Hasta La Gadget!

We already knew a fresh OQO handheld would be headed to Digital Experience! here at CES, and lo and behold the model 2+ has arrived in our oh-so-fortunate hands. The 800 x 480 (native) OLED touchscreen was positively gorgeous to look at, and the Qualcomm Gobi dual-mode HSPA / EV-DO WWAN chipset was much appreciated. It’s also sporting a 1.86GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2GB of RAM, WiFi / Bluetooth, DirectX 9 and H.264 video decode support, 3.5 hours of battery life (7 hours on the double capacity cell), a world keyboard and a global power supply. The unit checks in at under a pound and can support 1,9200 x 1,200 external displays with HDMI / DVI / VGA interfaces. Get ready to lust after one (we already are) when it ships in 1H 2009 starting at $999.

[Via ArsTechnica]

Filed under: CES, Handhelds

OQO officially launches Gobi / OLED-equipped model 2+, we get hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s press event is just about to start, but we managed to sneak away and grab some snaps of the heavily-guarded new OLED touchscreen Walkman NWZ-X1000. It’s under some major glass and lights and we were working fast, so we apologize for any blurriness, but that’s the price of exclusives, kids. Check back soon for the official shots during the presser — and don’t worry, we’re on the hunt for the VAIO P.

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Sony touchscreen Walkman NWZ-X1000 OLED player hands-on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Flexible OLED displays are becoming more and more commonplace (and festive), despite not actually being available in any devices you can buy just yet. When that day finally comes, Universal Display Corporation thinks one of those gadgets will be something like the above: a wearable, flexible, 4-inch prototype screen that CES attendees will be able to check out and maybe even try on — albeit uncomfortably. It’s been developed with military applications in mind (they always get the cool stuff first), but bendy consumer devices are naturally envisioned as well. There’s no word on when we’ll start seeing them in passports or flexi-phones, but we’re thinking we have a while to wait yet.

[Warning: PDF link; via OLED-DISPLAY.net]

Filed under: Displays, Wearables

Wrist-worn flexible OLED prototype is for the military, but kids like it too originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If Samsung’s Soul had your innermost emotions shakin’, wait until you wrap your retinas around this. The S8300, which is said to be an upgrade from the aforementioned mobile — will reportedly come stacked with 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, a 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 8-megapixel camera, inbuilt GPS, an FM radio with RDS, 60MB of onboard memory, DivX playback and an “anti-scratch / anti-fingerprint coated duraluminium chassis.” There are no promises that it’ll be ready for a CES showcase, though we’re hearing that a MWC launch is expected in a worst case scenario. Lots more images are hiding in the read link.

Filed under: Cellphones

Samsung’s S8300 slider packs AMOLED display, 8-megapixel camera originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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