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Prestigio Goes Dual-SIM

Prestigio’s Muze A3 smartphone is an entry-level/mid-range unit with a large battery. Boasting a 1.3GHz quad-core processor from Mediatek, running Android 4.4, the Muze A3 has a 3,000mAh battery and features dual SIM slots. It has 4GB of memory, expandable to 32GB via micro-SD; users can also access 200GB of free cloud storage, provided by … Read more

A Study of Distance Estimation in Augmented Reality Display Systems

A recent article reports the results of a study to determine the ability of users to estimate distances between real and virtual objects presented by an augmented reality display system. To put this study into context, I think that it is valid to make an analogy to a topic that may be somewhat more familiar. … Read more

Kiosk Group Announces Next Generation of iPad, Android and Windows Kiosks

Kiosk Group, Inc. has revealed the next generation of tablet-based self-service kiosks with its Revolution 16 and Revolution 24 enclosures. The Rev16 and Rev24 have been designed to offer short lead times, low-cost implementation and a massive area for branding. The Rev16 will fit: Any 10″ to 13″-class tablet such as the iPad Air2, 12″ … Read more

Kverve Optics Gets Funding from projectiondesign Founder Jorn Eriksen

Kverve Optics AS is proud to announce that the co-founder of Projectiondesign AS, Mr. Jorn Eriksen, has bought 40% of Kverve Optics AS and that Mr. Eriksen will take the position as the Chairman of the Board. Projectiondesign AS is a manufacturer of a portfolio of high end projectors to the professional world market and … Read more

FlexEnable to Showcase Flexible Electronics Technology Platform at Mobile World Congress

FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of flexible organic electronics, will showcase its flexible electronics technology platform for mobile and wearable applications for the first time at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The world’s first plastic in-plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal display (LCD), which FlexEnable recently developed together with Merck, will … Read more

First LG Tablet from Sprint Launches March 13 FREE with 2-Year Agreement and Any Active Sprint Smartphone

Sometimes the best things in life really are free. Sprint (NYSE: S) is gearing up for a March 13 launch of LG G PadTM F 7.0, the first tablet from LG Electronics on Sprint’s 4G LTE network. “LG G Pad F 7.0 is a perfect companion to any Android smartphone, especially with these low-cost purchasing … Read more

User Experience Needs Context and Context Needs Sensors

I’ve had a busy week with a visit to the Electronic Display (ED) conference in Nuremberg, where industrial and automotive applications are the hot topics. With the Mobile World Congress coming up this Sunday, I had to get my head down to finish the Electronic Display report before Mobile World starts. While in Germany, I … Read more

14 Mitsubishi Extends LCD Operating Conditions

Mitsubishi had its own booth and was showing a range of different modules for industrial and automotive applications. The first module we looked at was a new 7″ module that has 800 x 480 resolution, 1,500 cd/m² of brightness and has a special hardware design that allows survival after a 6.8G shock. The display is … Read more

16 Valens Pushes HDBaseT into Industrial PCs – Autos Next?

Valens was at the show to promote its new HDBaseT chips. We’re used to seeing these in digital signage, but they are very useful in industrial applications. The latest Colligo chip was being shown in a new industrial PC that could support remote displays completely powered from the PC. In a factory environment that can … Read more

Top-Selling Projectors in January According to PMA Research

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 16 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. Their Tracking Service family … Read more