Apple advancing all-glass iPhone with wrap-around display technology
Apple's future iPhone may have a wrap-around display, while also sporting an all-glass — and perhaps port-less — enclosure for a smooth exterior appearance.
Apple's future iPhone may have a wrap-around display, while also sporting an all-glass — and perhaps port-less — enclosure for a smooth exterior appearance.
Apple supplier Corning has warned third-quarter sales will be below expectations, due to a drop in demand from smartphone producers.
The redesign of the 24-inch iMac could one day be replaced by a more striking version, with Apple continuing to consider producing an iMac suspended in a single sheet of curved glass.
Glass is an iOS app that aims to rekindle the feeling of an early Instagram by being a photo-sharing app designed for photographers. While it is early in its journey, the app seems to be starting strong.
Apple could make the glass on the front of an iPhone or iPad even stronger and thinner, by using a special support structure around the edge that's also made of glass.
One of the company's many research efforts in strengthening the glass on every iPhone has now been revealed, and it involves using ceramic particles.
New Apple research describes an all-glass iPhone which can display information, icons, and images on any surface — with the entire device touch sensitive.
This week on the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and William talk about how Apple is making so much more money from phones than even its closest rival Samsung. Plus the rumored Apple AR glasses, Mac Pro availability, and what on earth is Apple doing making HomeKit accessory development code open source.
References to stereo augmented reality apps, as well as the codename "Garta," have been spotted within Apple's internal betas of iOS 13 — following and apparently refuting previous reports that Apple had abandoned the concept.
It makes for a great headline, but it doesn't look like Apple has abandoned its development of AR glasses if for no other reason that because it has not cancelled its augmented reality work.
The firm Apple has tapped for its screens since the very first iPhone is working on glass that can be folded and expects to succeed by the time folding phones are mainstream in a couple of years.
The somewhat awkward positioning of the display in Google's head-worn mobile device dubbed Glass has been shown to cause eye muscle fatigue and headaches in some early adopters, leading at least one evangelist to suggest that the product should come with a warning label.
Apple isn't the only company hiring from the fashion industry in anticipation of the growth of wearable electronics, as Google has hired a former executive from Calvin Klein, Coach and Gap to head up its head-mounted Glass project.
While the developer preview of Glass has established the heads-up display as advanced technology, it's also earned Google's headwear a reputation for being unfashionable — something the company hopes to address with a new partnership with the Luxottica Group.
Google's evolving hardware portfolio could change once again with the acquisition of a wearable technology company, as the search giant is said to be contemplating potential purchases, according to a new report.
Google this week announced it has been working on a wearable device of a different kind than usual — a smart contact lens that could measure glucose levels from the moisture on a user's eyeball.
iPhone toting athletes looking to stay connected without having to take their eyes and hands off the task at hand have a few sports-oriented heads-up display options from Recon Instruments. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show, we took a closer look at the Snow2 headset, just in time for ski season, and were also given a sneak peek at the upcoming Jet.
Google on Tuesday unveiled an iOS version of the MyGlass companion app for the company's head-mounted wearable computer, making the device much more useful for iPhone owners.
Apple has updated its voice-driven personal assistant, Siri, to make playful comments disparaging Google's head-worn accessory, Glass, calling it "half empty" and telling users they've "got the wrong assistant."
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