Kent Displays has developed a new LCD that is extremely thin, quite flexible and is rugged. How thin? How about 30 microns, thinner than a strand of hair. It is also rugged enough for military applications. The prototype sports a pixel format of 320 x 160, not quite ready for prime time but the prototype [...]

Sharp’s AQUOS Fulltouch 931SH is getting really close to a perfect display on a mobile phone. The Fulltouch 931SH, available from SoftBank, sports a 3.8″ LCD with touch capability and an incredibly packed pixel format of 1024 x 480. Just imagine full-sized Internet surfing on a mobile phone! In addition the Fulltouch 931SH features a [...]

Japanese iPhone 3G customers will get a treat: a little gadget that receives the 1-Seg mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service and sends it out in WiFi signals. The 1-Seg gadget also works as a battery extender when connected via the iPhone 3G’s dock connector. Very nice. Mobile TV is quite popular in [...]

Corning announced its Q4′08 outlook and it is disappointing but not surprising. Corning expects Q4′08 revenues of US$1.2 billion to $1.3 billion with profits of 20-28 cents per share. Wall Street was expecting revenues of US$1.54 billion and profits of 42 cents per share. Quite a disparity! Corning also expects glass volume to be down [...]

Dell XPS One 24 Specifications
Display: 24″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Dell has improved its all-in-one offering the XPS One: XPS One 24. Now it has a 24″ TFT LCD. Gizmodo is reporting that it has a 1080p 24″ LCD. I am assuming that means it has an aspect [...]

Samsung SDI is showcasing its “Flapping Display” at FPD International 2008 in Japan. The Flapping Display is a 4″ OLED display that is so thin (just 0.05mm!) that it flaps in the air. The pixel format is 480 x 272 (the same as you see on a Sony PSP for example) with a contrast ratio [...]

Ford has revealed a gauge cluster called SmartGauge with EcoGuide that uses two LCDs. This technology will be incorporated into Ford’s 2010 Fusion Hybrid and Mercury’s 2010 Milan Hybrid cars. The centrally-mounted speedometer is analog but to the left and right is all high-tech with graphics that can be personalized to provide four different level [...]

Chi Mei EL (CMEL) is showing off a 25″ OLED TV prototype with a pixel format of 1366 x 768 at the FPD International 2008 show in Japan. The CMEL 25″ OLED TV is just 1mm thick, sports a typical brightness of 350 cd/m2 and a peak of 1200 cd/m2. That’s an impressive reduction in [...]

Samsung SDI showcased a 40″ OLED TV with a pixel format of 1920 x 1080 at the FPD International 2008 show. According to OLED-Info, Samsung had already showed a 40″ OLED TV prototype back in 2005 however that unit didn’t have Full HD capability and having limited to just 1280 x 800. The new 40″ [...]

HP Mini 1000 Specifications
Display: 10.2″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 1024 x 600

HP’s Mini 1000 is the company’s latest netbook. The Mini 1000 sports a 10.2″ TFT LCD but with just 1024 x 600 pixels. That’s a let down because the smaller 2133 sports a 8.9″ LCD with a 1280 x 768 pixel format. I wish HP [...]