This week Apple’s industrial designers and inventors have found their way back into the USPTO with a patent filing for a wrap-around display. This means that you’ll have a device that’s got a display that’s wrapping around its sides rather than just sitting on the front – AMOLED in technology, too. You’ll have brightness and light coming at you from all directions!
What you’re actually looking at here is more of a concept for a future set of possibilities. Patents such as this don’t always have to make it to the market with a fully operational product – you probably wont see an oval-shaped iPhone in the near future. But what we can be excited about is the fact that we’re well on our way to this sort of technology making its way to the public in products that are slightly less wacky – as just part of the full show.
There’s a set of examples that Apple gives with diagrams showing angles at which this transforming display might be implemented. If you’ve got a couple of caps on each end, any number of candybar-shaped modules might be created. As Engadget notes, one of these describes how the caps of each one of these cellphone-like devices could be connected to one another, creating a long snake of devices – or perhaps one massive display.
As for the rest of the mobile universe, we’ve already seen some flexible AMOLED concepts out there in the wild. Samsung in particular has been bringing some odd heat here and there – still not inside a market-ready device, but getting closer every day!
Who do you think will reach the market first, folks? And better yet: do you think there’s really a need for a product with a bendy screen in our modern age?
Typical attempts at a glasses-free 3D display have trouble with viewing angles; we’re all too familiar with having to sit in a sweet spot to get the effect. HP Labs might have just solved this last problem with a prototype 3D LCD that would better accommodate the real world. The display’s backlight has nanopatterned grooves that send blue, green and red in multiple directions, letting the LCD show only the light that would be seen from a given viewpoint. Those positions are set in stone, but they’re both abundant (200 for photos, 64 for video) and can spread across a wide 180-degree viewing arc. At a thickness of as little as half a millimeter, a production LCD could easily be thin enough for a mobile device, too. The catch isn’t so much the screen as the content. Producers need an image for every possible viewpoint, which could create a fair share of logistical problems: even though footage wouldn’t necessarily require 200 cameras, it could limit fully immersive 3D to computer-generated visuals or else consume a massive amount of bandwidth. If those are the biggest barriers, though, we’re still that much closer to the holographic smartphone we’ve always wanted.
Sure, Wacom’sCintiq 24HD is an excellent piece of kit for design pros, but the unit is quite the behemoth and the 22-inch offering still requires a lot of desk space. There’s no need to worry about that anymore, though, as the graphics peripheral outfit has outed the Cintiq 13HD: a 13-inch HD pen display with an adjustable stand and a retooled Pro Pen. Much like its larger siblings, the 13HD offers customizable ExpressKeys and Rocker Ring to keep that workflow as efficient as possible. The aforementioned stand can be situated flat or positioned at angles of 22, 35, and 50 degrees for that next Illustrator session. Details are scarce on the full list of improvements for the Pro Pen, but we do know that it sports 2,048 levels of sensitivity and tilt recognition to boot. If all of that sounds too good to resist, these bad boys will start shipping in early April with a price tag of $1,000 or £749.99 (incl. VAT). The full press release and a couple more snapshots await just past the break.
It would appear that right on top of the launch of the GALAXY S 4, an accessory detail, of all things, may have outed the prospective screen size for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III. With the launch of the Samsung GALAXY S 4 we’ve seen Samsung’s willingness to stick with the nature-themed hardware body of their device lineup. With the Samsung Game Pad detail list released today, we’re to understand that the screen size for the Galaxy Note III may very well be a monstrous 6.3-inches.
This lovely little oddity was revealed under the radar by Samsung this week for use with the Samsung GALAXY S 4, it being a push for the device to work with gaming controls not unlike that of the Xbox 360, right down to the XYBA configuration and color scheme. If you take a peek at NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD, you’ll also see XYBA and the colors blue, orangy/yellow, red, and green showing up in the same spot. A real standardization is happening right this minute.
But the interesting bit we’d like you to pay attention to here and now is the compatibility this device has with screen sizes between 4-inches and 6.3-inches. While this covers every Galaxy S device on the market today, it may very well be telling what the Galaxy Note’s next generation is toting as well. With the Samsung GALAXY S 4 hitting the market soon, it wont be long before the big S starts hinting at the again-larger Galaxy Note handset as it has for the past two years.
Have a peak at the timeline below for more information on the Samsung GALAXY S 4 complete with hands-on action and details on its innards. See the four pillars of user experience excellence as well to see how the Galaxy Note III might be shaping up soon, complete with features that’ll have you wanting a Samsung device quicker than you can say S-Want!
Google certainly put on a spectacle when they announced the all-new Chromebook Pixel, and the display is truly wonderful. Everything about this new Chromebook is top notch. The design is elegant, the screen is crisp and beautiful, but we still have what many would probably agree is a love-hate relationship with the Chrome OS. Add in a touchscreen for our smartphone accustomed brains and we could really have something here. However, read on to find out if the $1,299 price is worth the risk.
Google’s Chromebooks have all been budget devices that match perfectly with their web-focused streamlined user interface, but this is different. The Pixel is in a category all by its lonesome self, and shows Google knows how to make some serious hardware that could truly contend with the competition. Well, the hardware can at least.
Hardware & Design
The design and elegance of the Pixel truly is a winner. It won us over the minute we laid our eyes, and hands on it. The same way we felt when Apple went to the unibody design for the Macbook Pro is how this device makes us feel – and it should. If you’re going to go from offering $249 laptops to a full out $1,299 Chromebook it better WOW. This certainly did exactly that. We’ve long been using the MBP for a benchmark to compare laptops in terms of quality, and the Chromebook certainly lives up to that benchmark.
The Pixel just completely screams “premium” when you touch and use it. The pictures and video truly don’t do this machined aluminum and anodized unibody device justice. With a dark gunmetal finish (although a bit fingerprint happy) you’ll instantly notice the amount of precision and time that went into making the Pixel. The design isn’t radical and instead everything is squared off, tapered when needed, and just smooth and simple – but in a good way. There’s absolutely no flex or creaks to the body, the display is as durable as can be, and all the squared edges have a nice rounding off to keep it comfy. Oh and did we mention the keyboard is a joy to use. The keys are a bit stiff, but Google’s certainly got the keyboard right – even if we’d like some options for the backlight.
It just feels right. The Pixel is elegant and beautiful yet dead simple in design. Add in the fact that this gorgeous piece of technology is as durable as it is, yet only weighs 3.3 lbs. You’ll be happy to know it’s comfortable to carry around too. The only part that isn’t squared off is that round piano hinge on back, which also adds comfort while carrying the device in hand running around campus – or walking into that Starbucks nearby. It’s slightly thinner and lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, but still loses to the Air. Now lets talk about the real hardware that’s important. That being the astonishing display and the goods under the hood.
The Pixel features a 12.85-inch ‘Pixel’ display with a 2560 x 1700 resolution at 239 PPI and 4.3 million pixels – and it absolutely looks amazing. Sporting a Gorilla Glass 2 protected multi-touch panel it offers excellent viewing angles. Under the hood you’ll be working with a 1.8 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 32GB SSD for storage. That isn’t all either. With your purchase users get 1TB of free Google Drive cloud storage. Basically Google wants us putting anything and everything on the cloud. Then you’ll get two USB 2.0 ports and sadly no 3.0, Displayport, and 3.5mm for headphones all on the left edge, then a full SD slot on the right side for when you need more than the integrated 32GB of storage. The right also houses the Verizon 4G LTE sim slot for those opting for the 64GB 4G LTE model priced at $1,449.
Then we have that awesome notification light on back which has all sorts of glowing colors. It’s blue during use, white while on standby, and will let the people behind you know the battery is low by glowing red. Sadly you won’t see it, but the OS will let you know so don’t worry. Then on open and close you’ll get a neat little rainbow of Google colors. It’s a neat little extra polish, and we like that Google’s keeping things fun. Sadly we don’t like the large and cumbersome charger that came included, however it also features a ring LED with green, yellow, and red for when you’re charging.
We’ll talk more about the display and the actual performance below, this was just a quickie rundown on the hardware. One last time we’d like to mention how gorgeous the Pixel display is. It’s sooo crisp, can’t all things be this way? Google’s certainly reached that higher level of hardware and design, that’s for sure. The question is whether or not the rest can complete the picture.
Display
If you’re going to call it the ‘Pixel’ and give it a multitouch touchscreen it better be amazing. Don’t worry though guys, the display is the best thing this laptop has going for it, and surely won’t disappoint. Again, front and center is a 12.85-inch 2560×1700 ‘Pixel’ HD IPS LCD display. The pixel density comes in at 239 ppi which is slightly higher than the MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch for being slightly smaller, and a few extra pixels. While comparing the two, the Pixel had a slight yellow hue compared to the MBP Retina, but that would be the only negative – if one at all – that we can hold against it. Everything else is just stellar. The screen obviously is amazingly crisp, colors are bright, vivid, and pop, and the brightness was excellent. You truly have to see it to enjoy it.
Before the touchscreen hands-on video below we did want to mention a few things about the display. Sadly the Chrome OS is pretty plain and that amazing HD resolution is wasted by lots of blank white space inside the OS. Being a simple web-based OS there’s really nothing to fill it up. Of course that’s why you go to SlashGear and enjoy a good read. The second thing being screen glare. Uhh, it’s awful. Apple did an excellent job with reducing glare almost making that a feature in itself on the Retina. Sadly Google didn’t do the same. It handles fingerprints amazingly well since you’ll be touching the screen, but the glare is something we couldn’t look past.
Screen glare aside, the display is still the star of the show here and will certainly stand out to anyone that uses this device. While we wish the Chrome OS had more use for a touchscreen display, here’s a quick look at what you’ll be working with on the Chromebook Pixel.
As you can see our smartphone and tablet-aimed minds will feel right at home with the Pixel. Flipping through webpages was fun, easy, and smooth. Then of course using pinch-to-zoom in Maps and such works as you’d expect. Sadly there wasn’t too many other moments where this is extremely needed – at least not on the Chrome OS – but all the apps and games surely will benefit from the option. For now the OS doesn’t fully need a touchscreen, or at least we don’t think so, but hopefully that will change in the future.
Overall we don’t want to keep beating the horse here, but the screen is truly top notch. We absolutely love it! Viewing angles are great being an IPS display but get too high or to the side and they quickly wash out with yellow and pink, but for day to day use we had absolutely zero issues. Compared to anything else available nothing compares expect the MacBook Retina’s – which have already been readily available for some time.
Keyboard & Trackpad
Google certainly put the Pixel in a class of its own here too, on multiple levels. The chiclet or island style keyboard is present, and even features backlit keys. Adjusting the lighting could be easier instead of a keyboard combo, and randomly my backlight was off for about 2 hours – that aside the backlit keys are excellent. Make no mistake about it, the keyboard closely matches that of Apple’s. They sit in a slightly recessed area but float up and are easy to hit, comfortable, and as we mentioned above just gives users a stellar typing experience. The keys have a perfect blend of spacing, and the same perfection is there for the pressure and resistance while typing. However, the top row of quick-keys were slightly more resistant than the rest, for whatever reason.
The only complaint about the keyboard would have to be the slightly tougher and not spaced top row of keys. On the other hand everything we enjoy about the keyboard and display is mirrored with the Trackpad. Made of etched glass the trackpad works as expected. It’s smooth, accurate, and comfortable although many HP’s still just feels better in my opinion. It has a nice black matte finish that slightly makes it not as smooth to the touch, but don’t worry you’ll be using that glass touchscreen more than you think.
The last thing worth mentioning regarding the keyboard has to do with sound, in two different ways. One being the Chromebook Pixel has a few noise cancellation microphones to cut down on the keyboard typing sound if you’re using a mic or enjoying a Google+ hangout, but this could be improved. Secondly, the built-in stereo speakers are calmly integrated under the keyboard. There’s no speaker grills to make the device unnecessarily long, and the sound isn’t hindered by that either. I was actually extremely impressed with the Pixels overall volume levels. Obviously you’ll still get that laptop tin-can airy sound, but the sound quality and volume levels are some of the best we’ve used.
Software & OS
Hmmm. Google Chrome OS. It certainly is a far more usable and enjoyable OS than it was a few years ago introduced with the CR48, but it’s still far from being perfect – or capable for that matter. As we said above the Chrome OS is something we have a love-hate relationship with, and beautiful hardware can’t change that. We’re not going to get into a huge Chrome OS review here, since we all already know what to expect there. Amazing fast boot up and shut down times, worry free browsing, and essentially everything in the cloud. Is this window into the cloud worth $1,299 though. That’s a tough sell.
Again we’re not going to get into the OS as a whole, but rather mention some things regarding it and the Pixel specifically. For one, the awesome touchscreen is great but not all that useful. You’d think Google would introduce more touch sensitive – or even supported – features and options to the OS to take advantage of this. They have not. Surely some are coming soon, but at the moment that feature will only be slightly useful for the web and a few web apps from the Chrome store. Secondly, the trackpad. Google offers a top-notch trackpad yet we have no gesture support in the Chrome OS. Two finger swipes to go back in the browser, quick minimize, pinch-to-zoom, or anything of this sort is all absent. You can’t even pinch-to-zoom in the image viewer in Chrome OS to use the awesome trackpad. Why Google, Why?
However, in Google Maps a two finger swipe will zoom in and out, but pinching does nothing. Pinch-to-zoom works on Maps with the touchscreen, but not the trackpad. An epic failure when it comes to the possibilities here. Again, they’re probably coming in the future but we need them now if we’re paying top dollar for the machine.
Above is a small gallery of a few screenshots from the OS. Google’s conveniently added a huge Chrome OS support page that’s even better than before. Details on how to get the most usage and productivity from their web-focused OS, as well as what will help you with tasks whether they are work, play, and everything else. So one more time we don’t want to review the OS as a whole here, but it’s seriously underpowered for this piece of luxury.
With a built-in apps and things like Google Music, a minimal media player, as well as a file browser Chrome OS has the essentials, but that’s it, the bare minimum essentials. Google Drive (with 1000GB of space included) certainly helps with these types of tasks and you can transfer from the Pixel to another device. Doing anything intensive for photo editing, video, or anything else for that matter the OS just doesn’t support it. This brings us to something we mentioned in the video above. Chrome’s webstore has tons of awesome games, most which don’t work on the Chrome OS. They don’t get filtered out and you’ll install something on the Chromebook only to later realize it only runs on Windows or OSX. Google needs to clear this out of the webstore for those primarily on a Chromebook.
Last but not least, the software can and will be improved. There’s absolutely zero doubt in our minds that Google has huge plans for the Chrome OS, tons of features coming soon, and will improve it with frequent updates. On another bright note, you can change out the Chrome OS for something like Linux. I don’t know about you guys, but this would be the best looking Fedora or Ubuntu device I’ve ever seen. What do you guys think?
Performance & Battery
As far as performance go we can’t really compare to anything from the Windows camp, and benchmarks aren’t something we can do either. However, thanks to the Core i5 dual-core processor at 1.8 GHz and 4GB of DDR3 RAM this device is speedy at all times. The specs might be light compared to well priced Mac’s and Windows 8 powerhouse laptops, but they are more than enough to run the Chrome OS. There’s nothing that will tax this hardware to the full extent in its current form, that’s for sure.
There’s really not anything to say here about performance. The browser-based OS is blazing fast. The dual-core also handles HD video with ease, and any games that manage to be supported from the Chrome Store play without a hitch too. Things do get a bit hot though, we must say. The keyboard acts as vents, and the Piano-style hinge for the display Google claims acts as a heatsink to keep the device cool, but sit it on your lap and enjoy some 1080p video and it will warm up quick. On a cooler note, I actually only heard the fans once on the device. So that’s a plus.
Battery life. Chrome OS sips on the battery, and the dual-core isn’t strong enough to drain it too fast either. However Google states the Pixel will get “up to 5 hours of continuous use.” As a comparison the Macbook Pro and most other laptops usually aim for at least 6. In real world usage the Chromebook Pixel with brightness at 65% viewing multiple videos, playing Angry Birds and a few other games I found, and browsing Reddit for a while it barely lasted 4 hours. Actually 3 hours and 57 minutes to be exact. I wouldn’t call that great, but it isn’t too bad either. Make sure to have that charger nearby if you’re doing anything too intensive.
Pricing & Competition
There’s only two options that will be available from good old Google, and that is the 32GB WiFi model priced at $1,299. Then the 64GB WiFi + Verizon 4G LTE for $1,449 so you’re options are pretty limited. The competition however, options are nearly endless on all fronts. We’d rather not compare the Pixel to the Macbook Pro – because honestly there’s no real comparison from the full view of things – but on a hardware level that’s the closest thing. Not to mention some of HP’s nice laptops like the Spectre XT.
The Pixel certainly isn’t cheap, not one bit. In fact, that’s actually pretty darn expensive for what’s merely a window for the web. That 1000GB of free Google Drive cloud storage for 3 years costs more than the Pixel in general, so you could look at it from that way. To be honest though comparing the Chromebook Pixel to others, especially a Macbook Pro just almost doesn’t seem fair given the limited OS. This certainly will not be replacing my MBP anytime soon, if ever, but on a hardware level it certainly comes close. I hate to be so blunt but there’s just no way in good conscience compare the two fairly given the extremely limited OS compared to the powerhouse that is OSX. There is really no comparison.
Wrap-Up
Unfortunately for Google the Chromebook Pixel is grounded by the OS, but make no mistake they’ve crafted one beautiful computer. We’ve always had a hard time recommending or giving a thumbs up overall to a Chromebook of any type, except for someone that absolutely needs a minimal computer experience. So while the Chrome OS works great for that, there’s multiple devices with ALL the same shortcomings for much less money. You could pay $199 for Acer’s C7 Chromebook and have the same experience and get all the same things done. You just won’t look as classy doing it, the screen won’t be as crisp, and the very limited touch features won’t be available to you. You’ll have a heck of a lot of cash leftover in your pocket though. Enough for months and months of Starbucks.
In the end what makes the Pixel a winner and absolutely amazing also makes it a loser – and that is the price. There’s no doubt that the Chromebook Pixel very well could be what the future of laptop computing holds for many, but at the same time it’s here too early, and will dent our pockets way more than anyone would like. The Pixel is an amazing piece of hardware but no matter how amazing it is, the $1,300 price is an extremely hard pill to swallow.
So just like we asked in our initial Pixel hands-on: Does Google tempt the daring? For us the answer is sadly a clear as day no, but others might feel different. It saddens me to say it but this is a Ferrari with a 4-cylinder engine. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for cloud computing, Google, and the Chrome OS, but this is too much too soon.
Angry Birds on an 84-inch 4K tablet? Not quite, but if your iPad or Nexus 10 simply isn’t big enough or high-res enough, MyMultitouch has an 84-inch beast to offer instead. The Germany company is showing off its biggest multitouch table/display to-date at CeBIT, a vast 3.840 x 2,160 Ultra HD screen called the Alvaro GIANT capable of running Windows, Android or most anything else, and we couldn’t resist getting our fingers all over it.
This isn’t the first huge multitouch screen we’ve seen – 3M had an 84-incher at CES, for instance – but it’s one of the first with a price tag attached. MyMultitouch tells us the display will retail for around €33,000, making this a $43k plaything.
If you simply have to have a vast screen that’s finger-friendly, though, the Alvaro GIANT certainly delivers. We first navigated through Windows 8, tapping, swiping and pinching through the usual Metro-style interface as we would on a far smaller tablet; since the display can run off of any HDMI input (as well as DVI, RGB, AV, and DisplayPort; MyMultitouch also offers an optional integrated PC for standalone use) you could hook up basically any Windows 8 PC to it and suddenly have a vast worksurface to operate from.
That showed its merit when we flipped over to Android, running off a simple “thumbdrive” sized stick computer. The 4K resolution was downscaled to suit Android’s display limitations, but Angry Birds and the regular Android UI looked great spread across 84-inches.
It probably comes as little surprise, but home users wanting more room to throw birds at pigs isn’t MyMultitouch’s target audience. Instead, the Alvaro GIANT is positioned as a tool for retail, display, and industrial implementation: the top glass layer is toughened, and the system recognizes up to 32-points of contact simultaneously. It’s also capable of differentiating between different hand positions, such as whether a fist is in contact or a hand with spread fingers. It’ll track users even if they’re wearing gloves, too.
$43k might be a whole lot of money on the face of it, but the Alvaro GIANT finds itself in good Ultra HD company. Samsung’s 85-inch Ultra HD TV announced at CES back in January is a cool $38,000 after all, and if you try touching that all you’ll get are greasy finger-smudges.
Technology in the display market is evolving all the time. One of the most interesting technologies in the market are flexible displays that allow the creation of curved signage. Those flexible displays could also eventually find their way into the smartphones and other devices that we all know and love allowing for new form factors. Plastic Logic and TOPPAN have announced they are unveiling the world’s first 42-inch flexible digital signage prototype Japan.
The 42-inch flexible display is the first large-area flexible digital signage prototype uses the Plastic Logic flexible plastic display. The digital sign is constructed of 16 of the 10.7-inch Plastic Logic monochrome flexible plastic displays. The 16 screens have been tiled together in a 4 x 4 configuration creating a 42-inch diagonal display.
The pixel pitch for the 42-inch display is 0.7 mm giving it a resolution approximately 6 times higher than existing EPD signage. A high-resolution makes the display suitable for close viewing distance applications. One of the most interesting aspects of this display is that it has bi-stability.
That means that the image on screen remains even when the power to the screen is turned off. That feature makes the plastic display similar to the E-ink displays used in some digital readers. Another beneficial feature of the screens is the fact they can be read in any lighting condition, including bright sunlight and they can be viewed from just about any angle. The display is also less than 3 mm thick and very lightweight.
There’s no question that Corning has had a big impact on mobile devices in recent years with its Gorilla Glass, and it’s hoping for similar success in the years ahead with its new Willow Glass technology. It looks like there’s still a bit of a wait in store before we’ll see products that fully take advantage of the glass’s bendy properties, though. Speaking with Bloomberg, Corning president James Clappin says that products with flexible displays are likely still three years out, adding that it’s now busy making “a lot of effort” to teach what it describes as “very big name” companies how to fully use the product. Clappin did reiterate the company’s earlier that we will see some products using Willow Glass as early as this year, although those will likely take the form of simpler products; he offered a flexible barrier for solar panels and a thin film behind touch panels as some examples.
We’ve all seen that touchscreen device in the store that’s covered with fingerprints (and possibly contagions) from curious shoppers. While it’s unlikely that we’ll get sick from all that touching, Microsoft is trying for a patent that would set our minds at ease. The method would send ultraviolet light bouncing through a film on or inside a touchscreen, disinfecting fingertips and contact areas without blasting the person directly. Processing inside the gadget could also dictate just when and for how long the UV blast would run. It could kick in only after a user was done, for example, and last just long enough to kill common germs. There’s no clues that Microsoft is about to use the technology in real-world products. Still, we wouldn’t mind touching an extra-sanitary Windows phone or tablet — or rather, someone else’s.
Update: Microsoft applied for a UV cleaning approach before, but that depended on coupling UV with the backlight; this newer patent would give Microsoft considerably more flexibility.
This week the folks at Acer have brought on a new H6 series of monitors, made to be the company’s newest and best in both hardware quality and media delivery. These monitors come in two sizes: 21.5-inch and 23-inch, with Full 1080p HP IPS panels delivering viewing angles up to 178 degrees – hot stuff! These two new SKUs will be available immediately if not soon at retailer near you as well as online across the country – have a peek!
With the 21.5-inch (H226HQL) and the 23-inch (H236HL) panels you’ll be working with the ability to tilt in a pretty great way – negative 5 degrees all the way back to 15 degrees – that ain’t half bad for a standard solution! Both display models come with built-in speakers and connectivity via HDMI, DVI, and VGA as well. Expect this to be your everyday connect-everything sort of setup without a doubt.
Borders around these monitors are .08-inch, prompting Acer to call this construction “zero frame.” This next-generation design allows you to see virtually “seamless” picture while you’re rocking and rolling with what Acer calls a “stylish brushed hairline finish” as well. As a bit of a bonus, the stand for these monitors are magnetic too – made perfect for your paperclips (if you still use paper, that is.)
Each of these new monitors comes with a standard three-year warranty as well as a price tag under two bills. The 21.5-inch Acer H226HQL display will be (or already is) available for $149.99 USD MSRP while the 23-inch Acer H236HL display is coming at you for a cool $179.99 USD MSRP. You’ll be grabbing these displays with the full-on Acer eColor Management tool built-in and you’re encouraged to buy a bunch of them, lining them all up in a massive grid on your wall – feel free!
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