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Has Google Dropped the Pixel Fold?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week, we reported an article from 9to5Mac that suggested that Google would ship the Pixel Fold to market next year (Google could release its first foldable Pixel in 2022). However, …

Tags:Android| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Google| Market Data

India Smartwatch Brands see Amazing Shipment Growth in 3Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that smartwatch sales in Q3 2021 were up by 159% sequentially and an amazing 293% year on year with local brands taking 75% of the market, up from …

Tags:India| Market Data| Smartwatches

Samsung’s QD-OLED TV might be here very soon

by Bob Raikes

What They Say C|NET published an article that covered the Samsung plans for QD-OLED panels to be used in TVs. The article covers the basics of ‘what is a QD-OLED’ but doesn’t add much …

Tags:QD OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Commencing 15th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. One UI 4 Update Delivers an Elevated …

Some Electronics Repairs Are Illegal: Federal Law Could Change That

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientific American has set out, in an article by the CEO of iFixit, some of the barriers to repairs that US law has put in the way of enabling repairs to …

Tags:Patents| Right to Repair| Trademarks and Copyright| USA

India’s Smartphone Market to Exit 2021 with a Low Single-digit Annual Growth, says IDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDC forecast that after dropping 12% year on year in Q3 2021 to 48 million units, the market for smartphones in India will be below 160 million in 2021. The firm …

Tags:Forecasts| India| Market Data| Smartphone Market

Where are all the OLED monitors?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PC World magazine published an article lamenting the relative scarcity of OLEDs in IT devices (other than smartphones and tablets). The article included quotes from Ross Young of DSCC who said, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| OLED Notebooks| OLEDs

Apple said to be developing next-gen ‘privacy glasses’ and new Face ID for 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple noted that Apple has applied for a patent for glasses that can detect the identity of the user and automatically correct for vision defects associated with the user. The …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Privacy

Samsung Explains Premiere UST Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung’s website carried a blog article about the concept behind and industrial design of its Premiere UST projector. What We Think I still haven’t quite got my head around why Samsung …

Tags:Samsung| UST Projectors

China’s ‘Singles Day’ Shopping Event is Muted

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although spending still grew to a record level ($84.5 billion for Alibaba and up to $160 billion overall) and up 8% on last year, reports from China say that growth in …

Tags:China| Retail

Netflix Rolls Out AV1 Streaming Codec on PS4 Pro, Select Android-Powered Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Next TV reported that Netflix has added support for the AV1 codec to its PlayStation 4 Pro console app and is also rolling it out to some Android TVs that support …

Tags:AV1 Codec| Codecs| Google| Roku| Smart TV

Nuclear Fusion Is Close Enough to Start Dreaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg published an interesting article that suggested that nuclear fusion is showing a lot of signs that the technology, which has been ‘promising’ for decades is ‘getting ready for prime time’. …

Tags:Macroeconomics| Power