Happy (belated) Halloween from QuickLogic. As you recover from the hoards of freeloading kids in search of sugary goodness, a few random items and thoughts for today: (1) So…battery life is important to users? http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/iphoneios-5-battery-saver-tips/15712 http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1738691 http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/tech/mobile/iphone-4s-problems/index.html http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19234280 (2) CES We’ve been asked, and yes, we will be at CES this year. More information will […]
Tag: Display Viewability
One for the Archives…
A link to the latest presentation at Digitimes Technical Forum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSRFGwclB0&feature=channel_video_title […]
…And We’re Back
Thanks for visiting us here at QuickLogic’s HotSpots…today’s subject is a few more of the frequently asked questions we regularly get on VEE and DPO technology. Q: How does VEE work with curved cover glass displays? A: Obviously curved cover glass is a potential trend in mobile phones, with it being used two recent Google […]
Still here…
Sorry for the lack of posting lately. Its been a hectic end-of-summer, early fall for us at QuickLogic, and unfortunately blogging temporarily fell by the wayside. I promise we’ll be back up to our normal cadence very soon, including more information on the CX, solutions for pico projectors, and of course, the next generation of […]
Mobile Video on Smartphones
A quick link today here at QuickLogic Hotspots: http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2011/08/whos-watching-video-on-their-mobile/ One thing about the study I find very interesting the demographics. Mobile video is something that is relatively new to most people in the US (where the study is focused). Normally, for a new, tech-based application, most would assume that the younger generation become the early […]
The Curtain Lifts…
QuickLogic today announced that the good folks at Pantech are the first OEM to bring VEE and DPO to a smartphone in their ‘Tablet Phone’ (AKA Vega 5) product. As you might expect, we have had access to the phone during the development process, and I have to commend Pantech on the end product. Although […]
What Does Android 3.0 Support Do for QuickLogic?
As always, thanks for visiting us at QuickLogic HotSpots. The steadily growing traffic we see is very encouraging, and we hope you find this useful. Now onto business… Following up today’s press release on Android 3.0 support… The jump from Android 2.3 (or 2.2, as my phone stubbornly refuses to relinquish–here’s looking at you, AT&T!) […]
Smartphone Battery Life: A Consumer POV
Some interesting statistics on smartphone battery life: JD Power’s survey says only 8% of smartphone users are satisfied with their battery life: https://rohansood.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/iphone-takes-top-spot-in-us-smartphone-satisfaction-stats/ Only 6.6% of Japanese smartphone users are completely satisfied with their phone battery life, with more than 65% dissatisfied: http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/02/15/battery-dissatisfaction-high-amongst-smartphone-users/ 80% of Nokia customers in China dissatisfied with battery life of their […]
A New QuickLogic-Authored Article
From Communications Components Magazine’s (Taiwan) special June issue on mobile phone components, I bring you “QuickLogic’s Visual Enhancement and Display Power Savings CSSP Chips Integrated into a Mobile Device”. A link to the original simplified-Chinese text is up at http://shop.quicklogic.com/in-the-news/, or you can access the file directly at http://shop.quicklogic.com/assets/press/CCM-Article.pdf While this article is perhaps more […]
How to Mute CNBC and Play a Movie at the Same Time…
Brian, one of our frequent readers and commentors here on QuickLogic’s HotSpots inquired on my last blog with the question below: The RGB-split accepts one incoming signal and splits the signal between to two displays (i.e. one image spread over two displays). Down the road do you envision an RGB-split capability (or a market need) […]
