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Apple’s Got New Screens Coming in 2023

by Omid Rahmat

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple stalker, Mark Gurman, has the Apple stans speculating about multiple standalone external Mac displays in 2023. All we can be certain of is that one is an updated version …

Where and Who You Are in VR Has a Real Impact, Study Finds

by Omid Rahmat

What They Say A study in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication studied how the ability to completely transform oneself in virtual environments could lead to positive psychological outcomes.  A key takeaway from these results …

Update on Arcadia Cinema

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week I wrote about a PLF cinema facility in Italy that was upgrading to 100,000 lumens with an extra laser light source to show the new Avatar movie (Arcadia Cinema: …

Tags:3D Cinema| 6p Laser| Italy| Laser Projectors

Zytronic’s Enlivens Ancient Texts with Its Technology

by Omid Rahmat

What They Say The German publication, Invidis, has a written about the use of Zytronic’s ultra-thin touch technology by the Seoul National Library. Essentially, the image of the actual texts is projected onto a blank …

Foxconn Eases China Factory Restrictions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Foxconn has ended most of the restrictions on its factory in Zhengzhou, China including the “point-to-point” system, in which employees had to restrict daily movements to between their dormitories and the campus.  …

Tags:Apple| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| Supply Chain

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Global Smartphone Shipment Market Share – Q3 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research published an infographic on the smartphone market in Q3 2022. Some highlights were: The global smartphone market declined by 12% YoY but grew 3% QoQ to 301.9 million units …

Tags:Apple| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market

 iPad OS16.12 Improves External Display Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I was very pleased to see that Apple has released iPad OS 16.2 for download. The OS upgrade is significant as it contains the deferred improvement in support for external monitors …

Tags:Apple| iPad

Dell’s Concept Luna Investigates Modular Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has shown the latest version of a modular concept laptop that it is calling Concept Luna. The style is ‘comparable in size to a Latitude with some Dell XPS 13 …

Tags:Dell| Notebooks| Repair| warranty

Links – Mid-week week starting 12th December 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 middle part of this week. Vestaboard thinks its flip message board is …

Tags:Apple| E Ink| Game Playing| MiniLED| Notebooks| OLEDs| Smart Home & Home Networks| STBs

Samsung to Show 77″ QD-OLED TV at CES

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ET News said in a Korean language article that Samsung Electronics would show a new 77″ QD-OLED TV at CES 2023 next month. The article suggests that a relatively visible …

Tags:QD OLEDs| Samsung| sony

LG Electronics, Corning Collaborate on Automotive Curved Glass

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily (KED) said that LG Electronics and Corning are to collaborate to supply curved displays to European automotive makers. LG will use Corning’s ColdForm technology which is said …

Tags:Automotive| Corning| Glass| LG Electronics (LGE)

Links – Week Ending 16th December 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 later part of this week. ViewSonic LS610HDH: LED projector with 4000 lumens …

Tags:Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| CES 2023| Codecs| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Germany| Italy| LED Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED & QD-OLED Monitors| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smart TV| | Streaming Dongles| ViewSonic| Virtual Sets| Vizio