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Reports: FTC examining Google's display ads
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on May 25, 2013
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Report: Google Could Soon Face New FTC Antitrust Probe Into Its Display Ads Business
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on May 23, 2013
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Bloomberg today reports that Google could face a new U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust probe into its display advertising business. As Bloomberg’s Brian Womack and Sara Forden note, the FCC is looking into whether Google used its strong position in this market to “illegally curb competition.” The investigators, the report also notes, want to see if Google used its display ads business to “push companies to use more of its other services.”
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AMD outlines Elite Performance laptop APUs with game-ready Wireless Display
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on May 23, 2013
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AMD isn’t focusing all its attention on its entry-level mobile APUs today: it’s also providing details for the faster Richland-based models. The new A6, A8, and A10 mobile variants fall under the Elite Performance badge, and theoretically beat Intel to the punch with up to 71 percent faster 3D graphics than the current Core i5 family. They also muster about 7.5 hours of battery life with web use, or about an hour longer than we saw in the previous generation. The roster includes both regular power (35W) and low-voltage (17W to 25W) APUs, in dual- and quad-core editions.
We’re more interested in how well the chips play with other devices and software, however. Besides the face and motion gesture recognition that we’ve seen before, AMD touts a new take on Wireless Display with low enough latency for game sessions, support for 1080p60 video and native Miracast sharing. The Richland upgrade also introduces a new Dock Port standard that can feed both USB 3.0 and up to three external DisplayPort screens through one cable. If you like what AMD is pitching, you won’t have to wait to try it — Elite Performance APUs have already been shipping with MSI’s GX60 and GX70, and other vendors shouldn’t be far behind.
Gallery: AMD Richland presentation
Source: AMD
The first Jolla phone: 4.5-inch display, Android app compliant, 399 euros
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on May 20, 2013
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Jolla’s heavily teased launch day in Finland has already spilled some major news: pricing and specs for the first Sailfish OS handset. The phone seems to be called “The Other Half” — or at least that’s the working title for now — and judging from Jolla’s Facebook page it consists of a colorful plastic case, available in various shades including orange or green, which hooks onto the main chassis containing a 4.5-inch display (of unknown resolution), dual-core processor, microSD expansion with 16GB onboard, a “4G” modem, user replaceable battery and an 8MP rear camera. The chassis recognizes which case is attached and adapts the visual theme of the OS to match, creating “your other half, exactly as you want it to be.”
Perhaps more usefully, the Sailfish operating system will also be Android app compliant out of the box, and we’re currently on the ground in Helsinki trying to discover exactly how developers and users will be able to put that feature to work (while also chasing down the rest of the specs). Meanwhile, there’s an emphatic video message from Jolla co-founder Marc Dillon after the break, seeking the world’s assistance in taking the heritage of MeeGo into a new era.
Update: We now hear that the phone will simply be called the “Jolla.”
Update #2: Jolla has just clarified that 4G means LTE.
[Thanks, Toni]
Gallery: Jolla unites the halves
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Source: Jolla
Samsung reveals 55/65″ UHD TVs and 13.3″ Retina-beating Ultrabook display
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on May 20, 2013
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Samsung is readying new, smaller versions of its S-Series Ultra HD TV, with 55- and 65-inch models due to hit Korea in June, while a 13.3-inch ultrabook display with almost as high resolution is also waiting in the wings. Samsung’s two new UHD sets will be the smallest in the range the company offers, after
Sony Xperia UL announced for Japan: 5-inch 1080p display and 15-frame burst photography skills (video)
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on May 20, 2013
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The FCC might have spoiled the surprise, but Sony’s now gone official with yet another smartphone and this one’s for its native Japan. The Xperia UL appears to be a slightly thicker riff on the Xperia Z, matching the display of the company’s early-2013 flagship, while adding a Snapdragon 600 processor to the 5-inch 1080p screen. It’s worth noting that those are two substantial spec bumps up from the similar-looking NTT DoCoMo Xperia A. That improved processor taps into the built-in Exmor RS 13-megapixel camera sensor, offering up the ability to capture 15 frames in a second. NFC, naturally, is already in attendance as well as the Felica wireless payment system. You’ll also get the benefits of both a physical camera button and water (IPX5/8) and dust resistance (IP5X) — two features in tandem that should help separate it from Sony’s pair of existing 5-inch 1080p smartphones. The Xperia UL will launch on KDDI’s au network in white, black and hot pink colors on May 25th. Check out the obligatory close-up ad after the break.
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Source: Sony (Japanese)
Samsung Galaxy Note III hopes dashed: Plastic body and no flexible display tipped
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on May 16, 2013
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It seems that Samsung will be sticking with their usual ways with the third iteration of the Galaxy Note. While it’s been rumored that the phablet-style smartphone would sport a new aluminum design, as well as a flexible AMOLED display, it’s been recently tipped that the Korean company will stick with its plastic design used
Recon Instruments Jet heads-up display debuts at Google I/O, we go hands-on (video)
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on May 16, 2013
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Google Glass is a lot of things, but it’s hardly a superstar when it comes to the world of sports. Though we’ve seen proof it is at least water resistant, it doesn’t feel particularly durable and isn’t entirely well-suited to wearing while, say, sweating profusely during a lengthy climb on a road bike. Recon Instruments has what it thinks is a solution: the Jet. It’s a pair of sporting sunglasses with an integrated, Android-powered display that could make things like running and cycling far more exciting — or at least far more information-packed. Join us after the break for our impressions.
Gallery: Recon Instruments Jet hands-on
Filed under: Wearables
Amazon Buys Sunlight Readable Color Display Company Liquavista
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on May 14, 2013
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Nate the greatest writes “It looks like those 4 month old rumors are true. Amazon has confirmed today that they have bought Liquavista, a Netherlands based screen tech company. There’s no info yet on how much Amazon paid to Samsung, but previous rumors suggested that the asking price was under $ 100 million. Amazon also isn’t talking about how they plan to use the electrowetting screen tech, but many are assuming that a Color Kindle is in the works.”
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‘Next’ iPhone display production to begin, says Japan report
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on May 8, 2013
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Here comes the next iPhone? Well, at least display production has started, according to a report. [Read more]
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Samsung Galaxy Core is real: low-end specs with a 4.3-inch WVGA display, option for dual-SIM
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on May 6, 2013
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Whenever a Samsung flagship arrives, it’s never long before we see a fleet of lower-spec handsets swimming in its wake. The latest Remora to come out from the shadow of its bigger brother (and the rumor mill) is the Galaxy Core, a 4.3-inch handset offering a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage and a microSD slot. Running Touchwiz-infused Jelly Bean, the phone has a 5-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and a VGA front-facer for the vain amongst you. Users will also be getting some of the more fancy Galaxy-style software features like Motion UI, Smart Stay, Smart Alert and S Voice. Of course, a phone is nothing without a screen, and here your eyes will be caressing a 4.3-inch WVGA (480 x 800) display — but while you may not be thrilled at a low pixel count, at least there’s the option for single SIM (available in July) or dual-SIM (from May) models for carrier swappers.
Gallery: Samsung Galaxy Core Press Photos
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Acer Windows 8 tablet with 8-inch display appears on Amazon
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on May 4, 2013
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Yesterday, we heard yet another rumor that Microsoft is working on a sub-10-inch tablet, something we heard before that back in April. The rumor yesterday said that Microsoft would be rolling out a 7.5-inch tablet early next year, but it looks like we might not have to wait that long to see a small-display Windows
Twitter for Mac update brings photo sharing improvements, Retina display support
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on April 25, 2013
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Twitter’s showing off an updated version of its Mac app today, featuring a number of key fixes, including improvements to photo sharing and a slew of new languages. On the image side of things, you can now share a photo by clicking on the camera icon in the tweet composing module, or just do it the old fashioned way by dragging pictures from your desktop. Also new in this version is support for Macs with retina displays and a total of 14 new languages, including Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish. Interested parties can download the update via the source link below.
Via: Twitter Blog
Source: iTunes
Apple screen sales slump skewers LG Display
Posted by Gsurface
on April 23, 2013
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An over-reliance on Apple’s custom has left LG Display in the lurch with its LCD screen sales, having seen profits pale alongside a shrink in panel demand. The screen company saw tablet and smartphone panel sales drop 4-percent in Q1 this year, versus Q4 2012, which analysts have blamed on smaller than expected orders from
HTC Desire L revealed in Taiwan: 4.3-inch display, low-end specs, nostalgic branding
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on April 19, 2013
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Despite all of HTC’s talk about unified branding in the West, the company’s model names are still diverse when looked at from a planet-wide perspective. This newest phone, the Desire L, appears to be a Taiwan-destined version of China’s One SU, with the same low-end specs — including a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 SLCD2 display, dual-core 1GHz processor and 5MP camera — but a distinctly pre-One moniker. It’s different strokes for different folks, just as with the Butterfly and Droid DNA — though only a chosen few can boast the added distinction of coming in pink.
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Source: HTC (Taiwanese)
Hands On With The Toshiba Kirabook: Can Great Hardware Coupled With An Amazing Display Save Windows PCs?
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on April 18, 2013
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With PC laptop shipments projected to decline by 7.3% this year, Windows 8 machines desperately need a shot multiple shots of adrenaline. The Toshiba Kirabook may be just that. The Kirabook is Toshiba’s first entrant in their newly fashioned “Kira” line of luxury ultrabooks. At first glance, you can see that the Kirabook is meticulously designed, and it radiates a Cupertino-esque level of fit and finish. We haven’t seen this kind of quality from Toshiba for a very long time (if ever). That doesn’t mean the Kirabook offers anything new in terms of design. There are still shades of the Macbook Air to be found here and there, as is the case with all top of the line Windows ultrabooks. The Kirabook has a smaller profile than the Macbook Air, but somehow manages to include a retina-quality 2560×1440 WQHD touchscreen display. Although I didn’t get an opportunity to compare it side by side with the retina Macbook Pro, or for that matter the Chromebook Pixel, but it’ll definitely be one of the best laptop displays out in the market once it’s released. The display is most certainly the Kirabook’s marquee feature and Toshiba’s primary justification for its slightly onerous pricing, which I’ll get to in just a moment. Inside the Kirabook, you’ll find an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. The Kirabook is also bundled with full versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, as well as a complimentary two year service and support package that Toshiba claims to be on par with Applecare. At least on a spec level, the Kirabook lives up to its “luxury” label. But that also means it’s saddled with a luxuriously high price. The non-touch Kirabook with Core i5 starts at $ 1,599. It gets a little crazy from there. The touchscreen Kirabook with Core i5 goes for $ 1,789, while the top of the line touchscreen Kirabook, with Core i7 and Windows Pro, goes for a whopping $ 1,999. That kind of pricing blows its PC and Apple counterparts out of the water. For comparison’s sake, the 13-inch Retina Macbook Pro starts at $ 1,499, albeit with a smaller 128GB SSD. The Lenovo Thinkpad x1 Carbon starts at $ 1,187, while the touchscreen equipped model starts at $ 1,319. The Asus Zenbook Prime, with a touchscreen and a nearly retina quality display, is currently retailing for $ 1,253 on Amazon. Toshiba representatives told
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Google Play to display tablet-optimized screenshots, once developers do their part
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on April 17, 2013
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Tired of accidentally downloading apps to your Android tablet that look best on a smartphone? If so, it appears that Google has heard your cries. The company recently updated its developer console to accept app screenshots that are specific to 7-inch and 10-inch tablets. While it’s not the most monumental change, once developers fulfill their end of the bargain, you’ll be treated to UI images that best suit your device. Until then, you’ll still have to endure a few more games of app roulette.
Filed under: Google
Source: Android Developers Blog
Facebook wants advertisers to pay $1m a day to display their video ads
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on April 16, 2013
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Google: ‘Glassware’ developers can’t display any ads
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on April 16, 2013
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Google releases its policies for third-party Google Glass developers. In the fine print: they can’t display ads or charge for the software. [Read more]
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Earliest Version of D&D On Display At Rochester Museum
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on April 13, 2013
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An anonymous reader writes “This weekend the National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, will display the earliest known version of the game Dungeons & Dragons as a part of their new exhibit Game Time!. The document is on loan from the personal collection of games historian Jon Peterson (author of Playing at the World), who says the document ‘captures the system at around the midpoint of development, with the core concepts of dungeon exploration and fantastic combat in place, but it lacks some features of the mature game and exhibits a few intriguing variations.’ Some excerpts are up on Peterson’s blog.”
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AU Optronics says it’ll bring a 5-inch, 1080P OLED display to market soon
Posted by Gsurface
on April 9, 2013
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AU Optronics says it’ll soon join Samsung at a table for two making 5-inch, full-HD OLED smartphone displays. It’ll show off the technology at the China Optoelectronics Display expo starting tomorrow, promising 443 ppi, lower power consumption, fast response times and wide viewing angles. While others build 1,080 x 1,920 LCD screens for models like HTC’s One, currently Samsung has a monopoly on OLEDs of that size and resolution. However, it likely wants to set those aside for its soon-to-ship 5-inch, 1080p Galaxy S 4 — so, AU’s announcement is likely good news for handset makers seeking something punchier than LCD for that form factor.
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Via: Android Beat
Samsung building mid-range phone with 6.3-inch display, says ETNews
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on April 8, 2013
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Korea’s ETNews doesn’t have a flawless track record with Samsung leaks, but it’s hoping to revive its reputation with this latest sliver of gossip. It’s suggesting that the company is going after those people who think the Galaxy Note is a bit on the weeny side by releasing the 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega. The device, which is codenamed “Project Möbius,” is likely to come with a dual-core Exynos chip, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel shooter up front. On the other hand, SamMobile has thrown out a bucket-load of specs to say that we could see a 5.8-inch Mega with a low-res 960 x 540 display, a 1.4GHz Exynos CPU and 1.5GB of RAM. We get the sense that neither device is coming with bleeding-edge specs and will instead slot into the mid-range tiers of the company’s product lineup — assuming they exist at all. Either way, at least we’ve managed to get through a whole post without using the word “phablet”… damnit!
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Via: Unwired View
Apple patents way to display information to callers on hold
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on April 2, 2013
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Callers placed on hold could see anything from local news and weather reports to details about the person being called. [Read more]
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New 3-D Display Could Let Phones and Tablets Produce Holograms
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on March 21, 2013
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Optical trickery lets a modified LCD produce hologram-like still images and videos.
A new kind of three-dimensional display developed at HP Labs plays hologram-like videos without the need for any moving parts or glasses. Videos displayed on the HP system hover above the screen, and viewers can walk around them and experience an image or video from as many 200 different viewpoints—like walking around a real object.
ZTE Quantum smartphone surfaces with 13MP camera and 5-inch display
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on March 20, 2013
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Our friends over at Android Police surfaced a leak of ZTE‘s Quantum smartphone, which is destined for Sprint. The handset is shown as being the N8910 model, and while it isn’t the highest end handset out there, the specs certainly make this smartphone worth checking out. You can check out some pictures of the phone
Ask Engadget: budget AIO display for a Mac Pro?
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on March 17, 2013
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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Richard-Keith, who leapt before he looked and now needs our help. If you’re looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.
“Sheepishly, I have to admit that I didn’t do my homework, but when the chance to get a Mac Pro came around, I didn’t stop to think about the consequences. Now I’ve got a lovely new desktop, but now I’m lamenting the lack of an SD-card reader, built-in speaker and a webcam. I’m sure there are other displays that do the latter three jobs, including the Apple Cinema Display, but is there something a little cheaper than its rather staggering $ 999 price-tag? Thank you from the bottom my heart.”
Let’s be fair and help out our friend, after all, we’ve all made that odd impulse purchase without doing our homework. There aren’t that many monitors that can do all of the jobs you need, but you can pick up a Cinemaview with extra USB ports, or perhaps ASUS’ VK248H (and related), which even have Displayport outputs and a Webcam, although it may be a bit weak in the speaker department. Still, it’s high time we passed this question over to the throng of Engadgeteers, to find out if they know of anything better.
Samsung Galaxy S III to be updated with wireless charging and HD display
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on March 13, 2013
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Samsung’s Galaxy S III has sold massive quantities, hitting the 30 million mark back in November 2012. In light of this, the Korean company will be releasing an updated version of the handset, something it has done with other smartphones for smaller markets. The updated version will include, among other things, an HD display. Samsung
Palm Top Theater turns your iPhone into a mini-3D display
Posted by Gsurface
on March 10, 2013
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“Pepper’s ghost” isn’t the sort of phrase you hear very often at a show like SXSW. In amongst all the latest generation technology, there aren’t too many folks discussing hundreds years old optical concepts. But the the idea’s a driving force in the Palm Top Theater, an iPhone case that turns smartphone videos into a miniature 3D viewing experience. The peripheral utilizes three small drop down displays — the rear is a full mirror with two half mirrors in front it, reflecting images from the phone display into what appears to be a three-dimension object — and really, it a stunning little effect.
The Palm Top requires the use of a proprietary file format that essentially splits the displayed image or video into three parts. The company’s providing some video for users, as well as a converter app to make custom footage. The device is available now for around $ 36 — not super expensive, though it’s hard to see such a device as anything but a niche product, especially since the opening makes for a fairly limited viewing space. It would be extremely cool to see this on a larger space, but in the meantime, you’re stuck with a little window into the technology.
Gallery: Palm Top Theater for iPhone hands-on
Canonical Announces Mir: A New Display Server Not On X11 Or Wayland
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on March 4, 2013
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An anonymous reader writes “On the Ubuntu Wiki is now the Mir specification, which is a next-generation display server not based on X11/X.Org or Wayland. Canonical is rolling their own display server for future releases of Ubuntu for form factors from mobile phones to the desktop. Mir is still in development but is said to support Android graphics drivers, open-source Linux graphics drivers, and they’re pressuring hardware vendors with commercial closed-source drivers to support it too. They also said X11 apps will be compatible along with GTK3 and Qt/QML programs. Canonical isn’t using X11 or Wayland with their future Unity desktop as they see many shortcomings from these existing and commonly used components.”
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E-ink reference phone and flexible display hands-ons (video)
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on February 27, 2013
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Looking for your dream phone? Chances are, this isn’t it — but it could be the precursor to what could eventually be cradled in your pocket, especially if you are a fan of E-ink. The device seen above and in the first gallery below is one of just five prototypes of the E-ink reference phone in existence. The point? The company wants to have a tangible Android-powered (2.3.5 Gingerbread, to be exact) model to give to potential partners, so they can craft something similar down the road. We’re told that it will most likely be used on the back of color phones, much like the YotaPhone, but partners are welcome to get crazy on the front screen as well. No official timeframe for availability or seeding has been set, but it is expected to roll out in limited capacity sometime this year.
Official specs are few and far between, but what we do know is that this nameless phone is driven by a Cortex-A5 CPU of some kind. Given that this is an extremely early prototype, the E-ink device had a lot of bugs when we played with it: force closes, reboots and slow response are among the things we noticed. However, we imagine this will continue to improve with time, so by the time of seeding it may be a completely different story.
The UI reminds us of a simplistic feature phone geared toward the basic user, with six icons on the front screen including an app menu. As we’d expect, the phone is great for reading books, and it comes with the option to install applications (though it’s possible most games wouldn’t look that great). You can also shake the device to clean the text in case it ends up getting “dirty,” or misaligned.
Gallery: E-ink prototype hands-on
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
ZTE Grand Memo official, 5.7-inch display on board
Posted by Gsurface
on February 25, 2013
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The phablet market has become more and more popular lately, and numerous device manufacturers are getting in on the fun, including ZTE this time around. In order to compete with Samsung’s gargantuan Galaxy Note II, ZTE has announced the Grand Memo, which rocks a 5.7-inch 720p HD TFT display. The Grand Memo also rocks a
PunkSPIDER Project Puts Vulnerabilities On (Searchable) Display
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on February 24, 2013
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First time accepted submitter punk2176 writes “Recently I started a free and open source project known as the PunkSPIDER project and presented it at ShmooCon 2013. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s at heart, a project with the goal of pushing for improved global website security. In order to do this we built a Hadoop distributed computing cluster along with a website vulnerability scanner that can use the cluster. Once we finished that we open sourced the code to our scanner and unleashed it on the Internet. The results of our scans are provided to the public for free in an easy-to-use search engine. The results so far aren’t pretty.” The Register has an informative article, too.
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Canon Demos New Head-Mounted Augmented-Reality Display
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on February 23, 2013
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Press2ToContinue writes with this excerpt from ExtremeTech: “With products like Google’s Glass, the Oculus Rift, and even certain features found on the Nintendo 3DS, augmented, mixed, and virtual reality are starting to make some headway in the consumer space. Canon, best known for its cameras, is looking to break into the mixed reality scene with its new head-mounted display. … The core of the setup is the Canon HMD (head-mounted display) which works in conjunction with various sensors — optical and magnetic, as well as visual markers — to help create the mixed reality environment. The HMD employs two cameras located in front of each eye that captures video and shoots it off to an off-board, tethered computer. The computer then combines the real-world visuals with computer-generated visuals, and beams that back to two monitors placed in front of the eyes within the HMD. The unit combines with a development platform, dubbed the MR Platform, which allows companies to create mixed reality images to display on the HMD.”
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Samsung, LG Display Feud Winding Down As LG Drops Sales Ban Request Against Galaxy Note 10.1
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on February 20, 2013
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The War of the Korean Tech Giants: Battle Display is approaching a detente. LG Display has dropped its request for a domestic sales ban on rival Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1, reports Yonhap News Agency. The world’s two top display makers (Samsung is in the number one spot) have been warring over organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel patents by slapping each other with lawsuits since September. LG had sought the sales ban in response to an injunction Samsung filed against LG’s products based on Samsung’s confidential OLED tech.
LG Display drops injunction request on Galaxy Note 10.1, seeks ‘alternative solution’ with Samsung
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on February 20, 2013
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A patent struggle between LG Display and Samsung Display kicked off late last year when the latter filed a lawsuit claiming its counterpart had stolen technology secrets tied to the production of OLED screens. In turn, LG threatened its own injunctions and the fight was on but now it may be moving towards a resolution. After rumors indicated the two were trying to talk it out a few days ago Samsung Display dropped its injunction request, and now LG has responded in kind. After dropping its request for an injunction preventing the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 in South Korea, LG Display says it is seeking a resolution “through an amicable negotiation” — you can read the official statement in full after the break. With any luck, these two will have hugged it out by the time their latest round of devices are ready to ship, and we can enjoy our HDTVs, phones and tablets in peace.
LG Display [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220], a leading innovator of display technology, announced today that it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary injunction in connection to Galaxy Note 10.1 against Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display from the Seoul Central District Court of Korea.
LG Display seeks to stop the consuming dispute with Samsung and to continue its promotion of fair competition. Based on the firm belief that a patent should be fairly assessed as a product of innovation, LG Display seeks an alternative solution through an amicable negotiation with Samsung to clarify the respective rights and duties of each party and analyze the proper value of the patents.
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HTC One takes display pixel density crown
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on February 20, 2013
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The HTC One ups the ante on the iPhone 5, packing more pixels closer together than Apple’s touted Retina technology. [Read more]
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Archos unveils new Platinum line of tablets with high-res display and quad-core CPU
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on February 14, 2013
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Archos may not be a main competitor in the tablet marketplace, but they’re doing whatever they can to become more relevant. Case in point: the company just outed three new tablets, all of which come with Retina-quality, high-resolution IPS displays and quad-core processors. The tablets come in 8-inch, 9.7-inch, and 11.6-inch flavors. Archos is calling
Microsoft Surface Pro now on display at select retailers
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on February 4, 2013
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iPhone Plus mock-up offers real 4.94-inch display vision
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on February 2, 2013
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This week the developer of Instapaper, Mr. Marco Arment, has created a rather intriguing mock-up of what the “iPhone Plus” would look like, using specifications, tips, and rumors to push the idea of this device as close to reality as possible. The device itself would work as an in-between aside the iPhone 5 and the
BlackBerry Q10 official with keyboard, 3.1-inch display
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on January 30, 2013
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BlackBerry (formerly RIM) has just unveiled the BlackBerry 10 device that, let’s face it, many of the faithful really want: the QWERTY keyboard-equipped Q10. It mates the hardware input that BlackBerry fans have known and loved while including a 3.1-inch touchscreen.
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Three mystery Samsung Galaxy Tab profiles spotted: GT-P8200 model houses 2,560 x 1,600 display?
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on January 30, 2013
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While we know Samsung’s planning plenty for us to see in Barcelona in a few weeks, we’re still not certain on the specifics. Perhaps, then, it’s got a handful of tablets for us. That’s what these handful of User Agent profiles purport to show us. The model numbers GT-P3200, GT-P5200 and the GT-P8200 suggest that they’ll join the Galaxy Tab family, although these profiles only give us a little detail to work on. The GT-P3200 appears to be the entry-level slab, with a 1,024 x 600 resolution more suited to tablets of yesteryear. This is cranked up to 1,280 x 800 for the P5200, while the GT-P8200 will apparently match the Nexus 10‘s pin-sharp 2,560 x 1,600 display.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing here to confirm screen-size, processing punch or much else, although we managed to sniff out an AnTuTu benchmark for the GT-P8200 that reckons it’ll house a (presumably multicore) 1.7GHz processor and Android 4.2. However, like these User Agent Profiles, we’re looking at these results with a suspicious glare until something more official surfaces. Between the trio, there’s likely to be a division between two different sizes of tablet — possibly either side of that Galaxy Note 8 that’s set to be make an appearance next month. Check out the GT-P8200′s short-but-sweet benchmark listing after the break.
Via: Techkiddy
Source: Samsung Mobile UAProf (1), (2), (3)
Turning SF’s Bay Bridge Into a Giant LED Display
Posted by Gsurface
on January 30, 2013
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waderoush writes “It may be the biggest art hack ever: a project to install 25,000 individually addressable LED lights on the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. New York-based ‘light sculptor’ Leo Villareal was in San Francisco last week to test the vast ‘Bay Lights’ art installation, which will officially debut on March 5 and last for two years; Xconomy has photos and video of Villareal running the light show from his laptop. To optimize his algorithms and figure out which patterns would be most interesting or arresting, Villareal needed to experiment on the bridge itself, says Bay Lights director Ben Davis, who has raised $ 5.8 million for the project so far. ‘This has never been done before in history — literally debugging software 500 feet in the air, in front of a million people,’ says Davis.”
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Samsung SCH-i337 appears in UAProf, teases bad pun, 1080p display
Posted by Gsurface
on January 28, 2013
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Mum’s still the word on the arrival of Samsung’s next Galaxy S device, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating. The latest? A user agent profile for a SCH-i337, a Samsung manufactured handset boasting a 1080p display. The UAProf reveals little else about the device, but its lame 1337 naming convention playfully suggests something impressive is coming our way. The Galaxy S IV, perhaps? We’re not quite ready to make that call — but Sammy has to do something with that new Exynos chip, doesn’t it? Read on for a peek at the user data yourself, or take a gander at the whole thing at the rightmost source link.
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Via: Android Community
Source: Samsung Mobile
Samsung Display brags of exceeding 300 million OLED panels produced
Posted by Gsurface
on January 24, 2013
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OLED technology has found its way into a number of products since it was invented. We’ve seen a few TVs that use OLED screens, but the incredibly high cost of TVs using the technology has kept them from the mainstream. The more common place to find OLED technology is in the mobile device market with
Sony smartphone display photo leak tips Galaxy Note competitor
Posted by Gsurface
on January 21, 2013
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This week we’re seeing no lack of Sony on the mobile front, with a relatively massive component leaking from what its sources say is a plant creating a 6.44-inch phablet for this Summer season. This machine, if proven real, would be a real competitor for not just the Samsung Galaxy Note, but the LG Intuition
LG’s Optimus G Pro revealed in leaked image with 5-inch 1080p display, 3,000mAh battery and LTE
Posted by Gsurface
on January 18, 2013
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LG’s Optimus G won the hearts of our reviewers, while finding the barely-different Nexus 4 is a feat worthy of a mythological hero. A tipster has sent us the above leaked slide, revealing that there’s a new(er) kid on LG’s block in the form of the Optimus G Pro. The 5-inch handset comes with an upgraded 1,920 x 1,080 display and is packing a 1.7Ghz Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064, 2GB RAM, 32GB Memory, LTE and a 3,000mAh battery — tallying with a separate leak we’ve spied on Blog of Mobile. Reportedly weighing in at 160 grams and measuring 139 x 70 x 10.1mm, there’s talk of Jelly Bean, a 13-megapixel rear camera and 2.4-megapixel forward-facer for even better self portraiture. Naturally, as a Japanese phone, you’ll also find One-Seg and NOTTV functionality baked inside — which only adds to our complex that those in the Far East get all the best toys.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
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Source: Blog of Mobile
Mobile Ad Revenues Will Top $11.4 Billion In 2013, Up 19% On 2012. India, China And Display Fuelling The Boost
Posted by Gsurface
on January 17, 2013
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The growing popularity of free mobile content — largely in the form of apps — is having a big impact on mobile advertising, the route that many developers and publishers are taking to monetize that content. Gartner has released its forecasts for mobile advertising today, and it predicts that this year, mobile ads will collectively bring in $ 11.4 billion in revenues, a rise of 18.75% on 2012′s $ 9.6 billion.
ZTE Grand S gets a fat sister: a V987 with 5-inch 720p display, 1.2GHz quad-core chip
Posted by Gsurface
on January 16, 2013
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It was only a matter of time before ZTE came out with another device that would use the same design language as its much anticipated Grand S, so we weren’t at all surprised when this sister device popped up on the Chinese regulatory database. Like the aforementioned flagship, this upcoming V987 also sports a 5-inch gapless display, except it is capped at a 720p resolution. Naturally, the rest of the phone is built with a smaller budget in mind: the 13-megapixel camera is sized down to eight megapixels, and the original 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro is replaced by an unknown 1.2GHz quad-core chip (hopefully the MediaTek MT6589). That said, there’s dual-SIM support (WCDMA plus GSM) and a removable 2,500mAh battery — much bigger than the Grand S’ built-in 1,780mAh cell — here, so it’ll be interesting to see how well the V987 will outsell the Grand S.
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Source: TENAA
Innovation on Display at Detroit Auto Show
Posted by Gsurface
on January 16, 2013
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Unveilings, prototypes, and concept cars that have people talking.
This week and next, the hub of American innovation appears to be a city that all too often hogs headlines as a poster child for urban blight: Detroit. For the duration of the Detroit Auto Show, at least, which kicked off yesterday and stretches till the 27th, that city is presenting innovations to rival many products coming out of the Bay Area. Here are a few of the most eye-catching stories so far:
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