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Apple to Launch a Foldable Phone Using AgNW in 2023

What They Say The respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is reported by MacRumors.com as saying that Apple is planning an 8″ QHD+ flexible OLED-based folding smartphone in 2023. Samsung is likely to be the exclusive supplier of displays and Samsung Foundry as the exclusive DDI provider. He also forecast that the smartphone would use silver nanowire … Read more

Links for w/c 3rd May 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. The US Video Game Industry Is Thriving Right Now Chromecast (Google TV) is no longer forcing HDR output A Book You Remember, a Kindle You Forget NYT $$ … Read more

Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Continue to Surge During the First Quarter, According to IDC

While much of the world is still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of tablets and Chromebooks remain on fire. Tablets had an outstanding first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) with 55.2% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 39.9 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. … Read more

Apple iPad Pro – Can Drive MiniLED Growth  

Apple’s iPad Pro can drive miniLED display growth in 2021 and beyond. It could start a new wave of demand for miniLED-based IT products (tablets, notebooks and monitors). MiniLED TVs introduced by Samsung, LGE, TCL and others at the beginning of 2021 have already started expectations of growth. Apple’s miniLED-based iPAD Pro will strengthen this … Read more

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Upgrades P Series Large Format Displays with Ultra HD and Advanced Features  

Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the projector and display market, announced its upgraded P Series large format displays. The professional display lineup provides a wide color gamut panel, full metal chassis and advanced feature-set for effective and memorable UHD digital signage. These displays are ideal for professional applications in finance, healthcare, restaurant, … Read more

Facebook will keep investing heavily in AR and VR

What They Say During Facebook’s Q1 2021 earnings call, Marki Zuckerberg highlighted the continued investment in AR & VR as a key to ‘the next computing platform’. In a comment that was aimed at rivals he said “Quest 2 is doing better than we expected, even after the holiday season. We continue to see good … Read more

Dr. Isamu Akasaki, 92, Dies

Isamu Akasaki in 2014 (cropped from Image source)What They Say On the 1st April, Professor. Isamu Akasaki, the Nobel Prize winning developer of blue LEDs, died in Nagoya Japan. He was 92. He won the Nobel Prize in 2014 along with Dr. Amano, a student of his at Nagoya University and Shuji Nakamura, who was … Read more