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Materials Make the Difference

by Phillip Wright

Consumer electronics and all man-made products are composed of materials that have been selected, modified and manipulated so as to arrange the atoms into particular forms and to accomplish specific functions. From stone points, …

Tags:Materials| OLED Materials| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Sapphire| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 32| WOLED (White OLED)

Time for a Pebble Improvement

by Tom Allen

A new version of Pebble’s Time smartwatch is now available to pre-order. The Pebble Time Steel will be shipped within eight weeks. It is essentially the same as the highest-priced version of the watch, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 32

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The Dot Braille Smartwatch Nears First Delivery

by Arthur Berman

The worldwide Braille literacy rate is low and dropping. One reason for this is that Braille reading devices are expensive. To address this issue, startup company Dot Incorporation (Seoul, South Korea) has produced an …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Electrophoretic Displays Settle into New Roles

by Phillip Wright

The evolution and application of electrophoretic displays (EPD), often referred to as electronic paper (EP) or E-ink displays, have traveled an interesting path as developers work to apply the low power display technology. E-ink …

Tags:Digital Signage| E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Synaptics Touchscreen Solution Powers New Huawei Watch

by Bob Raikes

Capacitive Touch Takes Off In Growing Wearables Market Synaptics Inc., the leading developer of human interface solutions, today announced that Huawei has selected the Synaptics® ClearPad® touchscreen solution for its stylish smartwatch. Huawei chose …

Tags:Huawei| Smartwatches| Touch Pads

Huawei Chooses Synaptics for Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Huawei has chosen to use the ClearPad touchscreen solution, from Synaptics, for the Huawei Watch. The ClearPad touch controller was chosen for its reliability, low power draw and responsive qualities.

Tags:Back Panel| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Touch Pads| Vol 22 - Issue 31

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 31

by Tom Allen

A new version of the Blackberry Passport smartphone (Blackberry Passport Veers From ‘Traditional’ Design) has been released in the USA. The Passport Silver Edition has a more rounded design and a silver colour, rather …

Tags:BlackBerry| China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 31| ZTE

Smartwatch Glass Revenues Well Ahead of Area Demand

by Tom Allen

Area demand in the display cover glass market is still dominated by smartphones, says IHS. A key factor in this continued trend is the rise in smartphone screen sizes. However, revenue in the cover …

Tags:Glass| IHS DisplaySearch| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 29| Wearables

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 28

by Tom Allen

The Honor 7 smartphone from Huawei has been launched in China. The company’s new flagship features a 5.2″ display, with 1920 x 1080 resolution and in-cell touch. Android 5.0 runs on an octa-core 64-bit …

Tags:China| Huawei| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Android Smartwatch Users Now Have YouTube

by Helen Vince

A new app has been developed which allows Android smartwatch users to watch YouTube videos on their devices. Read the article here on Digital TV Europe.

Tags:Android| Smartwatches| YouTube

Casio Plans Smartwatch for 2016

by Tom Allen

Casio is developing ‘a watch that is smart’, rather than a smartwatch, it has told the Wall Street Journal. New president Kazuhiro Kashio said, “[W]e are trying to bring our smartwatch to a level …

Tags:Casio| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 28