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JDI unveils 5-inch Full HD “Pixel Eyes” display with integrated touch technology
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Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has unveiled its latest display technology, a 5-inch 1080p TFT LCD display with integrated touch functionality. Called “Pixel Eyes,” the display offers certain advantages including slimmer modules and lower optical reflections.
JDI is a joint venture between Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba, and its panels have already been used in Xperia Z handsets, however a problem noted by many reviewers was the poor viewing angles. JDI has noted that displays need to improve in some aspects and offer “higher resolutions, wider viewing angles, higher picture quality, lower power consumption, and thinner module thickness.”
The improvements this new technology will bring to the table include a 10 to 30% slimmer module, clearer picture quality and increased module brightness. At this point in time, it appears as if Pixel Eyes is not using the recently announced triluminos display tech.
When it comes to specs, the Pixel Eyes will feature a “transmissive IPS” display mode and offer a resolution of up to 1080p, 445 pixel per inch (ppi) density, 450cd/m2 brightness, contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a viewing angle of 160 degrees.
JDI says that displays in resolutions of 720p (720 x 1280 pixels) and qHD (540 x 960 pixels) will be mass produced starting with June 2013, with the 5-inch Full-HD displays being produced soon after. JDI will exhibit the display at the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2013, in Japan this week.
Are you interested in this new display tech? Hope to see the screens in Sony’s next flagship devices?
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Lime Barbados adds a touch of class to their BlackBerry 10 launch – Hand delivers BlackBerry Z10′s
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For Lime, the launch of the BlackBerry Z10 has been pretty spectacular. The company kicked things off in Jamaica with a live launch held on Facebook and right now, they’re running a contest for their customers offering them a chance to see Alicia Keys live in concert. Aside from all of that though, they’ve been bringing a touch of class to the mix as noted on their Facebook page. Customers who have preordered a BlackBerry Z10 are getting their device hand delivered to them complete with some BlackBerry branding on car the lovely ladies show up in. Needless to say, it looks BlackBerry advertising in the Barbados and surrounding areas is going strong. Thanks, Mario!
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RSS Copyright © Hottest Mobile Phone News & Reviews | PhoneInferno [Add a touch of color to your images with Colorize for BlackBerry 10], All Right Reserved. 2013. Powered by Readers From RSS 2 Blog Google files an application with the USPTO for a patent with back panel touch controls076 days
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Google has filed an application with the USPTO for back panel touch controls on a smartphone and even tablets. The intriguing part about the technology is that it will be able to distinguish contact from holding the device normally and contact intended to control an app or part of the device. The patent sounds a lot like the PlayStation Vita’s back touch panel, which is in place to free up the front OLED screen. It’s possible that Google could be doing something similar in order to free up screen real estate from a users fingers, but that’s just speculation. If it were to happen though, no doubt Sony would give Google a bit of flak. Apple filed an application for a similar patent in 2006 for future tablets, before the making of the iPhone, but the USPTO denied it. It’s possible that Google’s application will get denied, or the USPTO may find it unique in that the patent is for a touch panel on the back of an Android smartphone and tablet. The technology sounds great, especially for a device like the Note 2 with its 5.5-inch screen since some people have trouble using the device with one hand. It seems like it would be very tedious on a device with a smaller form factor though. Besides, what would happen to the back touch panel if you dropped your phone by accident? Again, it’s all speculation at this point, we’ll just have to wait and see what Google ends up doing with this. The post Google files an application with the USPTO for a patent with back panel touch controls appeared first on Android Authority. Recommended ReadingAlcatel One Touch Idol X: It’s the Chinese version of HTC’s Butterfly, but uglier088 days
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The Chinese handset company TCL, which sells their phones under the Alcatel brand, has just announced what’s undoubtedly their 2013 flagship device. It has a 5 inch 1080p screen, quad core 1.2 GHz processor, 8 or 13 megapixel camera (depending on the market), 2,000 mAh battery, and it’s just 7.1 mm thin. There’s just one problem. When I see this thing, I instantly get reminded of HTC’s Butterfly. The Butterfly and the Idol X don’t just share a common design language, they look like the exact same device. Alcatel also went one step further and copied Nokia’s color palette for their Windows Phone devices. What else is there to know about this thing? It doesn’t have 4G LTE, so you can forget about it ever hitting America’s shores, and it’s supposedly going to ship in July. In case you can’t count, that’s about five months away. Five months. Why do companies do this to themselves? First Huawei with the P2, and now Alcatel with the Idol X. LG isn’t any better. The Optimus G is only now starting to hit Europe. Funny when you think about it because the G Pro comes out next month and there are already rumors about the G2, but I digress. Can Alcatel win people’s hearts in Western markets? No. They don’t have the marketing budget for that. Sad to say this, but if you can’t put up a billboard in every important city in Europe and the United States, then your product isn’t going to move. Ask Coca-Cola how much money they drop just to remind people to drink brown sugar water. Recommended ReadingUbuntu Touch developer preview goes live091 days
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Bang on schedule, the Ubuntu 12.10 Touch developer preview is up and available for download. Budding developers who have been impressed with Ubuntu Touch can now freely install it on their Nexus devices and begin tinkering around with the Linux goodness. The Galaxy Nexus “maguro”, Nexus 4, 7, and 10 are all supported devices, but you’ll notice that Verizon and Sprint Galaxy Nexus’ are sadly missing from the list. It can’t be stressed enough that this is a released aimed for developers, and certainly shouldn’t be consider a replacement for your everyday ROM. Installing Ubuntu will totally wipe the data from your handset or tablet, so don’t plan on quickly checking it out and swapping back to Android either. The good news is that all the basic stuff is working; phone calls, SMS messages, WiFi networking, web browsing, and front and back cameras will all function properly (most of the time). But other apps are pretty much placeholders, so be prepared for stuff to break fairly regularly. If you really want to check out Ubuntu Touch then you’ll need to grab the appropriate download for your device’s code name, “manta” for the Nexus 10, “mako” for the Nexus 4, etc. There’s also a step by step guide on how to flash your device, which includes resources for restoring Android if you need to. We won’t be seeing any Ubuntu powered handsets on the market until 2014, but it’s sure to shake things up when the finished version finally arrives. Recommended Reading
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When you think of a touch screen you think of the front display. With that display you interact with your device by swiping up, down, left or right. In the future we may not be using the front display at all to interact with our smartphones or tablets.
