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We always figured the digital photo frame market would have to grow up one day, and we’re thrilled to know that day is coming soon. Over in Korea, Human-Rh has apparently showcased a couple of new frames that not only up the ante in terms of panel quality but also toss in a much-needed extra: mobile TV. The 7.6-inch HDPF-760D steals the show with a gorgeous AMOLED display and a built-in DMB tuner; the 8-inch HDPF-800D sticks with the traditional LCD, but it’s available with a variety of tuners (1seg, T-DMB, DVB-T and CMMB) for regions around the globe. Naturally, both frames still do their basic duties of playing back slideshows, but the built-in WiFi also enables them to display information from internet-connected widgets. We’re told that these arrive with 2GB of integrated memory, a multicard slot and a USB port, but mum’s the word on pricing and release. Vid’s after the break.

[Via OLED-Display]

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays

Human-Rh digiframe packs AMOLED panel, mobile TV tuner originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 May 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don’t see an official press release yet but Pocket-lint and other UK sites are claiming that Sony’s OLED Walkman will hit the UK high streets starting tomorrow. The hotly anticipated X-series Walkman will be priced at £209 for the 16GB model or £279 for the 32GB model. We’d translate those numbers to US dollars but we don’t want to scare the natives with the UK markup for consumer electronics. We’ll update you with official US numbers just as soon as they’re out.

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Sony X-series OLED Walkman priced, hitting UK tomorrow originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 May 2009 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Frankly, if we were forced to choose between smudgy and blurry, we’d take the former each day of the week. Russia’s own Mobile-Review has somehow already managed to wrap its paws around one of the newly released Android-based I7500s, and while it’s not really a drastic departure from Sammy’s other smartphones of late, it’s still worth a peek if you’re suddenly in the market for one. Check the read link for the goods.

[Via ForoAndroid]

Filed under: Cellphones

Samsung’s Android-powered I7500 caught in smudgy Russian wilds originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Truthfully, we wouldn’t put too much stock in that headline considering that Samsung Mobile Display, a company that makes its ends off of selling active-matrix OLEDs, is the source. But on the other hand, we can definitely see it coming to fruition. According to a new report, said outfit has stated that OLED screens of some sort will be on over half of all mobile phones (not just smartphones, mind you) within the next five years, and that these same power-sipping displays will be on 20 percent of digital cameras and 30 percent of portable game players (PSP2, anyone?) within the same window of time. While it may seem a bit far-fetched now, we actually have good reason to believe that OLED adoption will indeed skyrocket on the small scale; it’s those big screen TVs that we’re worried only our grandchildren will truly enjoy.

[Via OLED-Info]

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Samsung: OLED screens on half of mobile phones within 5 years originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been itching to spend some quality time with Sony’s NWZ-X1000-series player since its granite-sided shell was first revealed just ahead of CES, and now that it’s inching closer to release (in the Old Country, at least) we finally have a full spec sheet to parse. On the audio side it’ll play MP3, WMA, and AAC at up to 320kbps, and for video there’s MPEG-4, H.264, and WMV support, sadly in most cases crippled at 320 x 240 despite that 3-inch OLED screen’s 432 x 240 native resolution. That’s nearly a quarter of those pixels gone to waste. Other goodies include FM tuning, 802.11g/b WiFi, internet browsing with YouTube support, and 33 hours of battery life when grooving to tunes, 9 hours when watching video, and surely much less when cruising the web. Still no confirmed domestic release date, but it can’t be long now.

[Thanks, Steve]

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Sony’s OLED Walkman specs revealed, QVGA rears its ugly head originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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