CES 2009: LG 15″ OLED TV Coming This Summer

LG showcased a near-productioin prototype 15″ OLED TV at CES 2009. LG states that the 15″ OLED TV will go into production in the summer of 2009. The 15″ bests Sony’s XEL-1 11″ OLED TV by 4″, which is a lot considering that scaling OLED to larger sizes is a very difficult process. Engadget took [...]

CES 2009: Universal Display Corporation Wrist-worn 4″ Flexible AMOLED Communication Device Prototype

On January 5, 2009, Universal Display Corporation (UDC) announced that it will exhibit a 4″ wrist-worn flexible AMOLED communication device prototype at CES. The AMOLED is fabricated on metal foil, is portable, rugged and comformable. The prototype communication device is the result of marrying UDC’s phospherescent OLED (PHOLED) technology with the benefits of a flexible [...]

CES 2009: Sony OLED Notebook PC…?

OLED-Info is guessing that Sony might be introducing a new notebook PC with an OLED display. Oh, that would be very cool. The OLED will probably be limited to about 13″ and sport a pixel format of 1280 x 800. This is based on the fact that Sony’s XEL-1, the first commercially available OLED TV, [...]

Interview: Ron Mertens at OLED-Info

I had the opportunity to “interview” Ron Mertens at OLED-Info. OLED-Info is one of the few places where you can find almost everything about OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology, products and market news. I thought you might be interested in finding out more about Ron, so enjoy!
Jin @ DisplayBlog: Tell me a bit about [...]

United Keys Display Keypad: Monochrome OLED Keypad

United Keys OLED Keyboard and Keypad Specifications
Display: 0.7″ Yellow Monochrome OLED
Pixel Format: 64 x 64
Contrast Ratio: 2000:1
Viewing Angles: 160/160
Brightness: 100 cd/m2
Life Time: 40,000 hours (to 50% brightness)
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Price: MSRP US$199.99

United Keys is up to something. Unlike another company that incorporated (very expensive) color OLED keys, United Keys is using a more affordable version: monochrome [...]

Samsung’s HS Kim: OLED Not Ready Yet

What HiFi? Sound and Vision (WHFSV) spoke to HS Kim, Vice President in charge of Flat Panel Development at Samsung. Samsung invests the majority of its CAPEX toward LCD technology to build LCD TVs but also commercially produces PDP (Plasma Display Panel) TVs, DLP (Digital Light Processing) TVs. Of course, Samsung conducts R&D in OLED [...]

iriver SPINN 3.3″ OLED PMP for $139.99 at Newegg.com

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 [...]

South Korean Scientists Develop “True Blue” OLED Material

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 [...]

Fujitsu DoCoMo PRIME F-01A: 3.5″ Mobile Phone

Fujitsu DoCoMo PRIME F-01A Specifications
Display (Main): 3.5″ Touch Wide TFT LCD
Pixel Format (Main): 854 x 480
Display (External): 1.4″ Monochrome OLED
Pixel Format (External): 174 x 64
Camera: 5.2MP with Auto Focus, Face Detection, CMOS
Video: 640 x 480 MPEG4 at 30fps
Connectivity: W-CDMA, HDSPA, GSM, GPS, 1-Seg
Other: IPx5 and IPx7 (water resistant to 1m for 30min), Fingerprint Reader
OS: Symbian
Dimensions: [...]

Casio Exilim W63CA: Cameraphone with 3.1″ OLED

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″ [...]