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Apple, Google and Samsung May Have Big Smartwatch Plans for 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say C|Net had a round-up of speculation about changes in smartwatches in 2022. The blog said that there could be an Apple Watch for extreme sports and the first smartwatch from Google …

Tags:Apple| Fitbit| Google| Samsung| Smartwatches

Apple Studio Display Firmware Glitch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacWorld reports that Apple ran into a glitch recently with its Studio Display, which runs a version of iOS 15.4. The article said that the 15.4.1 update did not support the …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Software

Advanced TV Market to Grow to 38M Units by 2026

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog article that highlighted its forecast for what it defines as Advanced TV and expects 19% CAGR to 2026 with $35.4 billion at the end of the period …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED TVs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

VR Panel Shipments to Reach 15.8M Units in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published an interesting forecast for VR devices and said that 15.8 million panels will be used in VR headsets this year – with over 80% of the demand coming from …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Gesture Control for Displays and Turntables in Luxury Retail

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Invidis reported on the development by a Berlin-based start-up Garamantis of a laser-based sensor systems that can be used by viewers to act as a gesture control system for retail applications …

Tags:Digital Signage| Gesture Recognition| Retail

E Ink Confirms Kaleido 3 Frame Rate

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Following the comments that E Ink’s latest Kaleido 3 colour EPD technology could support video and animations, we reached out to the firm which confirmed that the new panels can support …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Video Quality

Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair progra

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has joined the trend to helping device owners to repair things themselves by tying up with iFixit. iFixit will supply repair guides and will make parts available including “batteries, displays, …

Tags:Google| Repair| Right to Repair| Smartphones

Links Week Starting 11th April 2022

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. ICDT in China to be postponed because …

Tags:Advertising| Apple| Dell| Desktop Monitors| DOOH| Game Playing| iPhone| Manufacturing| MiniLED| MMD (AOC Philips)| OLEDs| Pricing| Projectors| Qualcomm| Semiconductor Market| sony| Supply Chain| Testing| Thunderbolt| TVs (TV Sets)| USB| Virtual Sets