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7 Years of Talking About Apple AR/VR Products

by Omid Rahmat

Apple Inc. is still planning to unveil its first mixed-reality headset this year, but an even more important follow-up product — lightweight augmented-reality glasses — has been postponed due to technical challenges.  Bloomberg We’ve been …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| VR

Where Apple Goes We All Follow

by Emory Kale

Apple may have delayed the launch of its M2 Pro and M2 Max products because of a slowdown in sales but it doesn’t seem to be shying away from the fight at this early …

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Is the PC Ever Going to Make a Comeback?

by Omid Rahmat

Back in early 2021, Gartner said that fourth quarter 2021 PC shipments declined 5% and, now, in early 2022, it is saying fourth quarter 2022 PC shipments declined 28.5%. In 2021, the yearly growth …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset Set for Q3’23

by Omid Rahmat

Apple has already shared the device with a small number of high-profile software developers for testing, letting them get started on third-party apps. The device’s operating system, dubbed “Borealis” inside the company, will be publicly named xrOS. With …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Foxconn Eases China Factory Restrictions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Foxconn has ended most of the restrictions on its factory in Zhengzhou, China including the “point-to-point” system, in which employees had to restrict daily movements to between their dormitories and the campus.  …

Tags:Apple| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| Supply Chain

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Global Smartphone Shipment Market Share – Q3 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research published an infographic on the smartphone market in Q3 2022. Some highlights were: The global smartphone market declined by 12% YoY but grew 3% QoQ to 301.9 million units …

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 iPad OS16.12 Improves External Display Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I was very pleased to see that Apple has released iPad OS 16.2 for download. The OS upgrade is significant as it contains the deferred improvement in support for external monitors …

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Links – Mid-week week starting 12th December 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle part of this week. Vestaboard thinks its flip message board is …

Tags:Apple| E Ink| Game Playing| MiniLED| Notebooks| OLEDs| Smart Home & Home Networks| STBs

Top Display Technologies For 2023

by Sweta Dash

It is time to evaluate display technology trends for 2023. The flat panel display market slowed down considerably in 2022 as demand declined after two years of outstanding growth in demand driven by Pandemic …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Foldable Devices| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| Microdisplays| MicroOLED (aka OLEoS)| MiniLED| Notebooks| OLED & QD-OLED Monitors| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Samsung Display| Smartphone Market| sony| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)