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In-air touchscreens have been seen before – usually featuring a projector and water vapour (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 1, Vol 21 No 17). However, there has been little sensation of feedback. A team at the University of Tokyo, however, has developed a new way to present such a display. Although a screen is used, … Read more
Hong Kong University for Science and Technology (HKUST) published the result of its research, originally shown in a paper at SID, into an optically rewritable 3D LCD. The display is basically a normal LCD without drive electronics. In a normal LCD, the LCD molecules are aligned by applying a voltage between the front and the … Read more
Global smartphone shipments remained above 300 million units in Q3’14, having reached that point in Q2. According to IDC, new releases and an increased emphasis on emerging markets were key. In total, vendors shipped 327.6 million smartphones, representing 25.2% YoY growth from Q3’13’s 261.7 million units. The figure was also 8.7% higher than the 301.3 … Read more
Following an alleged fall-out earlier this year, Tech Data Mobile is once again distributing HTC handsets and tablets in the UK.
Huawei’s consumer mobility and telephony products are to be distributed by Ingram Micro in Switzerland.
HTC will use Tech Data to distribute the new Nexus 9 tablet in the UK.
The Pebble and Pebble Steel smartwatches will be distributed to UK and Benelux retailers and resellers through Widget’s associate company, Now Mobile.
A new mobile SoC has been developed by LG Electronics and is already being used in a smartphone. The ‘Nuclun’ CPU has been installed in the LG G3 Screen, a Korea-exclusive handset. Built with ARM’s Big.Little technology Nuclun is an octa-core processor. It has four 1.5GHz Cortex-A15 cores for intensive tasks and four 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 … Read more
Embedded touch panel solutions are being investigated by Huawei, for smartphones to be released next year, say industry sources. Huawei currently uses embedded touch in its Ascend P7 smartphones; the sources indicated that it will be used on entry-level, mid-range and high-end units in 2015.
Pegatron is expected to ship about 25 million iPhone 6 handsets before the end of 2014, say reports from Asia. A similar number is expected from Foxconn, putting overall iPhone 6 shipments at around 50 million units this year. The figure excludes the iPhone 6 Plus. Pegatron is also manufacturing the iPad Mini 3. The … Read more
After experiencing higher demand for the iPhone 6 Plus than expected, Apple is debating whether to raise its payments to producer Foxconn, according to reports from Asia. Supply chain sources say that Apple is considering raising its payments-per-iPhone by 20% – 25%, to increase mass-production efficiency. It is thought that the company pays Foxconn around … Read more
A 12″ tablet will be launched by Sony in Q1’15, say Taiwanese vendors. The sources said that the tablet will be supplied with a stylus and will have ‘high-end’ specifications, targeting graphics-intensive applications.
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