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Seen a Good Movie Lately?

by Steve Sechrist

Chances are, sometime over the holiday season you sat down with a loved one or two to watch a favorite Christmas film. For me it was a not so traditional Christmas movie, The Sound …

Tags:35mm Film| Cinema| DLP Projectors| Home Cinema

Will Face Recognition Save Us?

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the good folks over at Strategy Analytics just published a preliminary look at the newest Apple flagship smartphone (iPhone XS) with it’s standout face ID log in feature that …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Market Data| Networks| Security

E Ink Hits Capacity on Strong ESL Market Demand

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, a recent report from E Ink Holdings (EIH) confirms that capacity at its Northern Taiwan fab in Linkou, is fully booked, primarily from the growing demand in the electronic …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| E Ink| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Production Capacity

On The Cusp of Flexible Display Breakthrough (again)

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, a recent IHS Markit update said shipments of foldable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels are expected to reach 50 million units by 2025. The report said, “Unit shipments …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Forecasts| IHS Markit| Market Data| Samsung

Beyond VR – Facebook Moves to Displays

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Facebook will be shipping in time for Christmas, a pair of new monitor devices ” Portal and Portal+ ” that look to open the video sharing experience beyond the …

Tags:| Security| Voice Input

Displaymate: Pixel 3 XL Display Tops Best Display Metrics

by Steve Sechrist

The Google Pixel 3 XL’s new 6.3-inch AMOLED flexible display with diamond sub-pixels makes the grade by meeting and exceeding existing top performance benchmark records. So says DisplayMate’s Dr. Ray Soneira, who has established …

Tags:AMOLED| display technology| Shoot Outs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 40

Apple Upgrades iPhone XS Touch Display Refresh

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the latest IHS Markit tear down of the new Apple iPhone XS and XS Max flagship smartphones recently announced in an almost aside comment that the touch refresh rates …

Tags:Apple| display technology| iPhone| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 38

4K HDR Streaming Comes of Age

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it among all the recent iPhone and Apple Watch announcement hype this week, Apple’s tvOS12 upgrade is official with a formal announcement of its ship date of Sept 17th, 2018. …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Anatomy of iPhone Leaks

by Steve Sechrist

It’s that time of year again, and autumn leaves are beginning to turn, as the “winds of September remember…” according to the Gordon Lightfoot verse in the ’75 song hit, The Wreck of the …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Catching the 5G Wave

by Steve Sechrist

Like all horizon technology developments, the promise of 5G (Ok ITU IMT-2020 standard) seems so compelling we can’t help but salivate at the prospects. What’s not to like? 5G will bring super network speeds …

Tags:5G| Cellular| Market Data| Radio| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 32

The Best Smartphone Camera You May Never Use

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it we’ve been doing a lot of coverage on China-based Huawei’s rise to smartphone prominence and it recently edged out Apple as the number two selling brand worldwide. In Q2 …

Tags:Digital Photography| Huawei| iPhone| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Apple Ends an Era by Settling Samsung Patent War

by Steve Sechrist

It started out with a blockbuster lawsuit in 2011 that morphed into the “patent wars”with suits and counter-suits between the two technology giants that together supplied 90% of the smartphone market. But for all …

Tags:Apple| Patents| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 28