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What They Say There was a rush of releases with Q1 market data from firms including IDC and Counterpoint. Counterpoint said that he global smartphone market declined by 7% YoY and 12% QoQ to 328 million units in Q1 2022. Samsung grew QoQ (although down 3% YoY), the only top five brand to achieve growth … Read more
According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -11% YoY to 314 million units in Q1 2022. Samsung topped the global smartphone market with a healthy 24% share in Q1 2022, the highest first quarter performance over the past five years. Apple ranked the second place with 18% share. Xiaomi, OPPO (including … Read more
What They Say We previously reported on delays to the implementation of the US military’s plan for the use of IVAS, based on Microsoft’s Hololens, (IVAS US Defence Development Struggling? and US Army Delays Hololens Adoption) and now AV Magazine reports that the US Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General has raised doubts … Read more
What They Say A group from Carnegie Mellon University that looks at ‘Future Interfaces’ has developed a system that delivers ‘mouth-centred haptics’. The system uses beamed ultrasound to simulate various different sensations in the user’s mouth, tongue and teeth. Sensations such as tapping, pulsing and swiping can be experienced. There’s a video here showing how … Read more
What They Say A joint venture between Comcast and Charter is intended to help the two US cable companies to better compete with dedicated streamers such as Roku, Google TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. Under the deal, Comcast will contribute its XClass smart TV platform as well as its ad-supported streaming service Xumo. Comcast will … Read more
What They Say After Meta’s earnings call, there have been lots of reports about the firm’s XR plans, with an emphasis on the Project Cambria headset. There was also interest because it builds on comments from CTO John Carmack last year that it will be focused on workplace use. In a Facebook post Mark Zuckerberg … Read more
What They Say Prad.de reported on a new Philips ‘Business Monitor’ with 27″ and UltraHD that is available in China. So far, so ‘meh’. However, this 27″ monitor has an OLED panel with certification to DisplayHDR 400 True Black and peak luminance of 540 cd/m². WCG is 150% of sRGB, 99.7% of DCI-P3, 99.6% of … Read more
Worldwide smartphone shipments declined 8.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This marks the third consecutive quarter of decline for the smartphone market as shipments fell to 314.1 million units in the quarter, about 3.5% lower … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that PlayNitride showed three different technologies of microLED backplanes at Touch Taiwan 2022 based on PCBs, TFTs and silicon (for microLEDs). A large display was based on PCBs and had a luminance of 2,000 cd/m², pitch of 0.43mm and WCG. For automotive applications, there was a 9.8″ panel with transparency … Read more
What They Say We were approached by a researcher who alerted us to a new acoustic-assisted touch system that is said to solve some issues of latency seen in other touch technologies. Arthur will be covering it in a Display Daily in a couple of weeks, but if this is a topic that you are … Read more
What They Say We mentioned the ‘new’ OLED monitors from LG that it highlighted at NAB this week, although they have been announced (65″) or shipping (27″ and 31.5″) for some time. (LG 27″ OLED Comes into Stock) and (LG Adds Large Mastering Monitor). Chris got a chance to see the monitors at NAB and … Read more
As I have written before, I have been somewhat sceptical of the whole Metaverse thing (I saw a headline about a ‘Metaverse hotel’ today – how bizarre is that concept?). (Metaverse – Meta and Drink for Critics). I still have some doubts about it, but last week I did see something that was genuinely exciting … Read more
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