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AAA Studies Driver Distraction in the US

by Helen Vince

sAutomotive – When navigation systems entered the automotive market, the rave for larger screens and head up displays in automobiles started.  Smartphones and now augmented reality headsets could be used in cars while driving.  Some …

Tags:Automotive| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 40

Successful Mobile Ad Design Depends on GDP – Says Todacell

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Mobile Displays – Todacell is an international advertising network with offices in the US, Europe and Israel. The company found that there were some inconsistencies in advertising response which they could not explain -what worked …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Prestigio’s Phones Differ in Size, Price

by Super User

The Prestigio Multiphones 5453 and 5504 Duo are new smartphones that are similar in all aspects, aside from size and price. The 5453 is 4.5″ while the 5504 is 5″. Both have 1.3GHz quad-core …

Tags:Asbis (Prestigio)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

First Tizen Phone to Arrive in India

by Super User

Samsung will launch its Tizen-powered smartphone in India before the end of the year. The news comes from an interview with Tarun Malik, director of Samsung

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Money to Burn? Consider Vertu’s Bentley Phone

by Super User

Luxury phone brand Vertu has partnered with car manufacturer Bentley to produce a new – and expensive – smartphone. For slightly less than the deposit on a small house (

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Project Ara Prototype On Show in January

by Super User

Project Ara is a modular smartphone concept; it was initially devised by Motorola and is being worked on by Google (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). Project lead Paul Eremenko has announced (http://tinyurl.com/mev2rvr) two …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Rumour: Sony Developing Metal-Body Smartphones

by Super User

Sources in the Taiwan supply chain claim that Sony is developing smartphones (plural) with a metal-alloy chassis. These phones will be produced by Foxconn, with the chassis likely to be supplied by Foxconn Technology. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 35

Flexible Phones Next Year, Says Smartkem

by Super User

Flexible smartphones will be available by ‘late 2015’, according to UK-based organic semiconductor materials supplier Smartkem. Mike Cowin, head of strategic marketing, told Mobile Today that this year’s fixed-curve models are “just the beginning… …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Lenovo to Set-Up Online Phone Firm in China

by Super User

Lenovo says it will establish a dedicated mobile phone company in China to sell its devices online. The new company, which will not carry the Lenovo brand or name, will become operational on 1st …

Tags:China| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Rumour: Sony Changes Flagship Introduction

by Super User

Recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), it was said that Sony Mobile was looking to withdraw from the smartphone business in emerging markets. Now sources in the Taiwan supply chain say that the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Eyedak Uses Smartphone as Screen

by Super User

Eyedak, a company based in Scotland, is developing a VR headset called Vrase, to compete with the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Morpheus. Like Samsung’s (rumoured) Gear VR headset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28), …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Smartphones

HTC Will Extend M8 Brand to New Flagship

by Super User

A new HTC flagship smartphone, the M8 Life, will be launched in Q4’14, Chinese media claims. The phone will apparently feature a 5.5″ display with 2048 x 1536 resolution and a 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon …

Tags:China| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21