearables, the 1″ panel combines reflective LCD technology with LTPS …

Tags:LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Reflective Display| sharp| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Sharp’s UltraHD Smartphone Display Ready by 2016

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Sharp is developing an UltraHD smartphone display, according to China’s Tech Feng website. According to the source, demand from Chinese manufacturers is behind the move. The panel or panels, in 5″- 6″ sizes, will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21