14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might be considering the adoption of display technologies with its future devices, a recent job post on the company's website suggests.
Today's mobile devices offer more and more impressive displays, such as the Super AMOLED screens delivered by some Samsung devices, or the transparent display packed with the Sony Ericsson Pureness, and more advancements should be unveiled soon.
According to the said job listing (via pocketnow), HTC too might be on its way to start exploring the possibilities that other screen technologies can offer, such as 3D screen solutions, or E-Ink.
Here's what the job posting for the position of Display and Camera Engineer, dated 27 October, mentions:
"HTC is looking for a great Baseband Design Engineer to lead the integration and evaluation of new display and camera technologies for next-generation mobile devices.
The qualified candidate will have experience in specifying the optical properties of mobile cameras and displays, be capable of measuring the performance of mobile cameras and displays, and be capable of integrating those components into prototype phone designs.
The successful candidate will have:
- Strong display evaluation experience and the ability to write specifications for new displays, cameras and touch panels. - Familiarity with multiple display technologies ( TFT-LCD, PMOLED, AMOLED, E-ink, etc). - Familiarity with 3D display and imaging technologies - Ability to analyze and critique interconnect and bus architectures for imaging and displays - Experience in illumination technologies"
There is not too much info to move forth with, but the details that can be extracted from this job posting would suffice when it comes to making suppositions on what HTC would have in store for us in the future.
One thing that is certain here is that, since the mobile industry is evolving at a fast rate, it would make sense for handset vendors to try to keep up with the latest technologies, so as to make their devices more appealing than they already are.
3D displays are not something new, as Sharp already promised the availability of a smartphone with this technology on board sometime during the next year, nor is E-Ink, one should agree.
However, there's no telling on whether HTC would indeed adopt these technologies, not to mention that there are no details available on when a handset to pack one of them might land on shelves.