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Coolpad Separates Work From Play

by Tom Allen

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad teased its new Coolpad Max phone last week, and has now unveiled it with a new feature that separates personal and professional tasks. ‘Dual Space’ is Coolpad’s name for the …

Tags:business| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19

by Tom Allen

A very low-cost laptop, which takes all of its computing power from a connected smartphone, is being launched on Kickstarter by Androminium. Called the Superbook, the unit is a laptop shell that connects to …

Tags:Accessibility| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Foldable ‘Galaxy X’ Will Appear in 2017

by Tom Allen

According to SamMobile, Samsung’s first foldable phone (which we have known is coming for several months) will be released in 2017 and called the Galaxy X. It will use an UltraHD pentile-type OLED display. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19

by Tom Allen

A very low-cost laptop, which takes all of its computing power from a connected smartphone, is being launched on Kickstarter by Androminium. Called the Superbook, the unit is a laptop shell that connects to …

Tags:Aspect Ratios| Blu-ray Players| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Notebooks| Philips| Planar| Smartphones| UltraHD| Video Wall Processors| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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New Asus Phones Coming this Summer

by Tom Allen

Sources in Taiwan have said that Asus will show off third-generation models in its Zenfone family in June. Over 90% of the Zenfone 3 units will use Qualcomm processors; the others will use Mediatek.

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Microlenses Create Mobile Lightfield Display

by Tom Allen

Differentiation is a struggle in today’s smartphone market. The form factor has matured and there has been no ‘killer app’ technology for several years. Flexible displays, like LG’s G Flex, have had a lukewarm …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Costco Offers Phone/TV Deal

by Tom Allen

In the USA, Costco is offering a free 32″ Samsung TV to customers who buy a Galaxy S7 smartphone. A $25 Costco gift card and 5,200mAh battery pack will also be supplied. The offer …

Tags:Costco| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Samsung| Smartphones| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Samsung Electronics Introduces the 2016 Galaxy A Series

by Isaac Oburu

Samsung Electronics today announced the latest smartphones in its Galaxy A Series (2016 edition), the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5, will be available to buy in the UK from the 5th May 2016. The …

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LG Innotek Embeds Fingerprint Sensor in Front Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

LG Innotek has announced the development of a fingerprint sensor for mobile devices. While fingerprint sensors are widely used already in higher end smartphones and other products, they all rely on a sensor that …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Flexible Mystery Phone Uses Graphene

by Tom Allen

Image: New China TV, YouTubeA company has shown a fully flexible smartphone, using graphene, at the Chongqing High Tech Fair in China. We heard about the demonstration at the Printed Electronics Expo in Berlin …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Graphene| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Samsung’s 2016 Phones and Tablets Now Available

by Tom Allen

Several small Samsung product announcements were made this week. We have combined them into a single article. The TabPro S professional tablet (Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept), is now being shipped worldwide. …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Costco| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 17