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North Face is challenging customers to go on a high-octane adventure – in-store. The retailer is testing the use of virtual reality headsets to transport people visiting its NYC store to a remote hiking trail, up a cliff face, or plummeting off one in a base jump. The company hopes that it can get people … Read more
The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP) will show a coating that enables laser backlighting for holographic displays at SID 2015 (stand 222). SeeReal Technologies in Dresden joined Fraunhofer in the work. Holographic displays use laser light for a complete 3D display of images. A wide laser beam is required … Read more
SamMobile claims that Samsung is delaying a new smartwatch until the hype surrounding the Apple Watch has died down. According to the website, the watch is likely to be launched in September (probably at IFA). The watch will have a round face and a rotating bezel ring. Other sources have named the watch as the … Read more
Specs of the Galaxy Note 5 and Note Edge 2 (codenamed ‘Project Noble’ and ‘Project Zen’, respectively) have apparently been leaked. The Note 5 is said to have a 5.7″ display, described as ‘2k or 4k flat-screen AMOLED’. It will feature an Exynos 7422 SoC running Android M, 4GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. … Read more
Vivitek’s new DLP projectors (DX813 and DX814) are bright, portable models. They weigh just over 3kg and measure 314 x 216 x 126mm, with a top-loading lamp (240W). Both have power-saving options such as eco mode, auto power off and standby mode. The projectors are only differentiated by their resolution: 1024 x 768 on the … Read more
Korea’s ET News claims that Apple is looking into silver nanowire technology for the touch panels on the (long-rumoured) 12.9″ iPad. By exchanging an ITO-based clear film for silver nanowires, Apple intends to raise touch sensitivity and lower costs, writes the source. Apple has apparently requested samples from LG Display, Samsung Display, Japan Display and … Read more
Exertis says it has been signed as exclusive distributor in the UK for LG’s new G4 smartphone. The device will be launched at the end of this month.
Sources in Taiwan have estimated that the four local major panel makers will spend a total of NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) between them this year on capital expenditure. AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux are expected to make the largest investments of NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion) and NT$35 billion ($1.1 billion) respectively, focused on expanding and … Read more
Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn Electronics) fared better than many Taiwanese manufacturers in April, reporting a record sales of NT$352.4 billion ($11.5 billion), up 4.2% sequentially and 19.7% higher year on year. For the January to April period, the company reported sales of NT$1.4 trillion ($45.8 billion) rising 16.1% YoY. The company said that strong sales … Read more
There were mixed fortunes for Taiwan’s notebook ODM’s last month. Compal Electronics saw sales fall 17.7% month on month to NT$61.6 billion ($2 billion), though this was 7.8% higher year on year and brought sales so far this year to NT$259.9 billion ($8.5 billion), an improvement of 14.1% from the same period of 2014. The … Read more
Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index shows that the top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA gained a total of 54,800 digital subscribers in Q1. Six of the services reported a net increase: Verizon (up 90,000); AT&T (49,000); DirecTV (60,000); Time Warner Cable (30,000); Mediacom and Suddenlink. Dish lost 134,000 subs, Comcast lost 8,000, Charter lost 7,000 and … Read more
Silver nanowires (AgNW) are one alternative for ITO conductive films, offering low sheet resistance as well as low haze. This makes them a great solution for touch panels. C3Nano has announced that it is partnering with Nissha to develop silver nanowire type transparent conductors for touch sensor applications. This announcement comes together with a press … Read more
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