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Microsoft Gives Up Windows Mobile

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has effectively abandoned the Windows Mobile operating system, with Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft executive responsible for Windows 10, has joined Bill Gates in adopting a phone with an Android operating system, citing the …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 38| Windows

Samsung US Ends Small Digital Signage

by Bob Raikes

Samsung US announced that it would stop selling its 10.1″ and 21.5″ small signage LCDs as well as the 22″ square LCD that it announced for architectural use several years ago. One of the …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Meeting Rooms| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Fujitsu Stylistic V535 Tablet Has PalmSecure F-Pro

by Bob Raikes

Fujitsu Frontech in the US announced the Windows-based Stylistic V535 Tablet which features an 8.3″ PCap touch IPS LCD display and the company’s newest and smallest palm vein biometric sensor. The panel has 1920 …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Fujitsu| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Asus Signs Excusive with Verizon

by Bob Raikes

Verizon in the US has done a deal with Asus to exclusively offer a new smartphone that has a dual curved edge 2.5D Gorilla glass design and features a 23 MP rear camera. The …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Which Way for displays, OLED or MicroLED?

by Bob Raikes

We caught up with quite a lot of the ‘hard news’ this week, although there seemed to be plenty going on! We seem to have backed up quite a few articles that need a …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 37

CIMA Coming Back?

by Bob Raikes

Like Cambrios, Cima Nanotech was one of the companies that suffered from being a little too early in coming into the ITO-replacement market (Does C3Nano Have the Technology that Will Kill ITO?). The company …

Tags:ITO Replacement| Large Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Avegant Ships Light Field Display Development Kits for AR & MR

by Bob Raikes

Avegant Corp. announced the availability of its Light Field Display Development Kit for augmented and mixed reality Featuring multiple focal planes, Avegant’s Light Field Display Development Kit is claimed to solve one of mixed …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Garmin Introduces Touch Aviation Displays

by Bob Raikes

Garmin has developed some new touchscreen display systems for aviation. The G500 TXi, G600 TXi and G700 TXi flight displays are in 7″, 7″ and 10.6″ diagonals and support features such as pinch and …

Tags:Avionics| Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

LDM Vol 24 Issue 38 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Acnodes Corp of the US has released a new 17.3″ UltraHD monitor that can be rack (8U) mounted or used on a VESA mount. It has front handles and runs from 12V power (60W …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Switchers| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 38

TI Adds Tiny Ambient Sensor

by Bob Raikes

TI has developed a new ultra-thin ambient light sensor that is claimed to reflect the sensitivity of human vision and is said to reject 99% of infrared. The sensor can measure from 0.01 Lux …

Tags:Ambient Sensors| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 37

New Valve Looks Like a Chip!

by Bob Raikes

Nothing to do with displays, but, hey, our editor is a geek that loves guitars so we’re bringing news of a new vacuum tube that looks like a chip that is now freely available …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Google Has a Busy Week

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week with the release of the new Pixel 2, new members of the Google Home voice systems and a new Google Pixelbook. Both models have OLED displays with the 6″ …

Tags:Chromebooks| Convertible PCs| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 37