Megareader (one of the many reading apps for iOS) got an update yesterday. They added a rather unusual feature in this update. You can now use the camera on the iPhone to show you what’s going on behind your phone.I’ve heard of a heads up display being used in a couple games, but this is [...]
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MegaReader adds new feature – heads up display
January 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · software news
Tags:adds·display·feature·heads·megareader
Did Qualcomm try to pull something funny with the Mirasol display?
January 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · conferences & trade shows, opinion
I stopped by the Qualcomm booth earlier and I think there’s something funny going on. They have a new demo unit for the Mirasol, which is reason enough to go. They also changed the video running on it. Do you know the demo video I found a few days ago? It was running on the [...]
LG Display, iriver to demo new e-reader at CES?
December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I’m still not sure this one is for real. There was a news story on the Korean business blog AsiaE a few days ago which talked about the iriver Story HD, the new e-reader that LG Display and iriver were going to show off at CES next week. This e-reader is supposed to have a [...]
Freescale to have a couple dozen tablets on display at CES 2011
December 20th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
At CES 2010 Freescale had a booth in the e-reader area. Next month they’re going to do much the same, only they plan have upwards of 25 tablets on display (according to my source). From Computerworld: The tablets all use Arm-based processors from Freescale’s i.MX family of chips and many of them run Google’s Android [...]
LG Display show off a new screen at FPD (video)
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news, video
FPD, a screen tech trade show, is being held right now in Tokyo. LG Disiplay are there, of course, and they have 3 screens on display (at least, 3 that I’ve found). I showed you 2 of the screens back in May from my SID Display week coverage. One is a 9.7″ color epaper and [...]
Nemoptic demo Oled/BiNem display
October 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Nemoptic just posted another demo video with their latest display. This one combines a color Oled with a bistable, grayscale, BiNems display and it will blow you away. The best part is about half way through where they show the screen doing both color and grayscale at the same time. No word yet on when [...]
New screen tech demoed in Cincinnati
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Gamma Dynamics and the University of Cincinnati have just announced a working prototype for their new screen technology. (It’s still at least 3 years away from production, though.) It’s called Electrofluidic Display (EFD). Like E-ink, EFD is bi-stable. It’s also a close relative of LCD, so GD expect to be able to use existing LCD [...]
Tags:demoed·display·elctrofluidic
Hitachi, Pixtronix demo new display at Ceatac
October 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
Tech-On are reporting that Hitachi are demoing a 2.5″ prototype MEMS screen: The company plans to release the display from the end of 2011 to the beginning to 2012 for mobile phones, smart phones, tablet PCs, digital cameras and other mobile devices equipped with a 10-inch or smaller display.
Samsung Galaxy Tab to ship with Zinio, Kobo, & Press Display
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Since everyone is covering this tablet, I was going to pass. It’s not worth my time to be one of the crowd. But I noticed a detail in the press release: The Samsung GALAXY Tab is packed with services to complement and enhance your life in different ways. Access to Android Marketplace lets users download [...]
SID Display Week: Bridgestone demo new screen tech (video)
June 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
By Charlie Dulin of Dulin’s Books Bridgestone was showing off their Quick Response Liquid Powder Display, QR-LPD, at SID Display Week. It’s very similar tech to SiPix epaper in that it uses an embossed grid structure to form the pixels and then the “ink” material fills the grid. There is a reason whythe tech is [...]
Tags:bridgestone·display·sid·week
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