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The cost of manufacturing the display for the Apple Watch (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is ‘several times’ higher than equivalent LCD or glass-based AMOLED screens, says NPD DisplaySearch. The screen is a plastic-based 1.5″ OLED from LG Display (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37). Apple seems to have ensured that its product uses … Read more
The end of smartphone subsidies in China will affect the wider market, says NPD DisplaySearch. Direct subsidies are to end, being replaced with consumer call charge subsidies. The inventory of name brands is expected to be affected, as are upstream industries. Declining smartphone ASPs will be hastened by the move, says DisplaySearch. The average price … Read more
Heraeus and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have demonstrated the possibility of scaling non-metallic touch panels to production volume. A joint project used Heraeus’ Clevios-branded PEDOT: PSS films (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 19) to build a set of 3.5″ GF1-type touch sensors. They were based on a Clevios-coated transparent conductive PET layer, with … Read more
Tablet PC demand is slowing, market observers agree (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 22), with competition from smaller display products rising. According to NPD DisplaySearch, tablet demand will only rise 2% this year, to 254 million units; significantly lower than the previous expectation of 14% YoY growth. Demand will continue to rise in single digits, … Read more
Automotive monitor shipments will rise 30% this year, says NPD DisplaySearch, led by Japan Display, Sharp and AUO. 85 million automotive displays will be shipped in 2014, as demand is growing quickly. Car manufacturers are adding multiple monitors to the driver’s console, as consumers increasingly look to save energy and drive safely. The trend is … Read more
LG’s F60 is the company’s newest entry-level offering – with 4G connectivity. Powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm quad-core processor, running Android 4.4, the phone shares many functions with the LG G3. These include Knock Code (a pattern of knocks on the screen to unlock the phone); Gesture Shot (triggering a three-second countdown to taking a … Read more
The CL920 rugged tablet, from UK-based Motion Computing, will run for eight hours on battery and fully charge in 90 minutes. Built around an internal magnesium frame, the tablet is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. It meets the MIL-STD-810G and IP52 ratings and uses a chemical-resistant chassis, for easy cleaning. An optical enhancement film, called … Read more
The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely by Blu, but is actually a repackaged version of Gionee’s S5.5 smartphone for the US market. Protected on the front and … Read more
China’s Gionee has gone and outdone itself, beating its previous S5.5 smartphone (holding the record for the world’s thinnest model) with the 5.1mm-thick ELife S5.1 (thinner than my mousemat! – TA). Like the S5.5, the S5.1 has been recognised by Guiness World Records. The handset features slimmer bezels than its predecessor, but shares the magnesium … Read more
A research project at the University of Washington, called Sideswipe, demonstrates a way to control smartphones through gestures – without adding power-hungry components. Some smartphones today use cameras for 3D gesture sensing. However, they require a clear view of the user’s hands and consume significant battery power. Sideswipe, instead, identifies the interference that hand movements … Read more
CES Unveiled Paris, now in its second year, will take place on 22nd October. Speakers will include the CEA’s Shawn DuBravac, Gary Shapiro and Karen Chupka; and panelists Jean-Luc Errant (Cityzen Sciences), Dominique Mocquard (ADM Concept) and Christophe Tiraby (Robotswim). The event is now sold out.
The last week of September – the 28th, to be precise – marked the 63rd anniversary of colour TVs arriving in US stores. The first model was the CBS-Columbia – produced partly because the CBS network was tired of trying to market advertising slots that no-one was watching! Talk about putting your money where your … Read more
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