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The OnePlus 2 smartphone (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset) has been launched. However, in keeping with the company’s theme of exclusivity (and to garner more attention), potential customers must register online before being “invited” to buy the phone. The OnePlus 2 has a 5.5″ display (1920 x 1080), an octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB … Read more
Huawei has said that the Huawei Watch – an Android Wear device – will be released this month. The unit will feature a 1.4″ circular AMOLED display (400 x 400) (likely to be from AUO), with sapphire crystal glass and wireless charging. A 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor will be built in, and the Watch will require … Read more
CPT and ITRI agreed the transfer of flexible AMOLED technology and touch panel integration last month (CPT Signs Technology Agreement with ITRI). Now, there are reports that CPT expects to begin mass-production of flexible AMOLED displays by 2017. The company will apparently convert its existing G4.5 pilot line, or somehow integrate it with ITRI’s G2.5 … Read more
More information has been shared about AUO’s flexible AMOLED prototype, which was seen at Touch Taiwan (High Resolutions Rule Touch Taiwan). The display is a 5″ unit with an integrated touch sensor. It has 1280 x 720 resolution and was made using an LTPS backplane. The frontplane is a top-emission AMOLED, and the substrate is … Read more
The OVAB Digital Signage Summit Europe takes place in Munich this month, and both LG and BenQ will have a presence. LG will show a new 55″ high-brightness screen called the 55XS2B, for in-window use, as well as a 22″ pre-production model. Both screens will be running LG’s WebOS platform. The 55XS2B will have a … Read more
The standards organization, VESA, has developed a compression codec that it calls Display Stream Compression (DSC). Now, silicon to support the encoding and decoding of video has been developed and should enable products to enter the market by the early next year. To learn more, we talked with Montreal-based Hardent, which has developed the IP … Read more
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded FlexTech Alliance $75 million in federal funding to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics. The award will be made over a five year period and is being matched by more than $96 million in cost sharing from non-federal sources, including the … Read more
Hisense launched their Hisense 4K ULED H10 Series Curved Smart TV – 65″ Class at an event held at the Edison Ballroom and hosted by NBC Sports commentator Leigh Diffey. ULED is a game-changing LCD display technology from the Chinese electronics company. During the presentation, Hisense made it clear that the ULED TVs were there … Read more
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the industry definition for high dynamic range (HDR) compatible video displays. HDR is a new capability that promises to deliver an expansive range of brightness and shadow detail, further enhancing the viewing experience. Paving the way for the introduction of HDR-Compatible Displays, the new CEA designation is designed … Read more
We’re just “clearing the decks” ready for the annual dive into IFA and IBC. For those of our readers that haven’t attended them, IFA is the European equivalent of CES and is followed immediately by IBC in Amsterdam, which is equivalent to NAB in the US. The two events are completely different in feeling, with … Read more
The CE industry reached a milestone in the second quarter with half of U.S. Internet homes now owning a Connected TV device. This includes connected TVs, video game consoles, streaming media players, and Blu-ray Disc players that consumers connected to the Internet allowing them access to apps such as Netflix and Hulu. The total number … Read more
The MT42 is the ‘the world’s thinnest, lightest and most powerful quad-core mobile thin client’, according to HP/IDC data. Measuring 18.8mm thick and weighing 1.5kg, the unit features quad-core AMD processors up to 3GHz: 10% higher clock speeds and two additional cores, compared to the previous generation. Designed for mobile business customers, the MT42 is … Read more
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