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Engadget reviews the Tab 7.7: the best 7" tablet, stunning display

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:13:10 +0000

Engadget posted a review of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 . They say that it’s the best 7″ tablet – with a stunning display, a long lasting battery, good performance and thin size. The only problem? it’s quite expensive . And they sure love the 1200×800 Super AMOLED Plus display – ” We could tell you it’s vibrant, stunning and breathtaking, but even that wouldn’t quite do it justice. The contrast here is so deep, and the viewing angles so wide, that other tablets’ screens look washed-out in comparison “. Amazon.com is now offering an unlocked model for $749 . The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the world’s first tablet with an OLED display, a 7.7″ Super AMOLED Plus panel, offering 1280×800 resolution. Other specs include Android v3.2, Dual-core 1.4 Ghz processor, HSPA+ radio, 16GB to 64GB internal storage and a microSD slot, Wi-Fi, GPS and two cameras (3MP and 2MP).

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Samsung Electronics considers taking over SMD

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:18 +0000

In a filing to the Korean Stock Exchange, Samsung Electronics announced it is considering taking over Samsung Mobile Display . Currently Samsung Electronics holds 64.4% in SMD (the rest is held by Samsung SDI). SMD is Samsung’s OLED unit, and they produce over 90% of the world’s AMOLED displays. Samsung Electronics says that this move will improve the synergy within the group. But this can be bad news for other companies who rely on SMD’s AMOLED panels, as perhaps the will not want to keep the best displays for their own devices. read more

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Lux compares display developers for technical value and business execution

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:59:08 +0000

Lux Research posted an interesting grid that shows how different display developers rate on technical value and business execution. It includes mature technologies (such as OLED and e-paper ) and emerging technologies such as electrochromic and electrofluidic displays. Lux says that OLED materials and equipment developers have a clear head start over other technologies, with notable players such as UDC , CDT , Novaled and Kateeva . The company that stands out in both technical value and business execution is E Ink – with high score in technology and IP and strong partnerships and management team. E Ink is the only company that scores a “strong positive” – with their nearly 100% market share of the electrophoretic market – which is used in products such as Amazon’s Kindle and B&N Nook e-readers. read more

Corning – a day made of glass 2

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:04:11 +0000

Back in April 2011 Corning produced a nice video called A Day Made of Glass , showing future designs made with durable, transparent and even flexible glass displays. Now Corning is back with a sequel, showing the same family but with some new ideas in the home, car, classroom, outdoor and work environments: A lot of these displays can be achieved with OLEDs, although OLEDs aren’t specifically mentioned in those video. Just a few days ago Corning announced an OLED glass joint-venture with Samsung . Corning also released an unpacked version of this video- that includes explanations about the technology shown in the video: read more

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What’s behind Nokia’s ClearBlack display technology?

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:14:59 +0000

Nokia’s ClearBlack Display technology has been announced in September 2010, and Nokia is using it in several phones (including the Lumia 900 , Lumia 800 and older Symbian models such as the X7 and E7 ). We know that it includes polarizing filters to block incoming light. Today however Nokia finally revealed how it actually works: A CBD filter includes both a linear polariser and retardation layers between the surface of your phone and the display. When light hits your screen, this is what happens: read more

New video mic flag uses 3 OLED displays, new advertising space

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:46:53 +0000

Recom group has released the world’s first video mic flag – which uses 3 to 4 (depends on configuration) OLED displays. The company reports that the new mic flag is already being used at by CBS, CNET, NBC, ABC, FOX, ESPN, CNN, and Bloomberg and was also used by several broadcasters at the superbowl and the NBA. This mic flag was also used by many broadcasters at CES, and CNN’s Katie Linendoll called it one of her top five picks of the show. The mic flag shows advertisements – from companies such as Ford, Toyota, Subway, Gillette and Pepsi. This brings extra revenue for the broadcasters. Recom says that the flag uses 3 to 4 OLED displays (probably the same ones as on Recom’s video name tag – 2.8″ 320×240 AMOLED panels) and it lasts 8-10 on a single battery charge. It provides a premium advertising space because it’s part of the broadcast. Here’s a video of the mic flag in action, from the superbowl: read more

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Corning and Samsung forms a new OLED glass joint venture

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:43 +0000

Corning and Samsung Mobile Display are going to establish a new equity venture for the manufacture of specialty OLED glass substrates in Korea. The new venture will combine Corning’s Lotus Glass substrate technology with SMD’s OLED display expertise – and will provide product solutions for current and future OLED technologies. The new venture will produce glasses for all OLED sizes: for small mobile panels to large OLED TV panels. It’ll be interested to hear whether this new venture will also develop transparent and flexible glass displays, as envisioned in Corning’s” Day made of glass ” concept video: read more

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Samsung to unveil the Galaxy S2 successor during the first half of 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:42:12 +0000

There are already speculations about the Galaxy S III specifications , and now Samsung says they are indeed working on a successor to the Galaxy S2. They won’t unveil it at the Mobile World Congress 2012 – but rather in a separate event during the first half of 2012, closer to the commercial availability. It will be very interesting to see Samsung’s new flagship phone, and obviously we’re mostly interested in the display. Will it be a Super AMOLED HD , or will Samsung surprise us with some new technology? Maybe the S3 will be the first phone with a plastic based flexible AMOLED ? We’ll have to wait a few months to find out… read more

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More details about MicroOLED’s 5.4mp 0.61" OLED microdisplay

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:17:19 +0000

A couple of days ago MicroOLED announced their next-generation 0.61″ OLED microdisplay which features 5.4 million pixels . Today we have some more information and the product’s data sheet . The most interesting info is that samples of the new products are already available – with volume production expected in 10 weeks. It turns out that MicroOLED will offer two version. The MDP02APFC offers full-color (using 4 sub white OLED subpixels and RGBW filters) and 1,300×1,044 resolution (just a little over SXGA which is 1,280×960). The sub-pixel pitch is 4.7×4.7 micrometre, the maximum brightness is 250Cd/m2 (typical brightness: 120 Cd/m2), the maximum contrast is 100,000:1 (typical contrast: 10,000:1) and the power consumption is 200 mW (minimum) in video mode. read more

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LG Display starts building a pilot 3.5-Gen fab for flexible OLED displays

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:06:27 +0000

There are reports that LG Display decided to built a pilot 3.5-Gen (730 × 460 mm) flexible OLED production line. They have ordered the equipment, which will arrive by 3Q 2012, and the line will become active by the end of 2012. An official from LGD is quoted saying that it will take 1-2 years to develop and verify the process and produce prototypes. The company hasn’t decided on a production schedule yet. LG Display’s flexible OLEDs will use the same technology as Samsung’s flexible prototypes – a polymide coated substrate and direct-emission RGB sub-pixels (as opposed to LG’s OLED TV which use WOLED with color filters ). read more

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