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MWC Preview

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MWC is taking place this week and John Strand, a forthright writer on the topic of telecommunications has published a preview. His topics include 5G, OpenRAN, AI, Cloud, IoT, Green, and …

Tags:5G| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| MWC 2022| Telecomms

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Dangbei Projector Obtained Visual Low Fatigue Certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A new name to us was Dangbei Projector which issued a press release to highlight that its F3 projector has passed a test of China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) and obtained …

Tags:China| LED Projectors| Osram

HTC VIVE and holoride Unveil VR in-car entertainment at MWC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC Vive said in a blog post that is working with Holoride to allow support of the Vive Flow VR headset in vehicles. The two companies are working together to demonstrate …

Tags:Automotive| HTC| MWC 2022| Virtual Reality

AyaNeo Next Pricing Announced, Starts at $1,285 for Early Birds

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tom’s Hardware reported on a new Indiegogo project for a hand-held gaming PC called the AyaNeo Next/Pro. Although Tom’s likes the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and Radeon RX Vega 8 GPU, …

Tags:Consoles| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Game Playing| Handhelds| PCs

GfKResearch: Smartphone market recovers in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GfK put out a press release on the global smartphone market which it valued at $365.5 billion, up 13.4% on 2020 and with further recovery in 2022. Most of the growth …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphones

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Tags:Android| Augmented Reality| | Interfaces| Operating Systems| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Technicolor to split in two with TCS spin-off

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Technicolor is to split in two and spin-off its Creative Studios business. Technicolor Creative Studios (TCS) will be split off with shares issue to Technicolor shareholders, with the remaining business listed …

Tags:Reorganisation & Restructuring| Technicolor

Links Week Starting 28th February 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. We were sad to see that VGX …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Content Creation| Huawei| LED| Market Data| Outdoor Displays| Qualcomm| Retail| Samsung| Smart Home & Home Networks| Steam Consoles| UltraHD & 4K| Wi-Fi

Tanvas Video Shows a Haptic-enabled Flexible AMOLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Haptic technology supplier, Tanvas of the US, posted a series of videos showing its haptic technology demonstrated on a flexible OLED. The 12.1″ display uses Tanvas PET film-based touch and haptic …

Tags:Automotive| Haptics| Touch Market

Visionox Launches China’s First LTPO AMOLED display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLED-Info posted a YouTube video that shows a new LTPO AMOLED produced by Visionox and claimed to be the first LTPO panel to be made by a Chinese firm. The technology …

Tags:AMOLED| China| LTPO TFT| YouTube

Absen Hosts First Ever In-person Event at New European HQ

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Absen is holding an event for the public at its European HQ which is in Mörfelden-Walldorf near Frankfurt Rhine-Main (Germany, 15-16th March 2022, 10am – 4pm CET). Day will include some …

Tags:Absen| Events| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Panasonic has Stretchable Film for Electronics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There’s a new polymer film material from Panasonic Electronic Materials that it is calling Beyolex. The firm said that its properties are: “It has very high temperature resistance, with a thermal …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| Panasonic