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Haier was presenting four new smartphones, two in the existing Voyage series, which debuted at last year’s show, and two in the new Leisure series. The Voyage V6 is Haier’s flagship: a 7.6mm-thick model in a stainless steel chassis, the phone features a 5.5″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution and a fingerprint reader. It runs … Read more
Pocket-lint has reported that Netflix plans to launch, later this year, an update for its mobile app to save on data charges. The function will limit quality to save data. The company will also introduce a second screen function for use on smartphones and tablets, while a viewer is watching on a main screen. The … Read more
Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, confirmed the company’s plans to re-enter the smartphone market at MWC. This did not come as a huge shock, of course – we have been reporting on rumours to the same effect since last April (Rumour: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?)! Suri implied that Nokia will license its … Read more
Innolux has fully restored production at eight factories in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, which were damaged in an earthquake in early February (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base). A G5 and G6 factory were the most heavily affected, and these are now operating again. However, it will take ‘some time’ to return to original yield … Read more
Taiwan-based supply chain makers say that Samsung Display has offered standard AMOLED touch panel solutions for common use, to keep prices down. This, they say, is an attempt to reach Chinaese smartphone vendors. According to sources, prices for a 5″ Full HD in-cell touch panels currently stand at $20 – $23 for an LCD type … Read more
A continuing challenge in virtual reality is dealing with issues that relate to user movement. One such issue is, perhaps, best illustrated by an example. Consider a user wearing a VR headset. If the user is sitting motionless on a couch, then the sense of immersion within a dynamic, action packed virtual world can be … Read more
I went to the 2016 North American International Toy Fair on February 15th & 16th to see the latest in toy technology, especially how it relates to displays. Normally I only go to the Toy Fair one day but after seeing what was there on Monday, I went back on Tuesday. That alone is an … Read more
Samsung mobile, famous for its AMOLED displays has targeted high brightness and daylight readability in their newest Galaxy S7 flagship offerings. The S7 and Edge achieved an almost 25% brightness increase over last year’s S6 model according to DisplayMate Labs and Dr. Ray Soneira recent published findings. Even more impressive is news on the performance … Read more
The worldwide wearable market jumped forward in Q4’15, says IDC, due to the rising popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. 27.4 million units were shipped in Q4, 126.9% higher than Q4’14. For the full year, vendors shipped 78.1 million units: an even more significant increase of 171.6% YoY. “Triple-digit growth…shows that wearables are … Read more
Kyocera primarily produces smartphones for the US and Japanese markets. The company is now expanding to Canada and Latin America, as well. In the USA, the company’s focus is on rugged models: from waterproof units all the way up to MIL-compliant models. Many of Kyocera’s customers have employees in the field, and so need phones … Read more
It has been several years since we saw the first Moverio headset from Epson – a look through our archives shows that the product was first revealed in November 2011. The Moverio is an augmented reality wearable using an LCD pico projector – at least, it was until now. For the third generation (Moverio BT-300), … Read more
Wearvue grew out of the Toshiba Glass concept, first seen in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41)An augmented reality product from Toshiba, called the Wearvue TG-01, has been scrapped – just one week before it was due to be shipped. Toshiba announced the Wearvue, which was intended for users in warehouses and factories to … Read more
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