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LeEco Beats Apple…But Why?

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV rebranded itself as LeEco earlier this year, marking a change in focus for the firm to both the environment and its ecosystem. Four new products have been revealed at an event in …

Kyocera Lowers Cost of Waterproofing

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is a specialist in producing rugged smartphones, specifically for the US and Japanese markets. The firm’s newest model is the Hydro Reach: a 4G phone with IP57 waterproof certification. Full immersion in up …

HTC Chooses Himax for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Himax has said that its HX8396-C display driver IC is being used in the HTC 10 smartphone. The chip is designed for high-end TFT-LCD phone displays. Neither Himax nor HTC said why the IC …

Sharp Confirms Robotic Phone – Not a Joke

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s walking, talking ‘RoBoHoN’ smartphone (Sharp’s Phone Dances, Talks and Sings) will go on sale on the 26th May. Pre-orders are live now: the ‘phone’ costs ¥203,140 ($1,865) ex VAT, although there will also …

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Novasentis Gets Big-time Manufacturing Partner

by Ken Werner

At CES, I was impressed with the development-stage company Novasentis and its electro-mechanical polymer (EMP) haptic actuators. Yesterday, Novasentis and Kemet Corp. jointly announced they would collaborate on the production of film-based haptic actuators …

Tags:Haptics| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 14| Wearables

Meizu is First With 10-Core Chip

by Tom Allen

The world’s first 10-core mobile chip, the Mediatek Helio X20 series, is due to become available this month – and China’s Meizu is the first to use the flagship Helio X25, in its dual-SIM …

HTC Claims “Best Smartphone Camera”

by Tom Allen

The HTC 10, a new flagship smartphone, has what the company claims is ‘the best camera on the market’ (although Huawei might disagree – see Huawei Challenges Tier One Phone Makers). The design is …

Tags:Cameras| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 14

AB SA Takes Sony Mobile

by Tom Allen

Polish distributor AB SA is now stocking Sony’s smartphones, tablets and related accessories, with a focus on the corporate market.

Dimensional Touch Responds to Pressure

by Phillip Wright

Yesterday, I highlighted the technology that Apple has introduced to add an element of pressure sensitivity to the touch input sensor of its iPhones. Of course, that has encouraged others to go in this …

Tags:Smartphones| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Apple Moves Touch On with Pressure

by Phillip Wright

With the introduction of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple has provided users with a force sensing touch user interface enabling new input modalities that also incorporate haptic feedback. I recently briefly assessed …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Samsung Points to S7 as Finance Booster

by Tom Allen

Samsung has predicted a rise in its Q1’16 financial results, which are due to be released this month. The company has said that, driven by sales of the Galaxy S7, operating profit will be …

Huawei Challenges Tier One Phone Makers

by Tom Allen

Huawei’s new phones, created in collaboration with camera manufacturer Leica, are said to set ‘a new standard in smartphone photography’. They are the P9 and P9 Plus, and were launched at an event in …