Vol 21 – Issue 44 – Page 11

Ingram Brings Kyocera to LATAM

by Raverstead

Kyocera has taken on Ingram Micro Mobility to distribute its mobile phones in Latin America. The first will be the rugged Duraforce smartphone.

Touch Technology Market Outlook

by Raverstead

Randy Lawson Principal Analyst at IHS presented his findings on the technology and market outlook for touch sensors and touch enabled devices at the event. Lawson opened his presentation with the data below, which …

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Electronica Will Feature Components and Displays

by Raverstead

Ultra-thin and integrated capacitors will be shown by Fraunhofer IPMS’ Centre for Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT) (A4.113). The capacitors will have a high capacity and features specially-tailored for industrial applications. A compact capacitor has been …

Large Tablets: Developed at Microsoft, Delayed at Apple

by Raverstead

Asian sources say that Microsoft is developing a larger Surface tablet, with a diagonal of between 13″ and 14″. Reports claim that the decision was taken based on an improvement in sales of the …

Qualcomm Reveals New Allegations

by Raverstead

Qualcomm is currently facing an antitrust investigation in China (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) and has now revealed new probes in the USA and Europe. During the company’s earnings report (see Finance News), …

Sony to Rethink Smartphone Strategy

by Raverstead

In an interview with The Nikkei newspaper (http://tinyurl.com/o5vybsm), Sony CFO Kenichiro Yoshida said that the company plans to rethink its smartphone strategy. While the recent finance results (see elsewhere in this issue) showed poor …

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Assessing 3D Stereo Comfort using an EEG

by Helen Vince

3D – Ever since the advent of 3D technologies, researchers have been investigating the psychological and physiological effects on users of viewing stereoscopic imagery. The general impression that I have obtained from reading many such …

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Balancing Charge Extends Quantum Dot Efficiencies

by Helen Vince

Technology – Chinese researchers have taken quantum dot (QD) LEDs above 20% external quantum efficiency (EQE) – thought to be the technology’s theoretical maximum – for the first time. By adding an insulator layer to …

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Touch Gesture Motion Points Way to New User Interfaces

by Helen Vince

User Interface – The tenth edition of the Touch Gesture Motion Conference organized by Mark Fihn in co-operation with IHS was held October 28-30, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Unlike some similarly themed prior events, this year’s TGM event provided …

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Pallas Extends Image With Bezel-Mounted LEDs

by Helen Vince

Digital Signage – A 3×1 vertical videowall has been designed, built and installed by Pallas LCD in Plaza Premium’s departure lounge in Heathrow’s Terminal 2A. Although LCD technology was used, the videowall appears to be …

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Pen Input Matures

by Helen Vince

User interface – At the Touch Gesture Motion Conference held October 28-30, 2014 in Austin, Texas, Rick Seger of N-trig presented a Pen Input Tutorial on Tuesday October 28 as well as a presentation entitled Beyond Touch on Wednesday October 29. …

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The Acquisition of HDR Content with CMOS Sensors

by Helen Vince

Camera/Camcorder – 4K resolution or more, wide color gamut (WCG) and high frame rates (HFR) are only some of the issues for a camera to acquire the next generation of images – high dynamic range …

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