Samsung Looks to China for AMOLED Adoption
Samsung Display will supply OLED panels to Chinese smartphone brands, according to local media. Both Huawei and Oppo are said to be talking to Samsung about the technology.
960 x 540 is New Nokia Resolution
A dual-SIM Windows Phone smartphone from Nokia has passed through the USA’s FCC. The ‘RM-1090’ (or possibly RM-1091) is roughly the size of the Lumia 830, with a 5″ display and 960 x 540 resolution. Display Daily Comments We understand this to be a new resolution for Nokia smartphones, which in the past have had … Read more
Blackberry Returns to Classic Form Factor
A leaked image, apparently of the Blackberry Classic smartphone, shows a return to the company’s traditional physical keyboard form factor. Image source N4BB claims that the phone will have a 3.5″ LCD screen; 720 x 720 resolution; a 1.5GHz dual-core processor; Adreno S4 Pro GPU; 2GB of RAM; and 16GB of storage. The Classic will … Read more
Openwave Claims Further Optimisation of HEVC
Openwave Mobility, based in California, has announced a new technology designed to ease UltraHD video transmission over mobile networks. ‘Dynamo’ apparently works with all types of transmissions but is optimised for HEVC video. Openwave claims that it can provide up to a five-times increase in efficiency. Dynamo can also record and recode older videos into … Read more
Microsoft Bypasses Text-Entry Problems
Microsoft Research is trying to get round the problem of text entry on the tiny touchscreens found on smartwatches. It described the problem by explaining that, on a 1.6″ screen, a keyboard with 10 keys would have buttons less than 3mm wide. Because of this, a prototype ‘keyboard’ app (Analog Keyboard) has been developed that … Read more
Gartner: 90% of Mobiles Will be Smartphones by 2018
Tablet growth has slowed enough this year that these products will represent 9.5% of all devices worldwide. Consumers are looking at alternative devices like hybrids and phablets, as well as holding on to their existing tablets for longer. According to Gartner, tablet sales will reach 229 million units globally in 2014: a 11% YoY increase. … Read more
Google’s New Nexus Devices Feature Android L – for Lollipop
Details about Google’s Nexus 6 smartphone were heavily leaked before it was officially announced this month. Even in March (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9), rumours were appearing online. Now we can see that many of those rumours were true. Motorola produced the Nexus 6, Google having switched from Asus as its manufacturing partner. The … Read more
Low-Cost Mobiles Push On-Cell Touch Growth
Vastly more on-cell TFT LCD touch panels were shipped in the first six months of 2014 than all of 2013. NPD DisplaySearch data shows that total shipments in Q1 and Q2’14 exceeded 20 million, while Q1-Q4’13 reached just 4.7 million. The massive growth is due to the technology’s adoption in the entry- and mid-level smartphone … Read more
Smartphones Drive MEA Handsets to Record Sales
A new record was set for the MEA tablet handset market in Q2 this year, rising 27% YoY to 64 million units. IDC says that most growth came from smartphones, which are rapidly gaining popularity in the region. Smartphone market share jumped 13 percentage points YoY in Q2, to reach 40%. The figure was as … Read more
Smartwatch Adoption Will Accelerate – But No Killer App in Sight
More than 100 million smartwatches will be in use worldwide by 2019, says Juniper Research. In a new report (http://tinyurl.com/qceaqhh), the firm predicts that the next 12-18 months will bring the product category into mainstream consumers’ awareness. Smartwatch differentiation is shifting from hardware to features. These include GPS and NFC connectivity. Juniper believes that these … Read more
Tablets Cannibalise TV for UK Children
According to Ofcom, one-third of UK children aged 5-15 own their own tablet – and 11% between aged 3 and 4. The 34% figure represents almost a 100% YoY increase, from 19% ownership in 2013. The 11% figure is a much larger rise, up from 3%. More than 60% of children (5-15) use a tablet … Read more
Buy BenQ, Support Fight Against Cancer
BenQ America will donate $10 to Breast Cancer Awareness for every HT1075 projector sold in October. The campaign is part of the ‘BenQ Cares’ programme.
