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Amazon announces a new Kindle, with an improved E Ink display
Jul 29th
Amazon has just announced the third generation of their popular Kindle e-reader devices. The new Amazon Kindle is smaller, and lighter but still has the same display size. They are using E Ink ‘s next-generation “Pearl” displays which offer 50% improved contrast. There are two versions: Wi-Fi only and WiFi/3G . Both versions will ship on August 27th, and can be pre-ordered now . The Wi-Fi only will cost $139 , and will come in Graphite. The 3G version will cost $189 , and you can choose between white and Graphite. read more
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AT&T is now selling the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) for $200
Jul 17th
AT&T is selling the Samsung Captivate phone now for $200 , with a service plan. The Captivate ( Galaxy S) is an Android phone with a 4″ WVGA 800 X 480 Super-AMOLED display. Samsung has already sold more than a million such phones globally , in just 3 weeks. Samsung Captivate You can buy the Samsung Captivate for AT&T ($200) , or you can buy it unlocked for $599 .
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AT&T is now selling the Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) for $200
Novaled to remain in the IP & Material business, OLED displays
Jul 13th
Last week we reported that Novaled is set to become an OLED Lighting manufacturer , moving away from the display business (the original post came from OLEDNet). Today Novaled tells us that in fact this is not true. Novaled’s core business remains their technology licensing and material sales (the materials are made by BASF). They are also acting very successfully in the display field and have very good relationships with Korean manufacturers. So this sets things straight…
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Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) to launch for AT&T on July 18th for $200
Jul 9th
The Samsung Captivate ( Galaxy S ) will launch on the AT&T network on July 18th, for $200 (on-contract). The Captivate is an Android phone with a 4″ 800 X 480 Super-AMOLED , 1Ghz processor and can record HD video. Samsung Galaxy S You can buy the Galaxy S unlocked for $599 .
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Sterrix patents an OLED 3D autostereoscopic display using a resolution 100 times higher than HD
Jul 7th
Germany’s Sterrix Technologies has filed a family of patents for a new OLED based 3D auto stereoscopic (no glasses) display. The resolution of this display will be 100 times higher than HD images, which can be used to create more than 100 perspective at the same time – allowing for smooth 3D images from any viewing angle and any distance. The display has over 1000 cores (inline processors), needed to create those perspectives. This display uses a new pixel structure which on one hand consists of colored pixels, and on the other hand consists of pixels, which are adapted to the anatomy of the human eye by presenting additional image information. Through those pixels it’s easier for the human brain to internally generate the spatial image, which makes it more relaxing viewing 3D images and videos on the display. read more
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Blackbody announces a new OLED lamp, the MGR
Jul 4th
Blackbody is introducing a new OLED lamp , called MGR. It uses 48 white and 24 red OLEDs. The overall active OLED area is 6.480cm², and the lamp fills a volume of 2.90m x 0.85m x 0.70m. It is actually a chandelier, hung from the ceiling: The MGR was designed by Bruno Lefebvre. Here’s how he describes his design: MGR is an OLED banner, an expression of Blackbody. This new language of light, gives us building blocks to conceive simple or complex, white and colored light compositions. The arrangement in the three axes XYZ of one single module reminds of the “L40” iconic masterpiece from the 1920’s, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, functional and cultural origins of the MGR. We have named our creation MGR (Merci Gerrit Rietveld) to thank our fathers, like Gilles Derain and other famous lamp designers did in the past. read more
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Photonis Technologies SAS acquires a majority stake in MicroOLED
Jul 1st
Photonis Technologies SAS has bought a 51% stake in MicroOLED . The financial details were not disclosed. MicroOLED are working towards OLED microdisplays for defense systems, OEM instrumentation, video glasses for 3-D and high-definition applications, and viewfinders for cameras. MicroOLED OLED microdisplay Exactly one year ago, MicroOLED said that the will start mass-production by the end of 2009 , we do not know whether they are actually producing them yet. The MicroOLED microdisplays boast 25µm sub-pixel area and 25mW power consumption. read more
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Photonis Technologies SAS acquires a majority stake in MicroOLED
MBraun: recent orders suggest customers are ready to launch OLED TVs in 2011
Jun 30th
MBraun is selling OLED production tools to display makers (including LG and Samsung) – and they say that recent orders suggest that these companies plan to make OLED TVs, and will be ready to do so by 2011. According to MBraun, making OLED TVs (up to 42″) using their current equipment is possible. The solutions needed for the scale up from smaller displays “have been found”. read more
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HTC to start using LCDs instead of OLEDs in the Desire phone
Jun 26th
HTC plans to start producing Incredible phones (and also Google Nexus One phones) that use IPS-LCD (or Super-TFT LCD) made by Sony. They will also keep using AMOLEDs – so we’ll see two models of these phones. HTC is doing this because Samsung cannot deliver enough AMOLED phones . HTC claims that there’s no discernible difference between the LCDs and the AMOLEDs, and they are working on some prototypes that we’ll hopefully see soon. read more
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Nokia: The OLED in the N8 is better than the one used in the N86 in sunlight
Jun 17th
AllAboutSymbian has posted an interesting interview with Damian Dinning, Nokia’s Imaging Chief – talking about the upcoming N8 . He says that Nokia chose an AMOLED because of the richer colors and wide viewing angles. He also says that the new AMOLED used in the N8 is ‘definitely’ better than previous AMOLED efforts from Nokia (like the N86 and N85 ). It’s not known how it compares to Samsung’s ‘ Super AMOLED ‘. This is good news, as users of the n85 has been complaining about sunlight readability : saying it is totally useless in such situations.
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Nokia: The OLED in the N8 is better than the one used in the N86 in sunlight