Senin, 03 Juni 2019

Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones - TechCrunch

The next innovation in mobile is peeking its head for all to see today after Chinese companies Oppo and Xiaomi both showed off under-screen cameras.

Apple’s notch set the ball rolling as a new way to pack a front-facing camera without compromising on the screen size, but it is already feeling date. The industry has since given us smartphone cameras that pop out, flip up and slide out, while the hole-punch condenses the notch further still, but the next stage is going under the screen for full invisibility.

The benefits are obvious. There’s no compromise on the front screen, which is now 100 percent screen, and removing moving parts means no concern for potential damage — but can it be done well enough?

Oppo VP Brian Shen teased his company’s early effort on Weibo. The video, which was later shared by Oppo’s Twitter account, doesn’t have a lot of detail but it does show a hidden camera that takes a photo of the ceiling.

We don’t get a chance to delve into the quality of the image and it isn’t clear what device it was taken on, but already Shen claims the technology is showing promise.

“At this stage, it’s difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there’s bound to be some loss in optical quality. But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away,” he said, according to Engadget.

You’d imagine that a number of Chinese smartphone makers are hard at work bringing this design to reality. Proof of that comes from Xiaomi’s very hasty response, which saw the company posts its own under-screen camera teaser right after Oppo’s.

This one comes courtesy of Xiaomi co-founder Bin Lin, and it also originated on Weibo before it made its way to Twitter.

The Xiaomi video appears to show a prototype Mi 9 with the hidden camera compared with a regular model. As with the Oppo tease, we don’t know when this technology will reach consumers but these tactical leaks certainly show that the wheels are in motion.

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/03/oppo-xiaomi-under-screen-camera-phone/

2019-06-03 10:29:05Z
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Xiaomi also shows off its in-display selfie camera - Android Central

Hot on the heels of OPPO, Xiaomi is highlighting its own in-display camera technology. The teaser video shows off a Mi 9 prototype with an notchless design next to the standard Mi 9, and in spite of the lack of a front camera the camera shows a live view of the room.

Xiaomi was granted a patent for an in-display camera solution, with a smaller secondary display tucked away behind the main panel. With the Mi Mix series designed to provide an all-screen front with no bezels or cutouts, it's likely Xiaomi will want to showcase the technology in the Mi Mix 4.

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https://www.androidcentral.com/xiaomi-also-shows-its-display-selfie-camera

2019-06-03 07:36:48Z
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Oppo has a phone with a selfie camera hidden under the display - Mashable SE Asia

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has developed a selfie camera that's hidden under a smartphone's display. 

The company showed off the tech in a short video on Twitter. 

The 15-second video shows a partially hidden phone prototype that has no visible notch — in fact, the selfie camera isn't visible at all. And yet, the selfie camera appears to function as you'd expect. Near the end of the video, someone places a finger over the camera, blocking its view, as if to prove that the camera is really there. 

The under-the-display selfie camera is another step towards a smartphone that's basically all screen on the front. Technologies like in-display fingerprint sensors and vibrating displays that double as speakers made it possible for smartphones to have huge screens, leaving the selfie camera as the last major obstacle in completely eliminating the notches and bezels that most major phones have these days. But it's hard to tell whether it's possible to make this type of camera as good as regular selfie cameras.

Oppo's VP Brian Shen shared a few more details about the technology on Chinese social media site Weibo. He said that at this stage, the optical quality of the under-the-display camera will have "some loss", but he pointed out that every new technology takes time to perfect. 

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https://sea.mashable.com/tech/4160/oppo-has-a-phone-with-a-selfie-camera-hidden-under-the-display

2019-06-03 07:31:00Z
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iOS 13 screenshot: Redesigned Reminders app for iPhone pictured in Dark Mode ahead of WWDC unveiling - 9to5Mac

Benjamin Geskin has tweeted a leaked screenshot of the iOS 13 Reminders app running on an iPhone in the new Dark Mode theme.

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9to5Mac has privately seen similar images and can corroborate the design. Obviously, it closesly matches the screenshot that 9to5Mac previously published, which depicted the iPad Reminders app.

What’s cool about Geskin’s image is it shows how the same iPad app will appear on a phone-sized screen, collapsing the side-by-side panes into a full-screen interface. It also shows off the new dark theme coming in iOS 13.

The Reminders interface sits on what appears to be a true black background. The new buttons for ‘Today’, ‘Scheduled’, ‘All’ and ‘Flagged’ are drawn as dark grey tiles with the colorful iconography popping off the page.

Geskin says that his screenshot (or really what is a photograph of a screenshot, you can see the glare if you zoom in closely) comes from an early March build of iOS 13 so it’s possible that some changes have taken place since that time (like removing the stray separator line below the search box and above the first row of tiles).

Yesterday, Geskin also shared an image of the new volume indicator UI present in the same March build. It is our understanding that the volume UI does not look like that anymore, but the Reminders interface pictured here is more representative of what Apple will actually unveil later today.

The WWDC keynote kicks off at 10 AM Pacific Time where Apple will announce iOS 13, macOS 10.15, watchOS 6 and tvOS 13. Of course, 9to5Mac will be bringing live coverage of all the announcements — so stay tuned.

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https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/03/ios-13-reminders-app-dark-mode/

2019-06-03 07:24:22Z
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Oppo allegedly shows off an under-display selfie camera - Engadget

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We've seen phone makers coming up with creative ways to avoid the front-camera notch, with the pop-up camera being an increasingly common option amongst Chinese phones, along with the flip-up camera on the more recent ASUS ZenFone 6. Vivo and Nubia even just went with a secondary display on the back at one point. But now, it appears that Oppo has found a non-mechanical solution -- an under-display selfie camera.

In his weibo post earlier today, Oppo VP Brian Shen shared a short video clip of what appears to be a notch-free prototype smartphone lying on a desk. The camera app was launched, and despite the lack of a visible front-facing camera, the screen still seemingly showed a live view of the room's ceiling. Just to add credibility to the video, the demonstrator also hovered a finger over where the camera is supposedly hidden.

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Having a non-mechanical front camera solution means there's no physical wear and tear, plus that's one less piece of fragile part to worry about. That said, in a follow-up post, Shen admitted that this under-screen camera technology is still in its early days. "At this stage, it's difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there's bound to be some loss in optical quality," Shen said. "But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away."

There's no word on when we may see this technology on a mass-produced smartphone, but our guess is that Vivo, Oppo's main rival in China and also a sister company, may also be working on a similar implementation -- as hinted by the APEX 2019 concept phone's product manager back in March. Either way, hopefully we'll be hearing from Shen again about this in the near future.

Update: Well, it didn't take long before Xiaomi responded with its own under-display camera demo. The company's president, Lin Bin, shared a video clip that was allegedly shot last month, in which an under-screen camera was added to a Mi 9 prototype. "No hole, no notch, no pop-up camera." But again, there's no mention on a launch date.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/03/oppo-under-screen-selfie-camera-demo/

2019-06-03 05:32:00Z
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Minggu, 02 Juni 2019

Apple is having its big annual event where it lays out plans for the coming year — here's what to expect - CNBC

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California.

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Apple is expected to launch the latest version of iOS, its software for the iPhone and iPad, on Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC. The company has launched a new version of its iPhone software at WWDC every year since 2009, and analysts and reports don't expect this year to be any different.

The announcement of the new software, likely called iOS 13, will show how Apple is evolving its most important product, the iPhone, in the face of a contracting smartphone market.

The company's Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, also is an opportunity for Apple to highlight its growing services business, which revolves around selling online subscriptions to iPhone users, including an announced video service this called Apple TV+. The next version of iOS will have to support this service.

"This year WWDC will have a different feel as Apple needs to prove with its next iOS, currently codenamed Yukon, that this platform has the speed, scalability, and feature functionality to smoothly support and lay the groundwork for the company's flagship video streaming service slated for the fall," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a note on Friday.

WWDC kicks off on Monday in San Jose, California. The company's new product announcements will be revealed in a livestreamed keynote address starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.

One platform to rule them all?

WWDC is Apple's main event to communicate how it sees its various software platforms developing.

At WWDC in 2016, Apple CEO Tim Cook framed Apple as a company with four main platforms: iOS, watchOS, macOS, and tvOS.

"This is a huge moment for us – four great platforms that become even more capable with working with all of you," Cook said in 2016.

But in 2019, Apple doesn't seem to have a four-legged stool anymore. Apple is increasingly emphasizing its ability to sell add-on software and subscription services to iPhone owners as smartphone sales shrink.

With that business goal front an center, Apple's iPhone is being positioned the center of Apple's software development universe, and its iOS App Store distribution platform as one of the company's crown jewels.

For example, Apple's TV strategy has moved away from a becoming its own separate platform for apps. Instead, Apple's main video product is itself an app that aggregates paid video feeds from outside providers — which are "channels," not apps. The Apple TV app is increasingly available on television sets from competitors like Samsung, and Apple said in the spring that its streaming service, Apple TV+, will go on sale this fall.

It will also be a good place to look for clues whether the Mac platform might become secondary to iOS going forward.

Last year, the company previewed a new set of developer tools that would enable iPhone apps to run on Mac computers with minimal effort. Apple uses the technology for some of its own apps that have jumped from the iPhone to the Mac, such as News or Memos.

Developers are worried that if the two platforms become more closely linked, that software will be primarily developed for iPhone and then ported to Mac, potentially robbing the desktop version of power-user features.

"Are you merging iOS and MacOS? No," read a bold-faced slide at last year's WWDC. Developers will be watching closely to see if that's still true.

The one platform that might be gaining in stature is watchOS, which runs on the Apple Watch. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple may introduce a new app store for Apple Watch, providing a new way to for developers to make money from watch apps.

iOS 13

iOS 13 will reportedly have a slew of new features for users, including a dark mode, improved one-handed keyboard, and improvements to apps like Mail, Health, and iMessage, according to reports from Bloomberg and 9to5Mac.

If past years are any guide, the new software will be available for beta-testers later this summer, and will launch for everyone alongside new iPhones in the fall.

Many of the reported system-wide improvements are subtle, including improved performance and a new feature in Screen Time. Apple is expected to redesign the "share sheet" that enables people to send photos and information from inside of apps.

iPads are expected to get particular attention, including a new feature that lets Mac users use the iPad as a second monitor, and a better multi-tasking tinerface.

Apple's own apps are expected to get a lot of attention this year. The Health, Reminders, Books, and Find My Friends apps are all expected to get a redesign, according to Bloomberg.

No new iPhones, but maybe a new Mac

Don't expect a lot of new hardware at WWDC. No new hardware was released at WWDC last year, but 2017's conference included the introduction of the HomePod smart speaker and the iMac Pro desktop.

"History suggests investor disappointment will follow the event given the likely absence of any material hardware product announcements," Loup Ventures cofounder and longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster wrote on Friday. "This reaction misses the point of WWDC: give developers the tools to build world-class software and services."

There is chance that Apple discusses a high-end Mac desktop computer, which would fit in with the conference's programming focus. In 2017, Apple said it would release a high-end professional-oriented Mac computer, but didn't specify a time frame.

Antitrust complaints

5,000 developers travel to San Jose for WWDC, and the vast majority of them like Apple — after all, they have chosen to work on Apple's platforms and often spend thousands of dollars to travel to enjoy WWDC's party-like atmosphere.

But this year's WWDC comes as Apple is facing scrutiny over the power of its App Store platform. Some developers and outsiders worry that Apple could tweak its App Store rules to disfavor competitors to its own apps.

For instance, Apple faced complaints from companies like Spotify and politicians such as Elizabeth Warren about alleged anticompetitive practices in the App Store. Most recently, a group of screen addiction apps have been publicly lobbying Apple because they say they've been removed from Apple's platform unfairly. 

Last week, Apple launched a website that said the App Store platform promotes competition, to head off further complaints. Apple's message to its developers is that it helps them make a lot of money, and that when it removes or bans apps, it's not for business reasons, but because of safety and consumer trust.

"According to our estimates, the world's App Store users spent nearly twice as much in apps last year as Google Play's did, despite the latter's considerably larger market global market share," app analytics firm Sensor Tower cofounder Alex Malafeev said in an email.

Developers will be watching Apple closely to see what it says to them directly about fairness and competition on the platform.

WATCH: Apple WWDC preview with Walt Mossberg

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/01/apple-wwdc-2019-preview-ios-13-new-platforms-app-store.html

2019-06-02 15:10:28Z
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What happens to companies that defy the Huawei ban? - The Verge

Over the past two weeks, Huawei has lost nearly every partner it has thanks to a US trade ban, including high-profile splits with Google, Corning, and ARM that have plunged the Chinese phone maker into an unprecedented crisis. But some of its major partners are staying quiet — most notably Microsoft, which still hasn’t put out an official statement on the ban. Microsoft did quietly pull Huawei laptops from its site, suggesting some kind of withdrawal of services, but we’re still in the dark about the company’s broader plans for dealing with the ban.

Microsoft is one of Huawei’s biggest software partners, licensing and maintaining Windows on a number of Huawei laptops that have to be directly licensed and updated by the company. It’s most likely that Microsoft is simply staying quiet because of the sensitivity of the issue, but the silence raises an interesting question: if Microsoft (or any other company) defies the Commerce order and keeps doing business with Huawei, what kind of penalties would it face?

The assumption from nearly everyone in the industry is that Microsoft will take the same tack as Google and the others, for the simple reason that they can’t afford not to. There’s a raft of penalties for companies that defy export bans, ranging from civil fines to denial orders that would place explicit limits on what the violating company can export, all administered by dedicated Export Enforcement investigators. If the violations are flagrant enough, there can even be criminal penalties, like a case in May that saw a New Jersey man convicted on conspiracy charges for exporting weapons to Ukraine. But given how much Microsoft relies on government and international contracts for its business, there would be plenty for the company to lose before the threat of jail time was even raised.

It’s not just US companies that need to be careful of this kind of penalty. As law firms are rushing to clarify, anyone who licenses technology from the US has to abide the same restrictions, which effectively means cutting off partnership with Huawei. “For example,” one firm explains, “nonpublic U.S.-origin technology necessary to produce a toothbrush may not be provided to Huawei by a company outside the United States without a BIS license,” even if the toothbrush itself is made outside the US. That risk goes a long way to explain why companies like ARM, which is based outside the US and provides chip architectures rather than manufacturing itself, are still steering clear of the ban.

What’s more likely is that Microsoft is simply playing for time. Trump himself has hinted that the restrictions could be removed as part of a trade deal, which would likely be struck before the new tariffs go into effect on June 25th. If that deal actually happens, staying quiet and riding out the storm might seem smart in retrospect — but given Trump’s track record as a federal deal-maker, it seems like a risky bet.

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/2/18647156/huawei-ban-consequences-microsoft-commerce-trump

2019-06-02 16:00:00Z
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