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Nov 29

Taiwan subsidizes development for Delta’s glasses-free 3D projector and AUO’s flexible AMOLED

Posted in: government, OLED, Today's Chili

You know the Taiwanese are pretty serious about technology when you see them liberally throwing cash at factories. According to DigiTimes, Delta Electronics and AUO are two recent winners for a shared NT$600 million (US$19.6 million) government grant, which will cover 45% of each of their research expenditure — so probably not a fifty-fifty split. If all goes well, Delta will bring out glasses-free, wide-angle 3D projection that’s enabled by using multiple high-res LED beamers; whereas AUO will take advantage of the recent AMOLED shortage and develop high-res flexible panels. Nice going, folks, just don’t let us catch you all partying on the factory floor with that money.

Taiwan subsidizes development for Delta’s glasses-free 3D projector and AUO’s flexible AMOLED originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 28

AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011

Posted in: korea, OLED, samsung, Today's Chili

Samsung’s beautiful Super AMOLED panels are becoming more and more common in mobile devices, but they’re not as common as they could be if there were more of the things flying out of Samsung Mobile Display factories. Predictably that’s set to change in 2011, with SMD planning to fulfill its promise and bring another production facility online, while other competitors in Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore will ramp up their own AMOLED facilities in the coming year. Meanwhile, China is said to be working on its OLED supply chain as well, meaning those displays of the passive matrix variety will also be flying off of assembly lines soon. So, 2011 may still not be the year of a chicken in every pot, but it could be the year of glowy organic goo in every smartphone.

AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 12

Samsung ‘prints’ 19-inch OLED TV, teases our display daydreams yet again

Posted in: OLED, samsung, Today's Chili

Considering Seiko Epson was touting its inkjet OLED technology over a year ago and researchers have supposedly been developing OLEDs as cheap as newspapers for some time now, at this point we’re really more interested in seeing electronics manufacturers do more walking and less talking. Thankfully Samsung has acknowledged our tech impatience by sharing a prototype 19-inch OLED that’s capable of displaying 58ppi — or about a quarter of full HD’s resolution — and 16.77 million colors with a limited 8-bit color scale at a brightness of 200 nits. No, it may not look or sound as sexy as the 0.5mm thick flapping panel or 40-inch 1080p OLED sets Samsung shared back in 2008, but unlike those dinosaurs, this latest prototype was made via the old OLED “inkjet method.” Sadly the Korean tech giant dashed our hopes of heading over to Kinkos anytime we needed a fresh OLED big screen by stating “the technology is still under development.” Now if we had a nickel for every time we’ve heard that before, we’d probably be staring at an OLED printer on our desk right now.

Samsung ‘prints’ 19-inch OLED TV, teases our display daydreams yet again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 10

Samsung 7-inch Super AMOLED panel showcased on ‘next gen’ Galaxy Tab

Posted in: 7-inch, GalaxyTab, OLED, samsung, Today's Chili, video

We were promised a 7-inch Super AMOLED display at FPD 2010 and Samsung has duly delivered. What’s less predictable about this yummy new hardware’s debut, however, is the fact that it was built right into a Galaxy Tab. Yes, our postulations that Samsung intends to spruce up its “pocket-friendly” slate with a ~~1200~~ x 600 resolution and an extra lick of hyper-advanced screen technology seem to have been spot on, as OLED-Display reports the device on show was indeed the company’s “next generation” Tab. We only wish there was more than just that one image — we’ll be hounding the internet for more, rest assured!

Update: Samsung’s official note on the matter lists a WSVGA resolution (i.e. 1024 x 600 as on the current Tab) and some amateur geometry applied to the image does indeed show the prototype screen above has a smaller ratio than the requisite 2:1 for a 1200 x 600 pixel display. Ah well, we still want one. Also, check out Netbook News below for more images.

Update 2: Been eyeing that dualscreen clamshell in the back there? Turns out it’s another AMOLED prototype with two 4.5-inch displays! Hit the break for a closer look at it on video.

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Samsung 7-inch Super AMOLED panel showcased on ‘next gen’ Galaxy Tab originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 04

Samsung showcases 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED, may actually mass produce this one

Posted in: OLED, samsung, Today's Chili

For all intents and purposes, every single flexible display we’ve seen over the past few years has eventually been filed in the “awesome things that’ll never materialize” drawer. There are exceptions to that rule, mind you, but we’ve largely been frustrated by how often these things pop up at trade shows and then vanish forever. Samsung Mobile Display, however, is hoping to change that. According to reports stemming from FPD International 2010, this here 4.5-incher is dangerously close to production, and given the lustworthy 800 x 480 resolution, we couldn’t be more excited about the possibilities. We’re told that Samsung is eschewing the traditional glass substrate in favor of a newfangled plastic version, and evidently it’s a heck of a lot easier to mass produce. After all, we’re still waiting for this thing, guys.

Samsung showcases 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED, may actually mass produce this one originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 04

Plextronics rolls out next-gen OLED ink, promises bigger, better OLED displays

Posted in: Displays, OLED, Today's Chili

A bottle of ink may not exactly seem like the key to bigger, better, and cheaper OLED displays, but that’s just what Plextronics is promising will result from its new “next generation” Plexcore OC NQ ink. That’s particularly notable because it’s a non-aqueous, inkjet-printable ink, and is intended specifically for use with so-called solution-processed, phosphorescent OLED technology (as opposed to the vapor processing now commonly used), which at least some folks are betting on as the next big thing for OLED manufacturing — recent tests have also shown significant advances for the technology, including a lower operating voltage and boost in lifetime over previously tested systems. What’s more, while it’s still in the testing phase now, Plextronics says it expects the ink to be broadly available to manufacturers sometime next year, which should mean that actual OLED displays using it will follow sometime thereafter.

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Plextronics rolls out next-gen OLED ink, promises bigger, better OLED displays originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 03

Samsung announces 7-inch Super AMOLED panel, makes first-gen Tab a little nervous

Posted in: 7-inch, GalaxyTab, OLED, samsung, tab, Today's Chili

Samsung announces new 7-inch, 1200 x 600 AMOLED panel, makes first-gen Tab a little nervous

We’re calling Samsung’s Galaxy Tab the best Android tablet of the moment, but curiously the company seems intent on planting a seed of doubt in the minds of early adopters, announcing what may very well be the next Tab’s display. Early (and likely baseless) rumors on the current Tab indicated it would be fronting a Super AMOLED panel, but of course that didn’t come to pass. Now Samsung Mobile Display is set to debut a new 7-inch Super AMOLED panel at the FPD-International exhibition in Japan in two weeks, ahead of full production in mid-2011. Its 1200 x 600 resolution is a bit odd, wider than the Tab’s current 1024 x 600, but more pixels in the same space are generally a good thing. That’s all we know at this point, and of course there’s no confirmation that this will indeed find a home in a next-generation tablet, but don’t let that stop you from speculating in comments about what else the OLED Tab might offer.

Samsung announces 7-inch Super AMOLED panel, makes first-gen Tab a little nervous originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 02

Full Samsung Continuum specs leak out in Verizon comparison charts?

Posted in: Android, GalaxyS, leak, leaks, OLED, samsung, smartphone, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

How does the as-yet-unannounced Samsung Continuum stack up against Verizon’s pack of Droids, not to mention its Galaxy S brethren? That’s what we’re finding out for the very first time in a set of allegedly leaked charts. Performance-wise we’re looking at a fairly familiar beast with a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 384MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM, plus 2GB of on-board flash storage and a preloaded 8GB microSD card. Where it gets interesting is that secondary display, which measures 1.8 inches with a 96 x 480 resolution, which will indeed act as a status update, RSS feed and weather report stock ticker that you activate (even when the handset is asleep!) by gripping the bottom of the phone. You’re also getting a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video recording, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and 3G mobile hotspot for up to five devices, but it’s not all peaches and cream — the whole shebang uses Bing for search, and runs on Android 2.1. Here’s hoping Samsung intends to provide us a Froyo rollout date when it finally announces this phone. Find the full spec sheets at our source links.

Full Samsung Continuum specs leak out in Verizon comparison charts? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 29

ITRI shows off 6-inch FlexUPD AMOLED, hybrid 2D/3D display, makes lots of promises

Posted in: OLED, Today's Chili

Hey, remember when Taiwan’s ITRI said that flexible TFT-EPD displays would be ready for smartphones by 2009? Yeah, well, keep that in mind when reading about this new 6-inch flexible display the company says will be released in a line of e-readers “very soon.” It’s called the FlexUPD, a 1mm thick AMOLED with a 5cm folding radius, 150nits brightness, and “unbreakable” construction. ITRI is also talking up its switchable 2D/3D display that we saw earlier, able to display both types of content simultaneously and do so without the requirement of goofy glasses. That tech is called i2/3DW and is set to “revitalize the [display] industry by revolutionizing the concept of 3D viewing.” You keep on believing, ITRI, we’ll just keep on waiting.

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ITRI shows off 6-inch FlexUPD AMOLED, hybrid 2D/3D display, makes lots of promises originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 14

Nokia N8 review

Posted in: 720p, arm, nokia, OLED, review, symbian, Today's Chili, video

The first time Nokia’s N8-00 popped up on our radar was way back in early February of this year. On that chilly, misty morning, we learned of a mythical being capable of shooting 12 megapixel stills, recording 720p video, outputting via HDMI, and — most importantly — ushering in the promised Symbian^3 touch revolution. It’s been a long road of leaks, teasers, hands-ons, and previews since then, but at long last, the legend of the N8 has become a purchasable commodity. All the early specs have survived, including the 3.5-inch AMOLED display, but the key question today, as it was at the beginning, relates to that all-new software within: does Symbian^3 succeed in elevating Nokia’s touchscreen experience or does it drag down an otherwise stellar combination of high-end parts? For that verdict and much, much more, join us after the break.

Gallery: Nokia N8 first unboxing