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Blackjack lighting Aradess
May 16th
The Aradess, designed and sold by Stephen Blackman is a desk lamp that uses 8 Philips Lumiblade GL350 OLED panels (first generation, 120 lumens each). The Aradess will launch soon by Stephen Blackman, with a retail price of about $5,900. OLED type: 8 GL350 OLED panels OLED lamps
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Silent Solutions unveils an OLED-lit telephone box
May 16th
Silent Solutions unveiled a new telephone box, which uses five Philips Lumiblade GL350 OLED lighting panels (probably the first-gen ones at 115 lumens each). I guess the idea is to have a small silent place to conduct your phone conversations. Nice design anyway… Philips OLED lighting
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Silent Solutions unveils an OLED-lit telephone box
Reports from Korea suggests Samsung’s direct-emission OLED TV yields increased to 60%, will launch OLED TVs in July
May 16th
According to reports from Korea, Samsung finally decided to stay with direct-emission (RGB architecture) in its upcoming OLED TV . Samsung’s managed to increase the production yields in their pilot line to 60%, and this will be enough to launch their first OLED TVs in July 1st, 2013. Samsung is also expected to start investing in an 8-Gen OLED TV line soon. This new line, as we said, will produce direct-emission OLEDs. According to earlier reports Samsung did consider using LG’s WRGB architecture because it’s easier to produce. Earlier this month Digitimes also reported that Korea is expected to launch their first OLED TV in June. Hopefully this time these two reports will be true and we’ll find see Samsung launch their direct-emission 55″ Full-HD OLED TV, the F9500 , at least in Korea. According to earlier reports, Samsung’s OLED TV will cost about $18,000.
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Samsung granted a patent on a remote-bendable TV
May 16th
The US Patent Office granted Samsung a new patent (#537228) that describes a bendable TV. The idea is that you can use a remote control to bend the television so you’ll get a better viewing angle: Samsung says that this TV uses a flexible display panel (probably an OLED TV , but it is not mentioned in the patent) and a back panel that can deform the display. In addition, the whole TV sits on a unit that can be rotated. The TV will include special software that adjusts the image so it is not distorted by the bending. I’m not sure how practical such a design is, but it surely is cool. Obviously this kind of technology is nowhere near mass production. In the meanwhile we’ll have to settle on Samsung’s 55″ curved OLED TVs . Or better yet, on LG’s EA9800 which will start shipping soon in Korea for a mere $13,500 . Source: PatentBolt Samsung Flexible OLED OLED TV Patents
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Samsung granted a patent on a remote-bendable TV
Amazon buys Samsung’s Electrowetting display unit
May 15th
Amazon announced that it bought Samsung’s Electrowetting display unit (formerly LiquaVista). The sum was undisclosed, but it probably was not a large sum (reportedly Samsung wanted to sell it for less than $100 million). Compared to E Ink panels, Electrowetting displays can feature brighter color and much faster refresh rates, while still being very low on power. On the other hand the display technology hasn’t been commercialized yet. Which makes the Amazon purchase a bit puzzling (after all Amazon is not a display maker and not an IP company). Perhaps Amazon hopes this kind of technology may enable them to build a unique e-reader/tablet hybrid device? Source: E-Ink-Info Samsung Competing technologies
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Nokia Lumia 925
May 15th
The Lumia 925 phone is very similar to the Lumia 928 phone announced last week for Verizon, but the new 925 is aimed towards GSM networks. The hardware is pretty much the same: 4.5″ (1280×768, 334 PPI) ClearBlack AMOLED display, 8.7 mp camera with a strong xenon flash and Optical Image Stabilization, high-amp mics, 1.5Ghz dual-core CPU, NFC and 3GB of flash memory. This is Nokia’s first Windows Phone device that comes in an aluminum body and not polycarbonate and so it’s lighter by around 25 grams. The Lumia 925 will launch in Europe and China in June 2013 for around €469 (a little over $600), and will later launch in the US and the rest of the world. OLED type: 4.5″ 1280×768 ClearBlack AMOLED Mobile phones
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E Ink to start producing 13.3" plastic-based flexible E Ink panels using Sony’s flexible TFT technology
May 15th
E Ink announced that it will begin to produce 13.3″ 1200×1600 plastic-based flexible E Ink panels (called Mobius) in 2013. Those Mobius panels weigh just 60 grams and will be much more rugged compared to the company’s glass based panels. The panels use Sony’s flexible TFT technologies (that were transferred to E Ink for the production). Sony already unveiled a prototype tablet that will uses those displays. This tablet is aimed towards the educational market and Sony hopes to launch it by March 2014. The prototype device uses a touch display (with stylus support), 4GB of memory (with microSD) and Wi-Fi. The whole device is just 6.8 mm thick and weighs just 385 grams. Source: E-Ink-Info Sony Competing technologies Flexible OLED Plastic
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LG Display signs a license agreement with Global OLED Technology
May 14th
Global OLED Technology (GOT) signed a patent licensing agreement with LG Display. LG Display will pay royalties to GOT, and that’s all we know about this agreement. It’s a bit surprising because I always assumed LG Display already signed such an agreement years ago. GOT was established in December 2009 when LG bought Kodak’s OLED business (in a deal that was estimated at $100 million ). GOT owns more than two thousand OLED related patents, and licenses them to other companies (for example PIOL and OLEDWorks ). In 2010, Idemistu Kosan bought 32% of GOT . LG Patents
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OLighTEK shipped over 15,000 Eye Book HMDs with SVGA microdisplays
May 14th
OLiGHTEK (Chinese-based OLED microdisplay maker) says that they sold 15,000 Eye Book units in 2012. The Eye Book is an HMD that uses two OLiGHTEK made 0.5″ SVGA (800×600) OLED microdisplays. I don’t have a lot of information about this HMD though, the best I could find was the image below, and the fact that you can use the Eye Book for web surfing, image viewing and videos. Source: ChinaDaily , Instant-News Microdisplays Wearable OLEDs
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini technical details new 6 inch flagship smartphone in 2Q2013 – Samsung Galaxy Note3 features not a flexible AMOLED
May 13th
Samsung Galaxy Note3 features not a flexible AMOLED In a document from Samsung and Korea Investment & Securities the korean company confirmed that the Galaxy S4 Mini will be released in the next few weeks. Samsung released also a Galaxy S3 mini but the company was not happy with the success. Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy S4 mini was developed along with the Galaxy S4 nearly from the start and has also improved technical specifications. Samsung has the goal to strenghten the mid-range smartphone linup. Samsung want to have a major success in the mid range segment which means that they want to accelerating the 5.5G OLED line expansion. Samsung confirmed also the technical details in this document: Samsung Galaxy S4 mini technical details confirmed The Galaxy S4 mini features a 1.6 GhZ dual-Core (Exynos 5210) and a 4.3 inch Super Amoled Display with qHD resolution (540×960, 256 ppi), 1 GB (3G), 2 GB (LTE) Ram, 32 GB Memory, Android 4.0 8MP camera and a 2,100 mAh battery Samsung confirmed new flaghsip Smartphone Model with a 6 inch Display Confirmed is also a new flagship model with a 6 inch display in the second quarter 2013.(Galaxy Note3?) Samsung did not want to use high definition LCD displays for its new 6-inch flagship model in 2H13. Samsung-Display make equipment orders for the A2P5 line with delivery scheduled at end July which gives only three or four months of manufacture, that means that the demand is growing faster than expected. Samsung Galaxy Note3 features not a flexible AMOLED Samsung Display plans to produce flexible AMOLED Panels at the A2 P3 line. This production line has a monthly capacity for such 24.000 sheets based on 5.5G. That is not enough capacity to make a flagship product with a flexible display like the Galaxy Note3
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini technical details new 6 inch flagship smartphone in 2Q2013 – Samsung Galaxy Note3 features not a flexible AMOLED