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Taiwan’s government wants to help AUO and CMI shift to OLED production
Nov 22nd
Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Shih Yen-shiang says that the local display makers need to work together to deal with weak consumer demand and rising competition. Shih especially wants to help Taiwan’s largest display makers – AUO and Chimei Innolux. The MOEA is already in talks with the two companies to help them shift towards OLED production. The government wants to invest money from its National Development Fund (NDF). AUO transparent OLED prototype Back in August it was reported that Taiwan’s government wants to establish an AMOLED R&D alliance and that AU Optronics (AUO) has volunteered for the plan. AUO was facing technical issues which forced them to delay OLED production , but now the company is already shipping 4″ AMOLED samples and mass production will begin in Q2 2012 . CMI is facing both technical and financial problems and their OLED plans aren’t clear . read more
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Analyst: Apple and Sharp to jointly develop iPhone and iPad OLED panels within 1-2 years
Nov 22nd
Peter Misek, an analyst at Jefferies says that he believes that Apple decided to buy iPad 3, iPhone 5 and TV display panels from Sharp. At first these will be IGZO based LCDs – which will be brighter, clearer, thinner and more efficient than existing LCDs. But Misek also believes that Sharp and Apple will jointly develop OLED displays (probably IGZO based as well) within 1-2 years which will be used in future iPhone and iPad generations. OLED TV panels aren’t expected until 2015. Misek says that the two companies are working towards a new printing technology for producing these small/medium OLED panels – and that a pilot line will be in place by middle 2012 for testing purposes. Full production will be possible in 2013. The new technology, according to Misek, is a combination of inkjet printing and a daisy wheel. The daisy wheel is an impact printing technology and I’m not sure how it relates to OLEDs. read more
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Samsung and LG to introduce 55" OLED TVs at CES 2012, products shipping in July 2011
Nov 21st
According to reports both Samsung and LG Display plan to introduce 55″ OLED TVs at CES 2012 (January 10). This is not surprising as this was announced before . According to the new reports, both companies want to introduce the products before the 2012 Olympics (which is a big event towards which many consumers buy a new TV) – which means we can expect those OLED TVs shipping at around July 2011. LG OLED TV prototype The same reports re-iterates the old rumors regarding an Apple OLED TV . I’m still skeptical on this because in 2012 OLED TV capacity will be low (LG for example says it will be able to produce around 30,000 panels per month ) – not enough for Apple. Samsung will also be producing their large panels in a pilot line and will not be able to mass produce these panels. read more
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Is Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 coming soon to the US?
Nov 17th
We haven’t heard anything regarding Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 since they announced it back in September – so it’s good to hear that the Super AMOLED plus packing Tablet has arrived at the FCC for testing and approval. We still do not have any release date (or price information, for that matter) and hopefully this means that the Tab 7.7 is coming soon. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the world’s first tablet with an OLED display, a 7.7″ Super AMOLED Plus panel, offering 1280×800 resolution. Other specs include Android v2.3, Dual-core 1.4 Ghz processor, HSPA+ radio, 16GB to 64GB internal storage and a microSD slot, Wi-Fi, GPS and two cameras (3MP and 2MP). read more
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New Lumiblades coming to OLED-Info soon
Nov 17th
Philips were the first company to release sample OLED panels, back in April 2009 . In May 2009 they sent us a few Lumiblade panels for a review . Now I’m happy to report that they will send us new Lumiblades for a 2nd review shortly. These will be larger panels and it’ll be interesting to see how they compare with panels from Lumiotec , Osram and Blackbody . Philips also released a new video showing their OLEDs (see above). You can see the Edge and O’Leaf OLED lamps, the Mimosa Installation and the Living Shapes OLED wall .
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OLED buttons in casino slot machine goes through vigorous testing
Nov 17th
Here’s something completely different… check out this 13-minute (!) video showing heavy testing of OLED buttons in a WMS slot machine. The tests include fast pressing, dropping objects on the buttons, static electricity and liquid pouring (from a Vodka button and a martini glass):
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Japan Display to accelerate OLED mass production
Nov 15th
There are reports that Japan Display (the new small/medium display maker that merged Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba’s businesses ) plans to accelerate OLED mass production. They plan to invest $1.3 billion in OLED R&D (which probably includes pilot production plants), and later on invest a further $1.4 billion towards mass production. We don’t know when they actually plan to start producing panels. Back in September, when Japan Display was just formed, representatives from Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba said that they certainly consider OLEDs to be the ‘core technology’ of the next generation small size and medium size displays , and will invest in OLED R&D. It’s good to hear that now they are accelerating those plans. read more
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Motorola’s Droid RAZR now shipping
Nov 11th
Motorola’s Droid RAZR is now shipping – starting at $111 (with a Verizon contract). The Droid RAZR is an LTE Android smartphone with a 4.3″ qHD (960×540) Super AMOLED Advanced display. Other features include Gorilla Glass, a dual-core 1.2Ghz CPU, 8mp camera capable of Full-HD video, 1GB RAM, 16GB of flash memory (and a microSD slot). The RAZR is very thin at 7.1mm.
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HTC to use AMOLED in their phones again?
Nov 10th
There are reports that HTC is preparing a new Android smartphone – which will come with a 4.3″ qHD Super AMOLED display (which seems to be the same one used in Motorola’s Droid RAZR ). This will be HTC’s first OLED phone since they switched back to LCD in June 2010 due to Samsung’s AMOLED supply issues . It’s great to see HTC back into OLEDs… The new handset (codename Ville) will sport a new UI (Sense 4.0), a 1.5Ghz dual-core processor and an 8mp camera (1080p video support). HTC will announce the Ville during MWC 2012 and release it in April 2012. read more
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Blackbody V-LUX OLED desk lamp hands on review
Nov 7th
Blackbody announced their new Smart OLED lamp family back in September 2011, and they kindly sent us a V-LUX OLED desk lamp for a review. The V-LUX is an OLED desk lamp with two long rectangular OLED panels, designed by Bertrand’s ID Medas. The V-LUX comes in 4 colors – gray, red, black and white – they sent me the black one. Each OLED panel is 100 cm 2 in size, has a color rendering index of 80 and a color temperature of 3200K. The V-LUX consumes 2.8 W and its size is 35 (H) x 25 (W) x 46 (L) cm. The price is €572, you can buy it online here . read more