Apple brought its Retina Display to the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro earlier this summer. It is now gearing up to offer it on the 13.3-inch MacBook Pro as well as iMac All-in-One desktop models. Digitimes reports that Apple’s partners have already begun shipping new MacBook Pro and iMac models in preparation for a launch later this month or in October. Display […]
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Motorola to unveil smartphone with edge-to-edge display on September 5th?
Motorola and Verizon are likely to introduce a new smartphone (or perhaps more than one) at their upcoming event on September 5th. Bloomberg has learned that this handset could come with an edge-to-edge display. Unlike most devices, it would have either very thin bezels or none at all with the screen effectively taking up the entire front of the device. […]
Display shortages delaying iPhone 5 production?
Sharp has reportedly fallen behind schedule in delivering displays to Apple for its upcoming iPhone 5. Reuters reports that the supplier is struggling with manufacturing difficulties and high costs and is not able to meet production targets. Just how far behind schedule Sharp is is not not clear though. For its part, Sharp would only confirm that its Kameyama LCD […]
Rumour: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to use a flexible AMOLED display
Rumours that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will use a UBP (Unbreakable Plane) display have resurfaced. In an article that looks at recent and upcoming AMOLED display development, the Korea IT Times reports that Samsung’s upcoming ‘phablet’ will not only use a 5.5-inch AMOLED flexible display but that it will incorporate the UBP technology to reduce the thickness by 0.4 […]
Rumour: HTC working on 5-inch 1080p smartphone for September-October release
The HTC PM63100 with its 1.7GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor and 720p display may not be HTC’s next flagship device. That honour may be reserved to a different device according to a report by Digitimes. They report that HTC is readying a device with a 5-inch 1080p display for launch in the September or October time frame. The report adds […]
Samsung working on 11.8-inch tablet with ‘Retina’ display
The court documents filed in the legal battle between Apple and Samsung have revealed yet another device. On the heels of a roadmap showing two upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices, another document has been found to indicate that Samsung is working on a tablet codenamed “P10”. The Samsung P10 sports an 11.8-inch WQXGA (2560×1600) display. That would give it a […]
Qualcomm halts Mirasol display production
When Qualcomm last week announced its Q3 2012 financial results, it announced its decision to halt Mirasol display production. The Mirasol technology was able to display colours and was readable even in direct sunlight. While the technology held promise, Qualcomm found it difficult to manufacture and install in tablets. According to The Digital Reader, about half of the displays produced […]
More details on improved display for new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet
AllThingsD is the latest to report that Amazon will launch a new Kindle Fire tablet in the second half of this year, possibly in late Q3. It sources, “familiar with Amazon’s plans.” indicate that Amazon is already talking to developers to bring them up to speed on the changes coming with the new tablet, notably with the display. The report […]