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Apple Patent Details New Touch ID Technology for Future iPhones

by Andrew Fenn

A new Apple patent discovered by Patently Apple reveals that the company is developing a new way of implementing Touch ID authentication in modern, all-display iPhones. The new diagrams show camera sensors installed beneath …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

NOA N10 Wins EISA Best Buy Smartphone Award

by Andrew Fenn

Croatian electronics company Hangar18’s NOA N10 smartphone has won EISA’s Best Buy Smartphone 2018-2019 award, the second consecutive year that a NOA device has received the accolade. Winners were chosen at an EISA press …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Digital Projection Chosen for Exhibition at Hamburg’s Deichtorhallen

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this year, an exhibition at the Deichtorhallen museum in Hamburg, Germany used Digital Projection’s E-Vision Laser 10K projectors. Technical director Ivo Schob explained: “Using projection was a key part of the curatorial concept …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Projection Inc (DPI)| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Lextar Subsidiary Bringing Mini LED Technology to Touch Taiwan 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Longda Electronics, a subsidiary of Lextar, will present a series of miniLED backlights and displays, including a thin miniLED panel for backlighting, a mini RGB LED device for narrow-pitch displays, and the ultra-fine-pitch “I-Mini” …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

EISA Reveals 2018 Home Theatre Award Winners

by Andrew Fenn

More EISA award-winners have been announced, this time from the Home Theatre Display & Video category, which covers TVs, Blu-ray players and projection systems. Winners included LG, Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Sony. The full …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| Projectors| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Innolux Opens First FamilyMart Smart Store in Taiwan

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, Innolux and Taiwan convenience store chain FamilyMart have opened their first jointly developed smart store, featuring digital signage boards, shelf-edge displays, self-checkouts and other smart solutions. The store incorporates hardware and …

Tags:Digital Signage| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Future LG and Samsung Smartphones to Feature Rear Displays?

by Andrew Fenn

Patent filings that have appeared online indicate that Samsung and LG may soon implement full-colour secondary displays on the backs of their smartphones. One from Samsung shows a rear screen approximately half the size …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Sony Xperia XZ3 to Feature 48MP Camera and Flexible OLED Display?

by Andrew Fenn

Leaked images said to be of Sony’s forthcoming Xperia XZ3 smartphone have emerged online, while some reports have indicated that the device may feature a 48-megapixel primary camera. Indeed, Sony recently announced the development …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Mobile Gaming to Account for More Than 50% of the Global Market in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Newzoo forecasts that mobile gaming will continue to be the largest segment of the overall gaming market, following 10 years of double-digit growth since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. In total, mobile …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Samsung Announces Cross-Device Partnership with Spotify

by Andrew Fenn

Announced at Samsung Unpacked 2018 last week, Samsung is entering into a long-term partnership with Spotify to create a seamless cross-device listening experience for its users. The music platform will be integrated into Samsung’s …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Streaming Audio| Vol 25 - Issue 31

VR Intelligence Releases New Industry Survey

by Andrew Fenn

VR Intelligence has released its latest industry survey, revealing “overwhelmingly positive feedback” from enterprise end-users. Of the respondents, 83% of VR and 69% of AR users said they see the benefits of their related …

Tags:AR/VR| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Apple

Apple Files Patent for AR Windscreens in Autonomous Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

A new patent filed by Apple has emerged, this time for an AR windscreen for self-driving vehicles that would display information including speed, road conditions and navigation. The patent application also details vehicle-to-vehicle FaceTime …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31