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ZTE is preparing to launch a new phone, the Z11, under the Nubia sub-brand in China. The phone will be launched on the 28th June, and specifications have been revealed through a TENAA filing. It will have a 5.5″ AMOLED display (1920 x 1080), right in the middle of the Z11 Mini (5″) and Z11 … Read more
A new flip-case smartphone is under development by Samsung, according to a rumour. The code-named SM-W2017 will be a successor to last year’s SM-W2016, and like its predecessor will feature a high-end Exynos 8890 SoC. This is because the handset will apparently feature two 3.9″ AMOLED screens.
Korea’s UBI Research estimates that Samsung Display’s OLED shipments now represent 95% of the global total, as rising numbers of smartphone makers adopt its AMOLED panels. In Q1’16, 91.3 million OLED displays were shipped worldwide, says UBI. Samsung was responsible for making 86.7 million of these. It is thought that SDC’s dominance will be extended … Read more
Sirin Labs is a Swiss smartphone developer, whose name is not the most well-known. This is because the company steers clear of the mainstream market, and focuses on (very, very) niche segments. Its latest model, aimed at businessmen and -women, follows that trend – with its technologies, and a price tag to match. The phone … Read more
Chunghwa Picture Tubes reported revenues up 2.4% MoM, but down 11.7% YoY in May. The firm made NT$3.3 billion ($101 million), and shipped 75,000 large panels (up 73.3% QoQ and 8.3% YoY). Small- to medium-size panel shipments were up 14.1% QoQ and 8.4% YoY, to 36.3 million units. Revenues fell at Foxconn, down 8.4% MoM … Read more
Scalable Display Technologies, the industry-leading software provider for multi-projector display systems and collaboration solutions, has joined forces with Anoto, digital pen experts, to enhance the Huddlewall collaboration system with an integrated Anoto Microdot Pattern, enabling the concurrent use of up to seven pens on a single Huddlewall. Huddlewall™ with Anoto Technology Makes Large-Scale Collaboration Easy … Read more
Osterhout Design Group (ODG), maker of the world’s most advanced mobile Augmented Reality (AR) Smartglasses, including the Enterprise focused R-7, and OTOY Inc., the pioneering cloud graphics company, today announced a collaboration to combine their technologies to deliver mind-bending mobile, un-tethered experiences with the potential to replace every digital screen in your life. A combination … Read more
The OEKO Institut has confirmed that there are currently no alternatives on the market that match the colour performance and energy-efficiency of solutions based on cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs). The extensive report can be found on the European Commission’s RoHS Exemptions website. The Commission’s consultant thus recommends the renewal of the RoHS exemption … Read more
The new digital signage at Frankfurt Airport (‘Digital Brand Space’ Opens in Frankfurt) is now open at Terminal 1. Frankfurt Airport operator, Fraport, told us that a total of six LED screens have been installed inside the concourse, with a size of 5.76m x 1.92m and 4mm pixel pitch.
I’m writing this week’s editorial from my hotel room in Las Vegas, just before the last day of Infocomm. It’s been a fascinating three weeks for me, with SID, Infocomm and AWE Expo. I’ve really looked at so many displays and technologies. What’s clear is that most display technologies can find a niche to exist, … Read more
Atheer has been supplying smartglasses to be used with its software, but it is in the process of moving to become a software supplier, rather than hardware, so is also happy to work with headsets and smartglasses from ODG and others. Avegant is interested in the consumer space and has a ‘personal cinema’ system based … Read more
IHS’s Connected Device Market Monitor shows that there were 8.1 billion connected devices worldwide by the end of 2015. This includes smartphones, tablets, connected TVs (and enabling devices like consoles), PCs and audio products. On average, this represents four devices per household, worldwide. Smartphones are growing at a rate of around 500 million new devices … Read more
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