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Apple Offering Free Repairs for iPhone 7 with Service Bug

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has determined that a small percentage of iPhone 7 devices may show “No Service” in the status bar, even if cellular coverage is available, due to a component failure. The affected units were …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 05| warranty

VR & AR with Realistic Images – Coming soon!

by Jon Peddie

People have described ray tracing (RT) as the holy grail of computer imaging. RT generates (if done properly) a physically accurate representation of an imagined or reconstructed scene. The number of variables is bewildering, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| ray tracing| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Jon Counts All The Pixels In The World

by Jon Peddie

An old friend asked me, Hey Jon, how many pixels do you think there are in the world? TV’s, PC’s, smart phones, tablets. It’s going to be a lot! But how many? How many …

Tags:Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Japan Display Financial Backing Talks Hit a Wall

by Andrew Fenn

Japan Display is reportedly having difficulty finalising a deal with one of its potential investors. The company is currently in talks with BOE, China Star Optoelectronics Technology and Visionox, as well as Foxconn, which …

Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Google Brings Universal Stylus Initiative Partners to Over 30

by Andrew Fenn

Google has joined companies like Dell, Intel, Lenovo and LG to back the Universal Stylus Initiative (USI), bringing the total number of partners to over 30. The initiative was founded in 2015 to create …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USI (Universal Stylus Initiative)| Vol 25 - Issue 05

MTG to Sell Nordic Entertainment and Studios Assets to TDC

by Andrew Fenn

Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine its Nordic Entertainment and Studios businesses with TDC, in order to create what it claims to be the first fully convergent entertainment …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Microsoft Boosts Surface PC Range

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has released a lower cost version of its Surface Pro notebook which has a Core M3 processor and costs $799, rather than the Core i5 model that costs $999. The base model has …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 05

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Apple Clarifies Q4 with Earnings Call

by Bob Raikes

In its earnings call, Apple’s Tim Cook said that the company has now reached an installed base of 1.3 billion devices, an all-time high level over a range of its products, up 30% in …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Apple

Apple Clarifies Q4 with Earnings Call

by Bob Raikes

In its earnings call, Apple’s Tim Cook said that the company has now reached an installed base of 1.3 billion devices, an all-time high level over a range of its products, up 30% in …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05