OLED-Info newsletter, April 2009

Published: Thu, 04/02/09

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4th edition, April 2009

 

 
The two sides of Samsung
 

Samsung is a large company, and currently we hear two different opinions from it - about OLEDs. On one hand, they seem to be very enthusiastic about small OLEDs. In the past months we saw several new handsets with relatively large (2.8"-3.7") AMOLEDs, and a digital camera too. In fact Samsung says that half of their new touch-phones in 2009 will have AMOLEDs. Samsung also made comments that OLED for laptops will be ready by 2009, and flexible ones by 2010.

Their VP of flat-panel displays, seems to think differently. They still have issues to overcome with OLED TVs, and it won't be soon - probably 5 more years.

So who is right? I think that if Samsung can make medium size displays for laptops (11"-14") in 2009 then small-sized TVs (~30") will arrive sooner than 2014. I think that if Samsung sees customer reaction to the small AMOLEDs, it will encourage them to make the large investment needed for larger displays .



 
New OLED contest: Win a Kodak OLED photo frame!
 

Would you like to win a Kodak OLED wireless photo frame (worth around 800$)? We'd love to give one for you... and we will give one of those uber-cool OLED gadgets to the winner of our contest!

The Kodak photo frame has a 7.6" AMOLED display, 800x480 resolution and a contrast ratio of 30,000:1 (made by CMEL). It has built-in Wi-Fi, 2GB of storage and accepts USB drives or memory cards. It's a great looking display - the best place for your photos!

It's easy to join our contest - here are the details



 
OLED lighting spotlight
 

OLED lighting seems to be heating up - unlike the panels themselves... :-)

A few weeks ago, Lumiotec and Panasonic both showed new white OLED prototypes. Philips have shown interesting new transparent OLED panels. In fact Philips are supposed to have commercial products by the end of the year.

A few days ago we learned that Modistech from Korea are working on OLED lighting - and plan to have flexible panels out by 2011.

According to DisplaySearch, OLED lighting will take off in 2011, and reach 6B$ in revenue by 2018. OLED-Info readers can get5% discount on their OLED reports!



 
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Top OLED News
 
LG to increase OLED spending
LG is increasing their R&D spending by 25%, will focus on several new technologies including AMOLEDs.

PNNL scientists develop efficient Blue OLEDs
They claim the new materials are at least 25% more efficient.

Toshiba takes hold of TMDisplay
Toshiba announced it will buy Panasonic's stake in TMDisplay. The company will focus on OLEDs.

Eee PC with an OLED?
ASUS' CEO says they are considering an OLED for their next generation Eee PC...

UDC - All AMOLEDs use our tech
Universal display says that virtually all AMOLEDs on the market use their technology.

Apple OLED gadgets coming?
We're hearing more and more rumours about an alleged LG-Apple deal to supply OLEDs for iPhones, iPods and Netbooks.
 
New OLED Gadgets
 
Samsung A877 impression
QWERTY slider with a 3.2" AMOLED, announced for AT&T

Samsung Lucido (S7220)
Mid-Range candybar phone with a 2.2" AMOLED.

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