We heard that the curved OLED HDTV prototypes LG showed at CES would be coming soon, and now it’s official. A Korean press release indicates we can expect the 55EA9800 to launch in the next month, with shipments starting in June. According to the …
Back at CES, Samsung showcased their YOUM flexible AMOLED display technology. One concept they showed off featured a Note-like smartphone with a display that wrapped around to the edges of the device. Of their flexible phone prototypes, it appeared to …
Folks looking forward to the GameStick’s launch should be happy to learn that the development kits will be shipping to developers and select backers starting later this month. These particular units are slightly different from what the final product will be as GameStick describes them as being “pre-production prototypes.” According to them, these particular units [...]
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Microsoft made a bold bet to build its own hardware, competing directly with Apple’s iPad, but it was never an easy task to create something new and unique. Microsoft’s own tablet is the result of it facing a “big challenge” relying o…
Last summer, a number of iPhone and iPad prototypes were revealed as part of the Apple vs. Samsung patent lawsuit — but the device Ars Technica has uncovered is something else entirely. A former Apple employee sent the site imag…
A few weeks ago, we told you about a new initiative between OUYA and the folks at Kill Screen. OUYA CREATE, something they’re calling a “Game Jam,” was started to help stimulate OUYA development ahead of its spring debut. We’d call it more of a development competition than anything as some major bucks are involved [...]
Apple (AAPL) is reportedly testing a number of HDTV prototypes with manufacturing partner Hon Hai, though a launch in the coming year is said to be unlikely. Citing a single anonymous source, Focus Taiwan reports that initial testing of Apple’s own-brand TV sets is currently under way at Hon Hai. Display panels on the prototypes are said to range from 46 to 55 inches and several different designs are being tested. According to the site’s source, the final version of Apple’s debut HDTV is not likely to begin shipping until 2014 at the earliest.
CEATEC, Japan’s largest annual electronics show, is winding down here on the outskirts of Tokyo. We’ve spent the past two days scouring the halls of the Makuhari Messe, digging up no shortage of concept cars, eye-tracking technologies and even the od…
Alongside another raft of iPhone and iPad prototype sketches and designs, Apple claims that the creative process that culminated in its first smartphone predated sketches suggesting that it had borrowed ideas from Sony. The Verge spotted Apple’s late…
