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Second Apple Watch to House Video Camera

by Tom Allen

‘Sources familiar with the matter’ have said that Apple Watch 2 will be launched in 2016, with a video camera supporting Face Time. Rumours also say that Apple will integrate a new chipset that …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Apple Could Eliminate Home Button With New Chip

by Tom Allen

Apple is developing a touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solution for its iPhones, say Asian sources. The solution, being developed inside Apple, will be used in future iPhone designs, with ultra-thin bezels. …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 26

by Tom Allen

Apple has discontinued the original iPad Mini – the last iOS device that the company made without a retina display. Densitron Displays and ‘Papirus’ have created an electrophoretic display for the Raspberry Pi, called …

Apple Has Been Testing UltraHD For Years

by Tom Allen

Leaked emails from Sony show that Apple has been licensing the company’s UltraHD content for testing purposes since 2013. Although not earth-shattering, it does show that Apple is interested in the format – which …

Web Designers Make it Hard to Use Our Displays

by Phillip Wright

A recent spot-on article concerning web page user interface design and information display on computer monitors came across my screen a week or more ago. I might have forgotten the article except that I …

Tags:Apple| GUIs| Viewer Experience| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Apple Patents Method to Raise AMOLED Display Brightness

by Tom Allen

Apple has been granted several new patents, but those that we are interested in relate to AMOLED displays – specifically, raising the performance of these devices. A top-emission AMOLED uses a top electrode with …

AWE 2015 Buzzes on Metaio Sale

by Bob Raikes

We were in San Jose for the SID and remained in the area for a few days afterwards. We were able to get a day at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2015 conference in …

Apple Outclassed by Microsoft – And…Tesco?

by Tom Allen

A test by consumer magazine Which? has found that Apple’s iPad Mini 3 is outclassed by Tesco’s budget Hudl 2 – at least in speed. The Geekbench benchmarking software gave the Mini 3 a …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 25

by Tom Allen

Can’t forget the Tim Cook-alikes!Apple has a history of comedic openings for its WWDC keynotes, and this year’s was no different. Bill Hader stars as ‘director David LeGary’, who is orchestrating the most elaborate …

Tags:Apple| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Apple Builds Bigger, Better Ecosystem at WWDC 2015

by Tom Allen

Apple’s WWDC has been and gone again, but this year’s event was unlike those in the recent past – because there were no new product announcements. Instead, like Google at Google I/O in May, …

Rumour: Bottlenecks Push Apple Away From In-Cell

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources say that, due to bottlenecks with in-cell touch production, Apple may return to glass-on-glass touch. Touch panel makers are trying to create GoG panels that would enable future iPhones to be …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 25

What are Wearables for Anyway – Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update (WF7)

by Phillip Wright

The Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at SID’s 2015 Display Week included a presentation by IHS analysts that touched on What are Wearables for Anyway and a Wearable-Flexible Display Market Update. Coming …