When the new iPad debuted, observers drooled over the ultra-sharp Retina Display and the ultra-fast 4G LTE.
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Under the concept "Future Smart Living Revolves Around Solar, " Sharp will display new products and technologies that will transform people's lifestyles.
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While Hon Hai is getting the rosy side of the deal for Sharp's TV-oriented Sakai plant, it's now thought to be paying Sharp for display technology that would go into a new factory in Chengdu for small- and medium-sized LCDs used for smartphones and tablets.
Apple announced three suppliers for its display panels last year, Sharp, LG Display and Japan Display.
In the meantime, Sharp, Japan Display and LG Display have also been developing OLED displays.
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For LCD panel makers like Sharp, Japan Display and LG Display, Apple's iPhone provides the environment where they can demonstrate their latest technological progress to show that LCD screens can continue to evolve and stay competitive against OLED displays.
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Apple is believed to source about a third of its display panels from Sharp, and it is therefore in its interest if the display maker manages to raise additional cash and stay in business.
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The display is sharp and the UI is slick, but like BB 10, the app selection is fairly limited.
The display is sharp and bright and the camera was generally responsive, though it certainly won't break any records for speed.
Announced in Beijing just now is the Xiaomi Phone 2, and with the exception of the appearance, most of the specs match the many leaks we've come across: 4.3-inch 720p IPS display by Sharp and JDI, Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 quad-core chip, 2GB RAM and 16GB memory.
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The VGA-resolution 3.2-inch display was incredibly sharp and bright, and the vari-angle functionality lets you snap overhead and below-eye-level shots with ease.
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Such a strategy may not be easily implementable with a big supplier like Samsung, but is a possibility with a struggling display maker like Sharp.
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Corning supplies glass to firms like Sharp, Verizon, LG Display, AU Optronics and Deutsche Telekom, with its products finding themselves on the shelves of big retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
The Turbo Express was about the size of a Game Boy but had a sharp active-matrix color display and could even be used as a portable TV with an optional tuner.
Designed for mobile professionals, the affordably priced 5.4-pound LIFEBOOK S752 notebook offers optional Intel(R) Core(TM) vPro(TM) processor for improved security and remote manageability, WWAN support, an optional second battery, and an LED backlit HD display for producing sharp images, saturated colors and deep blacks.
Apple had no trouble selling the iPhone 4 with an extra-sharp 3.5-inch display, and it was even defensive about its choice: Jobs is well-known for insisting at the time that phones needed to be usable with one hand, and app compatibility was better served by maintaining the status quos for resolution and size.
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There's a new Gorilla Glass-equipped 3-inch, 920k-dot display, that's plenty sharp and quite responsive in live-view mode.
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That means incredibly sharp images and vibrant frames -- the display is capable of 10-bit 1.07 billion-color presentation.
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Both the JVC and Sharp units will have an eight-line display with scrolling capability and weigh less than 10 ounces.
The 1, 280 x 800 resolution display meant videos and websites looked sharp, while there was barely any color degradation at wider angles.
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This is cranked up to 1, 280 x 800 for the P5200, while the GT-P8200 will apparently match the Nexus 10's pin-sharp 2, 560 x 1, 600 display.
The nano does not yet support Bluetooth 4.0 (or any version of the specification), but the standard has been seen as a key component in helping reduce power consumption for such a product, There are also lower power display technologies -- such as Sharp's Memory in Pixel LCD on the forthcoming Meta Watch -- from which Apple has abstained.
Samsung buys a small stake in Sharp in order to secure a steady supply of display panels.
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Its big graphics processor allows it to display moving images with super pin-sharp quality found only in the cinema.
By now you should already know that HTC, Sharp and Oppo share a common theme: 1080p display on their five-inch phones.
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According to Japan's Nikkei news service, Apple had originally ordered 65 million iPhone screens for the 2013 January-to-March quarter from its suppliers which include Japan's Sharp Corp. and South Korea's LG Display Co.
We can't speak to image quality, unfortunately, but shots we captured appeared to be sharp and properly exposed based on what we were able to gather from the display.
Some pinpoint LG Display as the screen architect in the wake of initial supply troubles at Sharp, although it's hard to know given the secrecy surrounding Apple suppliers, even after new products are shipping.
"Whether in your home or in your hand, display technology is everywhere, " said Toshi Osawa, CEO and Chairman of Sharp Electronics Corporation.
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