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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
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced significant momentum for the SAMSUNG ARTIK™ IoT platform. The company announced that the SAMSUNG ARTIK platform is commercially available – a big step forward in bringing the Internet of Things (IoT) to everyday life. SAMSUNG ARTIK development kits can be ordered from Samsung’s channel partner Digi-Key Electronics starting February … Read more
The first live demonstrations of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) solutions in licensed spectrum will be on display at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA announced today. Visitors will experience a diverse range of solutions underpinned by three complementary technology standards known as Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT), Extended Coverage EGPRS (EC-EGPRS) and … Read more
The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CUA)®, regarding government efforts to force Apple to circumvent security features on an iPhone to assist in a federal investigation: “Our association and our entire industry stand united with the global community as we decry … Read more
ZTE Mobile Devices today announced the signing of a sponsorship deal with Sevilla Football Club to serve as the club’s “Official Technology Partner.” This sponsorship seals the deal for ZTE to be the official smartphone of the team. ZTE’s support of sporting activities across the world is already scoring great results and becoming a definitive … Read more
In its yearly update, Samsung showed its flagship smartphone duo at the Mobile World Congress on Sunday including the Galaxy S7 and Edge (curved display) models. But beyond the extended hype, some say the pair failed to generate the excitement, traditionally seen in a new consumer product launch. Samsung introduced just incremental upgrades and in … Read more
Panasonic was showing off its connected IoT products, as well as a rugged smartphone in the Toughpad line. Although officially described as a tablet, the device is 4.7″, supports dual SIM cards and can be used for voice calls – enough, in our eyes, to classify it as a smartphone! Two Toughpad models are available: … Read more
No trouble is found with almost 75% of mobile devices returned to mobile network operators and manufacturers in Europe and North America, according to Blancco Technology Group – a provider of mobile device diagnostic and secure data erasure solutions. Based on data collected from ‘millions’ of Android and iOS smartphones using the SmartChk platform, Blancco … Read more
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