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The eight billion mobile devices – including smart- and feature phones, wearables, tablets and notebooks – in the world by 2019 will provide a huge base for new battery and charging technologies, says ABI Research. Battery and charging technologies have lagged behind other developments in the mobile space, says ABI’s Nick Spencer. He added, “Short … Read more
A paper published by Microsoft Research (http://tinyurl.com/nqvq736) has shown a new way to conserve power on mobile devices. Recognising that the screen is the most power-hungry component in a smartphone, Microsoft researchers have developed a method called ‘FingerShadow’ to reduce power-draw. Utilising local dimming, the system darkens areas of the screen that are covered by … Read more
When Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, many saw the iPhone 6 Plus as a way for Apple to participate in the somewhat elusive phablet market. The phablet market is basically the no-mans land between the smartphone and the tablet. For many a phablet is big enough to skip the purchase of … Read more
Longshine Technologies, a Chinese ODM, has developed a product that marries the analogue and digital worlds. The circular Halo smartwatch has an analogue face and transparent OLED touchscreen. Currently in the prototype stage, the Halo 1 is a smartphone companion device, while the Halo 2 has 2G connectivity and a SIM card slot, and can … Read more
CE markets are always changing and everyone wants to stay ahead of what is going on. This leads to many market reviews and market forecasts of products that have not even been developed and appears to be especially true for the developing wearables market. Market research also plays an important role in the development of … Read more
Microsoft wasted no time recently in countering a claim by Taiwan’s Digitimes that the company was ‘likely to terminate the [Surface] product line’. A blog post by Surface general manager Brian Hall (http://tinyurl.com/kc7fxr9) showed that there will be at least one more generation of Surface products. Hall stated that the Surface Pro 3 Type Covers, … Read more
Back in 2010, Microsoft started bringing legal action against Android stakeholders, which resulted in various licensing deals. The company refused to announce what was being licensed to the stakeholders – 25 of them, including Foxconn, HTC, ZTE and Samsung. The stakeholders themselves were also blocked from revealing any details, due to a legal agreement. Last … Read more
Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Sharp announced that it would begin mass-production of its MEMS-IGZO displays (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 22) in 2017. Much earlier than this date, however, the company has now said that it will launch a tablet using the technology in Japan, in the first half of next … Read more
Worldwide branded tablet shipments are set to remain below 200 million this year, with growth at a ‘disappointing’ 2.5% YoY, says ABI Research. Apple and Samsung led the market in the first six months of 2014 (representing a combined 70% of all shipments). Shipments of the iPad were down 13% YoY, although Samsung’s tablets rose … Read more
Wearables were big news this year at Ceatec, which took place in Japan earlier this month. The show is always an interesting one, to see what we can expect from Japan in the coming month. Epson demonstrated its Moverio smartglasses. The Pulsense fitness tracker, introduced at IFA, was also on show. Sharp showed off a … Read more
A very interesting article has been posted by Warranty Week, about the market for product protection plans (aka extended warranties) in the USA. Despite the urgings of so-called watchdogs, the adoption of these insurance packages for smartphones is growing at a tremendous rate. Warranty Week expects the protection plan market in the USA to be … Read more
When we talk about wearables we think about all kinds of devices and foremost of all, the cool things we will be able to do once the gadgets are cheap enough to reach the masses. If you work in the CE field, you may also think about what this new market could mean for you. … Read more
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