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Apple Upgrades tvOS and iOS

by Milos Pavlovic

Apple has updated the tvOS software for Apple TV and the software for iPhone to version 10. Each has a number of changes, including a ‘Dark mode’ which adds a dark background. The tvOS …

Tags:Apple| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Apple Fails to Surprise with iPhone 7

by Milos Pavlovic

Apple did little to surprise the world with its big announcement of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, with the features of the new device being widely forecast. The company also updated and …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Smartphone Forecast Drops as Competition Builds

by Steve Sechrist

For the second time in three months market research firm IDC cut its smartphone forecast amid maturing world-wide markets as competitive forces continue to build in the space. New research released this week from …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| Market Data| Patents| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Apple Faces Touch Fault Accusations

by Tom Allen

iFixit has published a very comprehensive blog post about a problem with the touchscreen on the iPhone 6 and 6+. The problem is apparently becoming so common that ‘microsoldering expert’ Jessa Jones, who runs …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Apple to Refresh iPad Pro in 2017

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an KGI Securities analyst with a respectable track record on Apple predictions, has said that the company will launch as many as three iPads in 2017. In an investor note, Kuo said …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Flexible Displays| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Is Apple Following in the Footsteps of Sony?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Many years ago a Japanese company named Sony set out to revolutionize the world with a new take on consumer electronics products. They invented new product categories and created stellar devices that to this …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Market| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Apple Planning Universal EPG

by Tom Allen

Recode claims that Apple is developing a new universal EPG. The guide would work across Apple TV STBs and other devices, like iPhones. It could be used to see the content on offer from …

Tags:Apple| EPGs| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Micro-LEDs on Wearables by 2018

by Tom Allen

Interest in micro-LED as a display technology is rising, helped – at least in part – by interest from Sony (Cledis screens) and Apple (through its LuxVue acquisition). LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, has …

Tags:Apple| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 31| Wearables

And Finally…Vol 23 No 31

by Tom Allen

And Finally…Samsung was caught red-handed this week, using images that are clearly of the Apple Watch in one of its own patent filings! The document, which deals with an update to the Samsung Gear, …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Tablets Fall as Consumers Delay Purchases

by Tom Allen

Worldwide tablet shipments (including both slates and detachables) shrank 12.3% YoY in Q2, says IDC, to 38.7 million units. Vendors are beginning to ‘refocus’ their product lines and consumers are delaying purchases. 65% of …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide