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No Front Glass for Kyocera

Kyocera’s new 7″ TFT-LCD display modules both feature capacitive on-cell touch, and are only differentiated from each other in the touch interface. The TCG070W VLRPC-GD117 addresses touch via I²C, while the TCG070W VLRPC-GD118 addresses via USB. Both modules feature five touch points and shielded cables, but no front glass. They are designed for lightweight applications … Read more

November Large Panel Shipments up 5% YoY

A total of 22.3 million large panels were shipped in November, from Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers. This was just under 1% lower than the previous month but represented a year on year improvement of 5.2%. The total number of panels shipped so far this year from Taiwan was 239.8 million, a 2% increase from … Read more

Oculus Rift: Does the Emperor Have Any Clothes?

Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by the head mounted virtual reality (VR) system. A more common type of headline is “Oculus Rift at SXSW: Is Virtual Reality the Holy Grail … Read more

OnePlus Breaks Half a Million Sales on Sub-$500 Budget

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has been hailed as 2014’s success story. Since launching its first device, the OnePlus One, in April, more than 500,000 units have been sold, co-founder Carl Pei told Forbes. These sales were achieved with an advertising budget of just $300! OnePlus aims to break 1 million sales by the end of … Read more

Parks Names Most Popular Christmas Gifts

Parks Associates expects smartwatches and connected entertainment devices (including games consoles and streaming media players) to be among the most popular gifts given in the USA this Christmas. The trend will echo one seen across the rest of 2014, where 37% of smartwatches, 25% of streaming media devices and 20% of games consoles were received … Read more

PCs Rebound But Tablets Fall in Europe

Increased PC demand was the main driver for smart connected devices (SCDs) in Western Europe in Q3, which posted another period of growth. IDC’s data shows that PC, tablet and smartphone shipments totalled 60.1 million – an 8.6% YoY rise. As in Q2’14, PC shipments continued to rise, with demand moving to desktops and portables; … Read more

Pixelworks Result 31/10/2014

Pixelworks Inc. reported turnover for the third quarter of $17.1 million, which compares with $15.3 million in Q3 of last year, thanks to strong chip sales. The company recorded a net loss for the quarter of $2.3 million, while a year earlier Pixelworks posted a net profit of $1.5 million. In the nine month period … Read more