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Essential Seen in the Wild

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin, one of the founders of Android (and who lead the project for eight years), is building a phone called “The Essential Phone”. We spotted an early brief review of the phone that …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Moto Z2 Force Hits Screen Scratch Issue

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo’s Moto brand has had good news and bad news. Its Z2 Force Android smartphone is reported to be available from all of the four major US mobile operators. The company said that the …

ltis & Wiesel of Germany has released an 11″ Android display with an unusual 32:3 aspect ratio. The IW-PA11B-1280-120-750-N-B has 1280 x 120 resolution and it produces 750 cd/m² of output with 256K colours …

Tags:Android| Digital Signage| Mobile Display Monitor| Stretched Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Via Player Supports UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Via Technologies has launched an UltraHD version of its commercial grade digital signage player that supports HTML5 and H.265, the Via Alta DS 4K . The box is based on a ‘highly customise’ version …

Tags:Android| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Media Players| Vol 24 - Issue 27

New Pine64 Media Board Runs UltraHD HDR Video at 60 fps

by Andrew Fenn

Raspberry Pi finally has some real competition in the single-board computer market, with the imminent arrival of Pine 64’s new media board system, Rock64, the makers claim. At 85mm by 56mm, about the size …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Video Processors| Vol 24 - Issue 27

The GenBasic VR Headset

by Arthur Berman

GenBasic (apparently a brand name of the Shenzhen Big Bread Technology Co., Ltd.) is now offering a product called the Quad HD Android All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset – HXSD Edition. The “All-in-One” in the …

Tags:Android| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Rubin Shows Phone and Assistant with Circular Display

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin is a well known name in mobile phone circles as he was a key individual in the development of Android. He now has a company, Essential, which has a new smartphone, a …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Sony TVs Get Android 7.0 for HLG Support

by Yvette Raikes

Having only just completed providing Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) to its TVs, Sony is now starting the roll-out of Android 7.0 (Nougat) to 2017 and late 2016 models. The update will have picture-in-picture, support for …

Com Hem Retains Tivo, but adds Android

by Bob Raikes

Broadband TV News reports that at the Connected TV World Summit, Thomas Helbo, the CTO of Com Hem, the Swedish Pay TV operator, said that it will launch an Android-based STB that will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 20

HTC U11 review: The new DxOMark Mobile leader

by Isaac Oburu

Today, HTC is launching its new flagship smartphone: the HTC U11. DxOMark has reviewed and tested its 12 Megapixel 1.4µm sensor coupled with an f/1.75 lens. The results of DxOMark’s in-depth analysis of the …

Tags:Android| HTC| Smartphones

HTC U11 Beats Google Pixel

by Yvette Raikes

HTC has launched its U11 smartphone. It has a 5.5″ LCD screen (1440 x 2560 pixels) and runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat. Based on a Snapdragon 835, it can have up to 6G of RAM …

Tags:Android| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 19

Beenius Partners Infomir On STBs

by Yvette Raikes

Slovenian interactive TV platform provider Beenius is partnering Ukrainian company Infomir to produce STBs with Android technology aimed at cable and telco firms. The solutions cover IPTV, OTT and DVB-x Hybrid demands. The two …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 18