Fitbit is pulling the plug on its desktop apps, which means you may soon no longer be able to sync your steps and other activities with a PC or Mac. If you have a Fitbit watch, that means you’ll also no longer be able to transfer music to your wearable unless you’re using the Deezer […]
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ARM’s PlasticARM is a flexible microprocessor made from plastic rather than silicon
Most microprocessors are made using silicon. And most are rigid, which means that if you want to put them in flexible devices like folding phones or wearables, they’ll need to be placed in a section that doesn’t bend. ARM has just unveiled a new PlasticARM chip that bucks both trends. It’s a natively flexible processor made […]
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Royole develops a stretchable micro LED display
Flexible displays have been around for years at this point, making it possible for companies like Samsung, Xiaomi, and Lenovo to release foldable phones and tablets. Now Royole is stretching the limits of flexible display technology… by introducing a screen that can not only be bent, but also stretched. For now it’s just a research […]
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TCL phone with slide-out screen leaked (maybe)
While Motorola and Samsung continue struggling to deliver a foldable phone with a screen that doesn’t scratch, crack, or separate from the phone’s body easily, it looks like TCL may have an alternatives to foldables — rollables. According to CNET, which obtained a set of images of a TCL concept phone with a roll-out display, […]
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Foldables are so 2019, BOE unveils 12.3 inch rollable display for next-gen smartphones
5 Comments on Foldables are so 2019, BOE unveils 12.3 inch rollable display for next-gen smartphonesWhile phone makers are planning (or maybe struggling is a better word) to launch the first smartphones with foldable OLED displays this year, display maker BOE is showing off a prototype of a new rollable display that could be used in a different kind of next-gen smartphone. Charbax from Armdevices caught up with BOE at […]
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Report: Huawei’s folding smartphone could beat Samsung’s to market
Phone makers including Samsung and LG have been working on foldable phones with flexible display for the past few years. But so far the closest thing to hit the streets is last year’s ZTE Axon M, which only folds in half because it has two separate displays (and a big line that runs down the […]
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Samsung’s folding phone might not be ready until 2019
You know that Samsung phone with a foldable display we’d heard might be ready to launch this year? It’s starting to look like it won’t be ready in 2017… or 2018. According to The Korea Herald, Samsung Display engineer Kim Tae-woong says foldable phone technology will “be mature around 2019,” and there’s no rush to […]
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Patent documents may provide a peek at Samsung’s folding smartphone
Samsung has long been rumored to be developing a smartphone with a flexible display that allows you to fold the device in half for storage, or just bend it a bit to curve the display or use in another mode. Said to be code-named “Project Valley,” reports from Korean media today suggest that the phone […]
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WhammyPhone prototype: Bend your smartphone to make music
Researchers at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab unveiled a flexible smartphone prototype earlier this year that didn’t just have a screen that could bend… it uses the bending motion as a form of input for doing things like flipping through eBook pages. Now the Human Media Lab is going one step further with the introduction […]
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Cubimorph concept shows a modular, shapeshifting smartphone
Some companies may be developing modular smartphones with swappable components. But a team of researchers at the University of Bristol’s Bristol Interaction Group have a different idea for modularity: they’ve developed a phone that changes shapes depending on what you’re using it for. The concept is called Cubimorph, and while it’s not a real phone […]