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iOS 16 beta Shows new Sleep Mode for Always On Images

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reports that the iPhone 14 Pro’s ‘always on’ screen will show background images, but with reduced brightness and contrast, in sleep mode. That is in contrast to Android, where the …

Tags:Android| Apple| iPhone

Apple & Honor Flourish in Difficult Chinese Smartphone Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There has been a flurry of news and releases in the last few days as the big research companies send out their Q2 data. A particularly interesting topic is the smartphone …

Tags:Apple| China| Foldable Devices| Smartphone Market

Links Week Ending 29th July 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 end of this week. Meta bumps prices of Quest 2 headsets ahead …

Tags:Apple| Asus| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| DOOH| | Game Playing| JCDecaux| Laser| LED| MMD (AOC Philips)| Patents| Pricing| Sky| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 25th July 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 first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Apple| Asus| Desktop Monitors| | Hisense| Interactive Displays| LG Electronics (LGE)| MiniLED| MMD (AOC Philips)| MSI| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots| Recruitment & Appointments| Teardowns

Links Mid Week Ending 15th July 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 of this week. AOC U28G2XU2: 4K IPS display with 144 Hz …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| Desktop Monitors| | Game Playing| GPUs| Intel| MMD (AOC Philips)| Operating Systems| Reflective Display| Samsung| Touch Displays| Virtual Reality

Apple XR Rumours from Ming-Chi Kuo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he thinks there will be multiple MR headsets starting with an expensive high end device, and then with two further versions, one at a lower …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

China’s BOE Set to Supply Display Panels for iPhone 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reports that BOE has been certified by Apple as a supplier of displays for the iPhone 14, quoting “several people familiar with the matter”. The report said that BOE will …

Tags:Apple| BOE| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Samsung| Small Medium Panel Supply| Supply Chain

Apple Watch to Have Larger Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple’s success with its M series chips is leading to the firm putting a lot of resource into the technology and this is limiting improvements to …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| OLEDs| Smartwatches

Sigmaintell Releases VR Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese market researcher, Sigmaintell, has issued a new report on AR and VR and said that sales of VR headsets reached 11.2 million in 2021, up 65% year on year. It …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 27th June 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 first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple| ATSC| Desktop Monitors| DRM & Content Protection| DVB-T & T2| FCC| Foxconn (Honhai)| Hisense| Huawei| Poland| Samsung| Security| Smart TV| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality