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What They Say Sensel of Sunnyvale, California, said at the virtual CES that it has a new haptic touchpad that integrates capacitive touch, force field technology and its own direct drive haptics. The touchpad is said to be just 3mm thick and can work under a hard glass covering. Additional Specs and Features include: Haptic … Read more
With the pandemic still in full swing, traditional PCs (inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) were once again an in-demand consumer technology. The fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20) saw global shipments grow 26.1% year over year to 91.6 million units, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device … Read more
What They Say IDC and Gartner agreed that Q4 was strong in the PC market, but disagreed over the scale. IDC said that Q4 was 26.1% up on 2019, at 91.6 million units, while Gartner has the market at 79.4 million, up 10.7%. For the year, Gartner was at 275 million, while IDC saw 302 … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that TCL’s plan to switch the Suzhou LCD factory that it has agreed to acquire from Samsung to make IT panels may be delayed because the demand for TV panels remains quite strong. The deal is also being held up by a delayed approval process by Korean government officials. … Read more
What They Say A hat-tip to DSCC for pointing me to a move by Samsung to boost the OLED panels it plans to supply for notebook applications. Digging around, I found the video below that Samsung put out in January. Yonhap said that Samsung will present up to ten new OLED configurations between 13.3″ and … Read more
Hisense®, a leading television and appliance manufacturer and UEFA EURO 2020™ partner, opened its presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, with one of its strongest product presentations to date. As an international brand excelling in meeting consumer needs across markets, Hisense is exhibiting ultra-premium TVs that push the boundaries of display … Read more
TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, has announced at CES 2021, that it will roll out a TCL Google TV™ series in 2021 to TCL customers, starting in the United States and later in other parts of the world. TCL Google TVs will … Read more
TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, debuts its OD ZeroTM Mini-LED technology at CES 2021. The rollout of high-performance and ultra-slim TCL TVs that will feature OD Zero Technology will be announced closer to its sales launch later this year. OD Zero is … Read more
What They Say LG Electronics announced a new 31.5″ UltraHD OLED Pro Ultrafine monitor with 99% of DCI-P3 and 99% of AdobeRGB coverage. The monitor has a USB-C port (with 90W of PD), two DisplayPorts and HDMI as well as 3 Type A USB connections. What We Think We misheard this as an 8K monitor … Read more
Well, I’m still working through the TV news from CES, but at the moment, I haven’t seen much that’s really exciting or interesting from the major brands. There are bigger and larger OLEDs, some interesting developments in miniLED (with the reduction in thickness as, probably, the most significant point, as we can’t judge the quality … Read more
Intel announced Intel® RealSense™ Touchless Control Software (TCS), a simple solution for converting a touch-based kiosk or digital sign into a safer, touchless one while maintaining a familiar and intuitive user experience. With the pandemic affecting people worldwide, pay and check-in stations, automated teller machines and ordering kiosks could use the Intel RealSense software and … Read more
Starting a number of years ago, but accelerating after a report about the dirt and bacteria (and worse!) on touchscreens in McDonalds fast food outlets (Synchronicity In the Dirt), there has been an increasing interest in ‘touchless touch’. I’ve written about this before (most recently Touch or Touchless Touch?) and so when I saw that … Read more
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