Speciality glass company Corning is leading a $60 million investment in View Inc, a maker of energy-saving glass that automatically adjusts the amount of heat and light glare that passes through it, the companies said Tuesday. Corning, ...
Tags: Construction, glass
Perry Oosting, COO of Vertu (British luxury mobile phone manufacturer), expressed in the interview with Tages Anzeiger when the previous partnership between Vertu and Apple was mentioned that although Apple has hoped to use sapphire glass ...
Tags: iPhone 5S, Sapphire Glass
AT&T and NEC Corporation of America today announced Friday's launch of the ultimate workhorse among ruggedized 4G LTE smartphones, the NEC Terrain™. The NEC Terrain is equipped with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT), and it ...
Tags: AT&T, NEC, Smartphone
One of the cool new technologies coming soon from the labs at Corning is a type of glass that's so bendable, you'd swear it was plastic. It's called Willow Glass, and it's designed to be used as a touchscreen, or for high-temperature ...
Tags: Corning, Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass works great for smartphones, but what if you replaced all of car’s windows with this resilient stuff? Jeffrey Evenson, senior vice president of Gorilla Glass maker Corning, said the lighter material that is already ...
The strong, scratch-resistant glass used in more than 1.5 billion smartphones and tablets worldwide is tipped to debut in cars within the next 12 months. ‘Gorilla Glass’, manufactured by US glassmaker Corning, is used ...
Tags: iPhone Glass, Auto Parts
The trusty old laptop is being kicked to the curb, with PC makers trying to spice up their offerings by pushing a variety of hybrids, tablets and smaller-screen devices at the Computex trade show in Taipei this week. Asustek Computer, ...
Asustek Computer is extending its Zenbook family of ultrabooks with a new model with a cover made from Gorilla Glass to make it resistant to scratches. The 13.3-inch Zenbook will go on sale in the third quarter with a choice of Windows 8 ...
Tags: Asus, Zenbook, Gorilla Glass
Dell has expanded its range of hybrid devices with the XPS 11, which can transform from tablet to laptop with the flip of a screen. The Dell XPS 11 can be folded almost 360 degrees. The XPS 11 has a hinge that allows the panel ...
Tags: Dell, XPS 11 Hybrid, Windows 8.1
In what is possibly the geekiest rivalry in the smartphone industry—and that takes effort—the maker of tough smartphone screens known as Gorilla Glass is arguing that its much-hyped challenger sapphire is weaker, not to mention ...
Tags: Sapphire Screens, Gorilla Glass
Huawei today announced its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone – Huawei W1 – will be available this month online at Walmart.com and at select Walmart stores in the United States. "We are proud to deliver a premium smartphone ...
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 has officially landed in the UAE, following an exclusive press evening last night at the Burj Khalifa, and will be available to consumers from April 27. Samsung's Head of Telecommunications Group, Hayssam Yassine, ...
Tags: Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S4
The next generation of smartphones could have bullet-proof sapphire-glass screens thanks to improved production techniques and falling prices. One of the many rumours surrounding Google's upcoming X Phone is that it will feature a ...
Apple's premier glass supplier is Corning and Apple's iPhone has been using Gorilla Glass from day one. On page 472 of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, we read: "We produced a glass that had never been made," stated Corning's CEO Wendell ...
Tags: Crystal Glass, Gorilla Glass, Glass
Samsung's Galaxy S4 was revealed last night (14 March) in New York with a Broadway themed launch. The handset features what Samsung claims is the world's first Full HD Super AMOLED display and five-inch with 441ppi. The Galaxy S 4 also ...