LCD is still king in the land of the mobile phone displays, but a number of other screen technologies are vying for small slices of the vast realm. According to ABI Research, because LCD is a mature technology, it has a cost advantage that ensures its future as the primary display technology for some time to
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In the land of mobile phone displays LCD is still king. However a number of new and not-so-new display technologies are vying for small slices of this vast realm. A new Research Brief from ABI Research examines the strengths and weaknesses of the leading contenders. Because LCD is a mature technology, it has a cost
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ABI Research looks at alternatives to LCD displays but notes the cost factor is inhibiting uptake of alternatives including OLEDs, Qualcomm's "mirasol" display, and the E-Ink display.
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More Picocell Industry Recognition Goes to Multi-Award Winning Developer ip.access Cambridge, UK-/Wi-Fi Technology News/- ip.access, the multi-award winning developer of picocell and femtocell solutions, has been named the number one picocell vendor in an independent study by leading technology analysts ABI Research.
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Social networking applications that take advantage of location information could become a key driver for growing the location-based services market, according to a new report from ABI Research.
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It used to be that the industry was thinking it’s the Near Field Communication (NFC) that is the leading contender among technologies to enable mobile payments. However, NFC has developed more slowly than anticipated, and will not offer viable large-scale mobile payment solutions for at least six years. In the meantime three existing technologies —
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Companies in the News: ZTE, Smart PCS, Alvarion, ICE, NetScout, ABI Research.
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Despite the fact the Apple iPhone disrupt the industry with great user interface that relies on capacitive touchscreen and the fact that Google Android-powered T-Mobile G1 uses the same technology, it’s the resistive (rather than capacitive) touchscreens we’ll see in most devices being released in the future. According to ABI Research’s director Kevin Burden, the
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Nortel's share price recently dipped to about 40 cents. While ABI Research in no way singles out the beleaguered network equipment vendor as worthy of particular criticism, according to senior analyst Nadine Manjaro Nortel's low fortunes are symptomatic of several current industry trends.
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