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A Swedish entrepreneur, Jonathon Gustafsson, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a ‘no compromises’ smartphone to the market. The ‘Symetium’ looks like a traditional smartphone. However, it’s real intent is “[to] remove the line between mobile and desktop devices”. The design brief was to create a product with the same level of performance as … Read more
Sweden based Symetium, has been focused on creating the perfect phone for more than 3 years. What started as a passion project for young Entrepreneur, Jonathan Gustafsson, has quickly turned into a global social media effort to bring the no compromise smartphone PC to market. ?Gustafsson has worked diligently to bring the initial design together … Read more
The Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) is compiling a “Display Expert Database” as part of its Expert Mapping Project (EMP). To register contact Ms Jung-ran Shin at [email protected] (the url the group sent didn’t seem to work!)
It is widely agreed that if OLED is to be truly cost-competitive with LCD for television applications, the OLED materials must be printed instead of being deposited by vacuum thermal evaporation as they are today. That means not only that the OLED materials must be reformulated to retain their characteristics in soluble form, but also … Read more
In a timely call-back to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, independent lab testers have accused Samsung of implementing a similar system on its TVs in Europe. The unpublished tests were performed by an EU-funded group called ComplianTV. They recorded energy consumption rates that were ‘significantly higher’ in real-world situations than in official test conditions. Samsung TVs … Read more
Fnac, the French electronics and music retailer, has made a bid for UK-listed rival Darty. The French company made a bid of £1.01 per share – valuing the company at £533 million ($807.7 million). Darty said in a statement that it would consider ‘explore the benefits’ of a merger. The company is Europe’s third-largest electrical … Read more
At the same time as it introduced the V10 smartphone (LG Goes Dual-Screen, Dual-Camera for Content Creation), LG showed a preview of the second generation of its Watch Urbane (Wearables and Smartphones Are The Focus for LG). Claiming the highest resolution of any smartwatch currently on the market, the new Watch Urbane features a 1.38″ … Read more
MultiQ has acquired Mermaid, the Danish digital signage company. The new company, still called MultiQ, will apparently be the largest digital signage supplier in northern Europe. Its headquarters will be in Lund, Sweden. Financial terms were not disclosed.
LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off its newest smartphone fuaturing multimedia capabilities never before seen in a mobile device. The first of its V Series phones, the LG V10 was designed to provide a rich multimedia experience — both consumption and creation %U2 Distinctive new features such as a Second Screen, Dual Front … Read more
The Advanced Imaging Society in the USA has presented a Lumiere Award – its highest honour for technology innovation – to Stream TV Networks, for the Ultra-D glasses-free 3D system. Ultra-D displays are currently being mass-produced by Pegatron. Stream TV’s Bud Robertson (centre) with AIS president Jim Chabin (left) and chairman Mike DeValue (right)
Stream TV Business Development VP Bud Robertson (center) with Advanced Imaging Society President Jim Chabin (left) and AIS Chairman Mike DeValue (right) receives Lumiere Award for the company’s breakthrough Ultra-D glasses-free 3D technology … Stream TV Networks, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been honored by the Advanced Imaging Society for its Ultra-D … Read more
LG’s V10 smartphone (LG Goes Dual-Screen, Dual-Camera for Content Creation) features a fingerprint sensor from Fingerprint Cards AB. The sensor (FPC1035) supports 360° finger rotation.
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