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Strategy Analytics Reports on 2Q’14 Processor Shipments for Smartphones and Tablets

September 26, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Market Intelligence – Strategy Analytics will shortly be releasing its market report on processor shipments and market shares for tablets and smartphones in the second quarter of 2014. The report distinguishes between smartphone baseband processors, smartphone application processors and tablet application processors. The smartphone baseband market reached $5.2 billion in Q2’14, representing a growth of … Read more

The PC, Tablet and Smartphone Market for the Near Future

September 26, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Market Intelligence – In recent months there has been good news on increasing PC sales (notably notebooks) and slowing tablet sales, leading many to believe that the consumer love affair with tablets is over, a sentiment that Tim Cook, CEO of Apple did not share in a recent interview. Cook believes that the tablet market … Read more

Toyota Develops 3D – HUD – not Stereoscopic 3D Though

September 25, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Head Up Display – The AutoGuide, Car and Driver, and other publications broke the news that Toyota has been developing a 3D HUD (head up display). They reported that Toyota has been working on this new HUD for two years, together with engineers from Silicon Valley. The new HUD is aimed at improving drivers safety by visually identifying … Read more

iPhone 6 Plus – the First Flexible Phone from Apple?

September 25, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Smartphone – After the release of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it seemed that Apple had produced another winner in the consumer electronics world. This has now been questioned, at least for the iPhone 6 Plus, as several reports point towards some issues with frame distortion after putting the phablet in the pocket. While … Read more

UHD TVs with Subpixel Rendering May have Certification Issues

September 25, 2014 by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Consumer Reports Shapr Quattron Plus Zone plate result

Display Metrology –The CEA recently announced a new logo program for UHD TVs. Like most logo or certification programs, one of the criteria is a resolution of 3840 x 2160. For UHD TVs with a traditional RGB stripe pixel architecture that should not be a problem, but many sets now offer non-RGB-stripe pixel architectures where … Read more

Haptics Role in Mobile Devices Endures

September 25, 2014 by Raverstead

Mobile Displays, User Interface – Recent announcements by Immersion Corporation and Apple show that haptic feedback will continue to play a role in mobile and wearable devices. Haptic enhancements of mobile handset user interfaces that provide users with tactile feedback when operating their devices have been a feature of Android OS based devices for some … Read more

Vizio Launches P-Series UHD TVs

September 24, 2014 by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

Motion on a Samsung 120Hz TV compared to the Vizio 240Hz TV.

Beyond HD – At CES earlier this year, Vizio announced its new P-series of UltraHD Smart TVs. On September 23rd, the product line was launched, with the TVs starting to ship immediately. I had a chance to see these products at an event Vizio held in New York City. The P-series of TVs have a … Read more

iBeacon Puts Displays at Retail Nexus

September 24, 2014 by Helen Vince

Mobile – In our last instalment on Apple Hybrid iBeacon and NFC (Near Field Communications) we said the company is once again demonstrating a canny sense of identifying Gateway Technologies that can empower (and further enrich) its army of code developers who in turn empower us with the unintended consequences of amazing creativity – all over again”. At … Read more

Can Apple Watch Crack Wearable Mainstream?

September 24, 2014 by Helen Vince

Wearables – A new Information Week Reader Survey is flying in the face of more traditional market research firms stating that by its reckoning, more than two-thirds (66.8% from the 585 sample pool) responded Nix to the idea of an Apple or any other brand of Smart Watch. Of that group, the magazine’s ad hoc survey said about … Read more

Wide Color Gamuts and High Dynamic Range

September 24, 2014 by Helen Vince

Broadcast and Distribution – Think of this as Part 3 of my recent series of Display Dailys on expanded color gamuts and the future of video encoding. The series started, innocently enough, with Canon’s support of the BT.2020 standard and continued with how Nanosys quantum dots can almost meet the BT.2020 color gamut standard. In that second article, I mentioned … Read more

Direct TV Starts 4K Broadcasts This Year

September 24, 2014 by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

4K – Direct TV has announced that they are planning on starting 4K or UltraHD TV broadcasts this year. Via Satellite, a publication focusing completely on the satellite broadcast sector, interviewed Michael White, chairman, president and CEO of Direct TV about the support of UltraHD TV. Direct TV stated that they are looking into supporting UltraHD transmissions in … Read more

Dell Does Well in the PC Market

September 23, 2014 by Helen Vince

PC – Max Smolaks from the Tech Week Europe reports on the highlights of Michael Dell’s speech at Dell’s Solutions Summit in Brussels. Just a year after Dell delisted from the stock market, many wondered which direction Dell would take going forward. With the company still offering PCs to consumers, it seems that little has … Read more