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MWC 4YFN Show Buzzes

by Bob Raikes

Away from the main show at the older exhibition centre in Barcelona, Montjuic, the organisers held a special event called “Four Years from Now”, or 4YFN, that was designed for technology innovators from academia …

Was Steve Jobs Right or Not? And What it Means for VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we do not know what Apple is going to do, we all like to look back at Steve Jobs and imagine how he would have handled the situation? He was the man to …

Nokia Buzz is About 3310 – Go Figure!

by Bob Raikes

Nokia brand licensee, HMD, was on the Nokia booth to show off two lines of phones. The attraction of the brand was clear as on the first day, the booth was one of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Elliptic is Behind Xiaomi Mi Mix

by Bob Raikes

We met with Elliptic Labs which is a specialist in ultrasound and was in a good mood as it has been working with Xiaomi on the Mi Mix which uses Elliptic’s ultrasound system for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Hisense Adds E Ink to Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

Somehow we missed it at CES, but Hisense showed the A2 phone at MWC again, so we caught up. The smartphone is unusual in having a 5.5″ FullHD AMOLED main display, with a touch-enabled …

TCL Promotes Alcatel and Blackberry Brands

by Bob Raikes

TCL divided up its stand between the Alcatel products and the BlackBerry area. We started by looking at the Alcatel area and the first new product was the Idol 4 Pro. However, a bit …

Lenovo Has Lots to Show

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo had plenty to show us. We started by looking at the Tab 4 series which is an Android-based tablet available in two sizes, 8″ and 10″ (Tab 4+) both with FullHD displays. The …

Dolby Demonstrates Dolby Vision Smartphone Performance

by Bob Raikes

Dolby was happy to be talking about the adoption by LG of the Dolby Vision technology and in its closed booth, it was demonstrating a standard LG phone compared to a Dolby Vision playback …

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …

Largan Precision Sees Revenues up on Year

by Alan Spencer

Largan Precision, a manufacturer of smartphone lens modules, reported February revenues of $112 million, down 9.22% on month, mainly due to fewer working days in the month, but up 69.46% on year. In the …

Tags:Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 09

UHD Alliance Applies HDR Premium Logo to Mobile

by Bob Raikes

The UltraHD Alliance had hoped to release its mobile specification for the Mobile HDR Premium logo at the CES show (UHD Alliance Focusing on Mobile HDR) but couldn’t get all the sign-offs completed, so …

Huawei Promotes Dual Cameras – Shows Watch 2

by Bob Raikes

Huawei, of course, had a big and busy booth with lots to see. First we looked at the Watch 2 which is the first smart watch to use Android Wear 2 and also uses …