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Dual-Screen Phone Coming From Samsung

by Tom Allen

A new flip-case smartphone is under development by Samsung, according to a rumour. The code-named SM-W2017 will be a successor to last year’s SM-W2016, and like its predecessor will feature a high-end Exynos 8890 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 23

Solarin is Expensive & Secure – But Misses Features

by Tom Allen

Sirin Labs is a Swiss smartphone developer, whose name is not the most well-known. This is because the company steers clear of the mainstream market, and focuses on (very, very) niche segments. Its latest …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 23| WiGIG

IHS: Connected Devices Pass 8 Billion

by Tom Allen

IHS’s Connected Device Market Monitor shows that there were 8.1 billion connected devices worldwide by the end of 2015. This includes smartphones, tablets, connected TVs (and enabling devices like consoles), PCs and audio products. …

Lenovo Has Simpler Concept to Challenge Ara

by Tom Allen

Google’s Project Ara was a unique concept when it was first introduced, back in 2014: a modular smartphone, which users could modify to suit their tastes. The battery, camera and even display could all …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 23

Project Tango Coming This Year – With Lenovo

by Tom Allen

Just after meeting with Lenovo at CES 2016, we were told that the company would be producing the first Project Tango smartphone for Google (Lenovo Deluge Led by OLED Notebook). Project Tango is a …

Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Available Exclusively at AT&T Starting June 10

by Isaac Oburu

AT&T and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. are bringing customers the toughest Galaxy S device for the fourth summer in a row. The water- and shatter-resistant1 Samsung Galaxy S7 active is available exclusively at AT&T. …

Tags:AT&T| Samsung| Smartphones| USA

Bloomberg: Samsung’s Bendable Phones at MWC 2017

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg sources have revealed more details about the rumoured bendable smartphones (codenamed Project Valley), which are said to be under development by Samsung. There will be two units, expected to be unveiled in early …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Samsung Goes Active – Again

by Tom Allen

A rugged version of Samsung’s Galaxy S7 (Samsung Chooses VR, Cameras and Gaming), the Galaxy S7 Active, has been unveiled by AT&T. Compared to last year’s S6 Active, the new model features a Snapdragon …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Batteries, Displays and Connectivity Are Key for Mobile

by Tom Allen

Gartner’s Roberta Cozza has chosen the top 10 technologies that mobile device vendors must investigate over the next two years. The full article is available as a Gartner blog post. The top technologies are: …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Mobile POS Will Enjoy Huge Growth

by Tom Allen

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) terminals will handle 40% of all retail transaction value in 2021 – up from an expected 12% this year. The prediction comes from Juniper Research. mPOS is defined as smartphone- and …

Night Vision Comes to Mobile

by Tom Allen

Danish company Lumignon was founded in 2009, and introduced the T1 smartphone in 2010. It followed with the T2 (2012) and T2 HD (2014). The firm is keeping up its two-year release cycle with …

Pixelworks Video Enhancement Chip Makes Smartphone Debut in ASUS ZenFone 3 Ultra

by Isaac Oburu

Pixelworks, Inc., an innovative provider of video display processing technology, today announced that ASUS, a leading enterprise in the new digital era, is launching the world’s first smartphone using the Pixelworks Iris video display …

Tags:Asus| Pixelworks| Smartphones| Video Processors