Hasta La Gadget!

There’s always been a little chunk of softness in our cold, stone hearts for candybar QWERTY handsets. Stylus interaction? Not so much. That’s why it’s a little disappointing to see HP’s upcoming iPAQ K3 Obsidian handset for AT&T show up with a stylus on board, despite the initial leaked documents we saw that clearly stated otherwise. Still, it’s nice to see how Windows Mobile 6.5 can operate under such conditions, and the 2.43-inch screen is OLED, even if it’s restricted to a mere QVGA resolution. It appears that a scroll wheel does the duty of shuffling through that honeycomb menu. As far as we know, we’re still looking at a November release.

[Via SlashGear]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian lives it up in the wild, sneaks in a stylus for the nostalgic types originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With LG’s 15-inch OLED TV coming to stores in December it can’t be long until LG’s mid-sized TV’s start showing up for retail right? After all, Samsung and Sony are on record with claims of producing mid-sized OLEDs as early as this year and no later than mid-2010. Not so fast, literally. Although LG had previously targeted 2011 for the mass production of its 32-inch OLED TV, CEO Kwon Young Soo now says that LG plans on producing 30-inch OLED panels for TVs in 2012. Of course, all those earlier OLED projections were made before the global economic meltdown so delays have to be expected, however upsetting it may be.

[Via OLED-Display]

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LG slips 30-inch OLED panel production into 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s OLED Walkman is something else. Literally. In many ways, it’s Sony’s first formidable iPod rival to emerge in quite some time, and with its striking OLED panel, tastefully appointed graphite casing and absolutely amazing audio quality, it’s certainly worth a look. For those of you around the world that have picked one up, we’re curious to see if you think you made the right decision. For many, anything sans an Apple logo is the right choice, but we’re wondering if the UI, design and value here were up to snuff in your mind. Are you digging the overall look and feel? Do you mind not having an App Store? Are you floored with audio / video performance? Have at it in comments below — don’t hold back now, okay?

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

How would you change Sony’s OLED Walkman? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, we can think of at least one 13-year-old kid who’ll welcome this next bit of gadget news: it looks like Sony’s OLED Walkman is now on sale over at the Sony Style site. As previously guesstimated, the 16GB model is moving for a cool $299.99, and the 32GB model is priced at $399.99. Order today from Sony and it ships tomorrow, or order from Amazon and it ships on July 3rd. Either way, it’s time to start counting out your pennies.

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Sony OLED Walkman on sale now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As much as we’d like to put stock in Satoru Miyashita’s forecast, we’re still hesitant to believe that we’re just two Consumer Electronic Shows away from seeing big-screen OLED TVs for sale. After Sony’s polarizing XEL-1 hit the scene around two years ago, we’ve seen an anemic amount of action in the commercial OLED TV space. Sure, we’ve heard promise after promise, but we’ve still got no solid evidence that a large-screen set is anywhere near a Sam’s Club shelf. In a recent interview with the general manager of Seiko Epson’s Core Technology Development Center, OLED-Info managed to get this out of the exec: “We see 2012 as being the year that 37″+ OLED TVs will be launched by various makers, and 2015 as the year that sales will really take off for this market.” He’s referring to the year in which OEMs will begin to use its new inkjet-printing approach to making OLED TVs, which will hopefully allow for easier development of larger panels. ‘Til then, we suppose we’ll just have to be content with using the Zune HD as our primary television.

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Seiko Epson envisions large inkjet-printed OLED TVs, unicorns for all in 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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