Samsung are very bullish on OLEDs, and this month has been no exception. Beside building a $2.2 billion Gen-5.5 OLED plant, Samsung now tells us that they have plans to build a Gen 8 production line for OLED TVs. They say that OLED will be the "dominant technology in next-generation TVs by 2015", and will be the ultimate 3D TVs. They haven't made any real commitment to the new plant yet, but it's good to hear of those plans. Samsung also aims to double their AMOLED's efficiency, lifetime and power consumption in the near future, and to launch new unbreakable AMOLEDs on a plastic substrate within two years.

Samsung's Galaxy S phone is proving to be very popular - they have sold over a million phones globally in just 3 weeks. They have also sold over a million Wave phones so far. Samsung aims to sell 10 million Galaxy S phones in total.

Sony is also optimistic about 3D OLEDs. They solution engineering VP say that 3D 3D TV could become an important market for OLED displays. Active-Shutter 3D needs double the refresh rate (because it alternates between the two eyes), so 120fps needs a 240Hz TV - or higher. At these rates, OLEDs are easier to use. OLED displays also offer less crossover between the stereo images. Sony are looking into OLEDs, and are still enthusiastic about the technology but are not yet committed to OLEDs as the technology of choice for long-term 3D displays.

LG have already committed $225 million for 3 new Gen-4 AMOLED lines, to go online in 2011. Now we hear that LG also has plans for a new plant in 2012, which will be a Gen-5.5 one. This can be used for large panels (up to 50"), although LG Display's CEO was quoted saying that OLEDs will only be competitive with LCDs in 2014, and LG will only mass produce them at that time.

GE and Konica Minolta announced a major breakthrough in white OLEDs: an efficient 56Lm/w flexible white OLED that is made using solution-coatable materials in a roll-to-roll printing process. The materials have "commercially viable lifetime" (we do not know exactly what they mean by that). GE and Konica Minolta plan to introduce their flexible OLED lighting products next year (2011).

Blackbody has announced a new lamp, the MGR, which uses 48 white and 24 red OLEDs. The overall active OLED area is 6.480 sqcm, and the lamp fills a volume of 2.90m x 0.85m x 0.70m.