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Continuing its tradition of powerful technology paired with smart Silicon Valley design, Obi Worldphone™ today launched its latest model, aimed at young professionals in a host of fast-growing markets spread across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Named the Obi Worldphone MV1, Obi’s latest device embodies the company’s deep-rooted philosophy that sophisticated design is just … Read more
Xiaomi has a reputation as ‘The Apple of the East’, but its prices are far below the Cupertino-based company. Although it had no stand at the show, the firm used MWC to launch its new flagship, the Mi 5 smartphone. MWC 2016 was Xiaomi’s first-ever handset announcement at a truly global event, and the company … Read more
MediaTek was highlighting features of its X20 processor as well as announcing a new P20 chip at Mobile World. The first demonstration that we looked at was showing the X20 in an image scaling applications. The processor is able to upscale HD video, streamed at around 0.7Mbps to look equivalent to the quality of video … Read more
Asahi Glass was showing a new cover glass product, on the CrucialTec stand, with a recess to house a fingerprint sensor. It is called ‘Glass on Top with Shine’. Today’s fingerprint sensors can read a fingerprint through about 300-400µm of glass, but most cover glass is 500-600µm thick. There has been a trend to supply … Read more
Chinese researchers have developed a new display with ‘comfortable’ 3D effects, which is claimed to eliminate the sensation of nausea that some people suffer from when using 3D displays. The technology can be used on slim displays, whose design poses an additional challenge. Working from Sun Yan-Sen University, the team based their device on a … Read more
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
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