iriver’s SPINN is one of the best designed PMP (portable media player) that I have seen. It has a beautiful external casing with a unique control method: a cylinder you twirl; push down the cylindar and you have a click. The SPINN also has a 3.3″ AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED) that provides a visual experience [...]

Differential aging is a big problem for OLED displays. What is it? Simply put: aging at different rates. The blue organic material used for OLEDs age quickly and over time the overall display can look downright ugly. You don’t get to see that because most OLED displays are integrated into mobile phones, which you toss [...]

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 [...]

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″ [...]

LG Display (LPL) is planning to showcase a bunch of displays at the upcoming FPD International 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall in Japan from October 29 through 31. Here is the list:

42″ Shine Out LCD: World’s lowest reflection ratio (<0.5%). Low reflections are important when installed in bright ambient environments.
15″ Double-sided reflective LCD: Displays [...]

Casio W63CA Specifications
Display: 3.1″ Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED)
Pixel Format: 800 x 480 (landscape)
Camera: 8.1MP with Auto Focus, Face Detection, Anti Shake
Video: 640 x 480 at 30fps (YouTube Mode)
Dimensions: 110 x 50 x 17.4 - 22mm
Availability: November 2008 in Japan

According to OLED-Info the 3.1″ AMOLED on the Casio Exilim W63CA is manufactured by Samsung. The 3.1″ [...]

Mobile Intelligent Ubiquitous Technology (MIU) Hybrid Dual Portable Computer (HDPC) Specifications
Display: 4.1″ TFT LCD and 2.4″ Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED)
Pixel Format: 800 x 480 (4.1″ TFT LCD), 320 x 240 (2.4″ AMOLED)
Connectivity: WiFi (802.11b/g), GPS, HSDPA, USIM, DMB
Availability: South Korea
Price: About US$500

MIU’s HDPC sports two displays. On the outside it has a 2.4″ Active Matrix [...]

Universal Display Corporation (UDC) announced an OLED display made out of metal foil at less than 50 micrometers thin. That is very thin and thinner than a sheet of paper! The metal foil substrate allows for flexiblity and has “excellent thermal, mechanical and permeation barrier properties” according to UDC. The super-thin OLED exceeds the industrial [...]

Samsung’s I7110 is a smartphone sporting a 2.6″ active matrix OLED (AMOLED) display. The pixel format is 240 x 320 (portrait). The display should look quite nice indeed.
The I7110 has a 5MP camera with a CMOS image sensor. CMOS technology is generally found in expensive DSLRs and it is somewhat surprising to see it being [...]