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Updating the Humble Game Boy

by Tom Allen

When the thing that you take away from this image is that he named his Pikachu Platypus, you know that you’re of the Game Boy generation.A Belgian student, known as Raz, has built what …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo Consoles| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Funding Sought for High-End Smartwatch at CES

by Tom Allen

Credit: CnetA titanium-body smartwatch prototype, running Android 4.4, was recently spotted at CES Asia. The Rockioo Watch is currently being funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/oa8hfqq). It has a 1.63″ OLED display (320 x 320) and …

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

Tianma Dramatically Raises LED Life

by Tom Allen

Tianma NLT America’s new TFT LCD displays feature long-life LED backlights – lasting for up to 100,000 hours. Available in 8.4″ and 10.4″ sizes, the displays have 800 x 600 resolution and are intended …

HTC Switches to AMOLED

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News says that HTC is to use AMOLED displays on a version of its One E9+ smartphone. The One E9sw will be launching in China with a 5.5″ display and 1.5GHz …

Samsung Commits to Chinese Polariser Plant

by Tom Allen

The CEO of Samsung SDI, Namseong Cho, has signed an MOU to set up a polariser plant in Wuxi, China. Samsung will invest more than KRW200 billion ($180.3 million) in the project, which will …

Rumour: Two Nexus Phones Compensate for Lack of Tablet

by Tom Allen

Google’s newest tablet is the Nexus 9, released in 2014Google is likely to produce two new Nexus smartphones this year, but no tablet, according to Android Police. One phone will be produced by LG; …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 22

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 22

by Tom Allen

Pope Benedict did not follow the same rule, but presumably Gogglebox wasn’t his show of choice.The Vatican is notoriously free of vice, but Pope Francis has revealed that there is another aspect of modern …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Rumour: Apple Plans New Supplier

by Tom Allen

Apple plans to take on a new LCD driver IC supplier, according to sources in the supply chain. Taiwanese suppliers including Novatek, Himax and FocalTech are being linked with the rumour.

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Ubiquitous Energy Could Help Solve Battery Problems

by Bob Raikes

Next week at the SID iZone, the display community will have a chance to look at a new technology, being developed just up the road from the event in Redwood City, California by Ubiquitous …

Tags:Batteries| SID Display Week 2015| Solar Panels| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Saturated Markets Slow Smartphone Growth

by Tom Allen

After rising 27.6% YoY in 2014, smartphone shipment growth is expected to slow to 11.3% this year, says IDC. However, while overall growth will continue to decelerate, certain markets will experience strong growth in …

Time Warner Acquired by Charter Communications

by Helen Vince

Charter Communications has acquired Time Warner Cable in a deal which values Time Warner at $78.7 billion. The news comes after Comcast last month terminated its $45.2 billion merger agreement with Time Warner because …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Time Warner| Vol 22 - Issue 22

The Elephant in the Display Metrology Room

by Chris Chinnock

I am going to say something controversial: The way display specs are reported is a flawed system prone to marketing manipulation. And worse, the specs do not represent what the human sees in an …

Tags:Measurement| SID Display Week 2015| Standards| Vol 22 - Issue 22