The Sony Ericsson Kurara: 720p Recording+AMOLED screen=Hot

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I'm currently in a commited relationship with my Android smartphone, but that doesn't mean I have to stop looking at other devices. Some of them I might even want to oggle lecherously while sweating and mumbling under my breath. That might make me sound like a bit of a freak, but the Ericsson Kurara really does look that hot.

This new smartphone was leaked out on an Ericsson fan forum and brought into the English-speaking blogosphere by Boy Genius. As best we can tell, the Kurara is an S60-running smartphone with an 8.1 MP camera, like the Rachel. Unlike the Rachel, the Kurara's camera is supposed to be able to record in 720p HD. The Kurara is also rumored to pack an AMOLED screen, although that's impossible to confirm with the photos we have.

Posted on Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:06:17 CST | by Robert Evans

The Waiting Game: OLED Cheaper Than LCD By 2016

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Early-adopters are people who don't mind being screwed on cost. They're fine picking up a $2000 television that'll be worth half that much in six months time, as long as they can claim to be ahead of the curve. I bought my G1 last year knowing full well that, within a few months, my mobile would be outstripped by every other smartphone on the market. It was worth it to be one of the first Android users.

For people who don't care about nerd bragging rights, it's important to know when the latest and greatest will be cheap and effective enough to be a worthwhile buy. Take OLED technology, for instance. While tech geeks might be cool with dropping thousands of dollars on a 15” monitor, normal people would rather get a 50” LCD screen instead. OLED just isn't cheap enough to be a viable choice for most folks, but the day when it will be is coming up.

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:32:12 CDT | by Robert Evans

Samsung Says OLED To Compete With LCD In 40 to 50-inch TV Segment in 4-5 Years

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OLED TVs are still far from being widely available. Samsung's President Kim predicts though that OLED TVs will be able to compete with LCD technology in 40 and 50-inch sizes in 4-5 years.

Today OLED only thrives in small screen devices like mobile phones. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Moment Android OLED Slider Hitting Sprint

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Samsung really has a thing for AMOLED screens these days. That's a trend I wish the other handset manufacturers would pick up on. Earlier today, Sammy sent out a press release about their new line of AMOLED smartphones. As Engadget notes, they accidentally let news about their latest Android handset slip in that release.

The Samsung Moment, apparently bound for Sprint, packs a 3.2" AMOLED touchscreen, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, an 800 MHz processor, WiFi, GPS, a 3.2 MP camera/camcorder, and stereo Bluetooth. Pretty hot, if you ask me.

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:52:24 CDT | by Robert Evans

Sony Shows Notebook With Bendable OLED Display At CEATEC 2009

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The CEATEC in Japan is always a playground for advanced prototypes. Bendable OLED Displays have been the topic of prototypes for a couple of years now. Sony shows at the CEATEC 2009 a nice design of a notebook that only has a bendable OLED display inside the covers.
This design would of course be ideal for the implementation of the Microsoft Courier dual screen Tablet concept. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 04:45:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Behold II OLED Android Phone Announced On T-Mobile

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Samsung and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Behold II powered by Android. The Behold 2 was already rumored back in July.
The Samsung Behold II is a full touch-screen phone running on Android with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface.

Features of the Samsung Behold II include a 3.2-inch OLED screen, 5MP camera, microSD card slot, and Wi-fi. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 01:16:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 AMOLED Phone Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Samsung Rogue SCH-U960 touchscreen phone available on Verizon Wireless. Is the OLED screen the only highlight?
Quote from the review: "Of the plethora of cellular handsets that manufacturer Samsung is releasing this fall, the Rogue is one of the few that offers a brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display. While it isn’t a smartphone by traditional definitions, shoppers shouldn’t be overly worried, though. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony NW-A840 Walkman with 64GB And OLED Screen Debuts

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Sony unveiled the new Sony NW-A840 Walkman player series in Japan with NW-A847, NW-A846 and NW-A845.
The new Sony NW-A840 features a 2.8 inch OLED screen and a thin design at only 7.2mm.
The top model NW-A847 has 64GB storage like the new iPod touch 64GB. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:53:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung OLED Laptop, Q3 2010?

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Yesterday, after showing off their new X-series of laptops, Samsung got to bragging about their plans for 2010. As it turns out, they've got something in development that will blow their X3 out of the water. According to Gizmodo, a Samsung spokesman confirmed that his company would be releasing an OLED laptop near the end of 2010, perhaps in Q3.

Posted on Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:10:16 CDT | by Robert Evans

LG: 32" OLED TV in 2010, 15" OLED TV in December

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OLED screens are one of the coolest technologies in development. We're just now reaching the point where they're starting to be feasible for smaller screens on media players and smartphones. A few monitors, including a 15" one from LG, have been released, but the cost of those is a little panic-inducing. The high expense of the technology lead us to believe that LG would be holding off from releasing any larger OLED products for a while.

According to techradar though, that simply isn't true. At the IFA conference today an LG spokesman confirmed that a 32" OLED TV would debut in 2010. Apparently the electronics manufacturer is very close to putting their 32" TV into production. It will go on sale first in Europe.

Posted on Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:11:02 CDT | by Robert Evans

LG 15-inch AM OLED TV Debuts at IFA 2009

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The word about the new LG 15" OLED TV already appeared on Saturday. Now LG officially announced this new largest OLED TV that will be commercially available. LG will debut the 15-inch OLED TV at the IFA 2009 later this week.
LG also announced to start selling the 15 inch OLED TV starting in November in Korea. Next year LG also plans to offer their first OLED TV in other markets. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:20:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG 15-inch OLED Screen Coming

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Ladies and gentlemen, I think I'm in love. LG has loaded up a bunch of photos of their new OLED monitor on Flickr, and Engadget has the info on its launch. This gorgeous 15" screen is probably the single most decadent piece of hardware I've seen in my life. OLED screens are droolworthy on something as tiny as a Zune HD. On a full monitor, they're mind-blowing.

These new monitors will see a full launch in December. Price has not yet been announced, but I think we can expect it to be pretty excessive. Sony's 11" OLED XEL-1 costs a hefty $2500, and I'd be surprised if this LG monitor wasn't over $3000. That said, I'll be incredibly happy if I end up being wrong about that.

Posted on Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

iBuyPower unleashes super-cooled Paladin XLC

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iBUYPOWER announced the super-cooled Paladin XLC line of gaming PCs. iBUYPOWER outfitted each system with Asetek’s 240mm radiator liquid cooling solution to keep the Paladin XLC running long and cool.
The double-sized radiator is paired with two 230mm fans, which turn at a virtually noiseless 800RPM.
The three configurations each feature an Intel Core i7 processor, 6 GB or more of DDR3 memory, and at least a terabyte of storage space.
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Posted on Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony OLED X Series Walkman available for Pre-order on Amazon

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Oh me, oh my, I think I'm in love. Check out this gorgeous Sony OLED Walkman and tell me that the digital age isn't the best thing since sliced bread.

If you want to get a new Walkman you'll have your choice of the 16 GB version for $299.99 or the 32 GB version for $399.99. Both versions of a 3" OLED screen, WiFi capability, and the ability to play 33 hours of music or 9 hours of video off of a full battery charge.

Posted on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Lenovo maybe releasing T500 Notebook with 15 inch OLED Display

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OLED Displays are just getting common on mobile phones, but still lack broader adoption on other devices requiring larger screen sizes.
The over priced 11-inch Sony OLED TV is still the only commercially available "large screen" OLED device. According to ComputerWorld (via Oled-Info) Lenovo is thinking about releasing a Lenovo T500 notebook with a 15 inch OLED screen.
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Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iPhone 2009 Highlight could be OLED Screen

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As reported last week, the new iPhone 2009 is most likely keeping the current iPhone 3G design and is just increasing performance in the CPU, RAM, Camera and possibly 3G performance (HSDPA) areas. It is pretty much sure at this point that the new iPhone will have a compass and a 32GB storage option.

Last week a widely linked new iPhone rumor from AppleiPhoneApps.com suggested there would be an OLED screen for the new iPhone. If the rumor is true, the OLED screen could be the central highlight of the new iPhone. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 May 2009 11:42:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New rubber OLED can be folded 1,000 times

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The team around Takao Someya, professor of electronic engineering at the University of Tokyo developed a new OLED technology that can be bent like rubber.
Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology is bringing pixel based displays to all kinds of interesting materials. We have already seen bendable, ultra-thin and transparent OLED displays. The new OLED from Japan can stretch and deform like rubber.
The current prototype display is 100m2 with a resolution of 256 monochrome pixels. The display can apparently be folded a thousand times without a decline in quality. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 May 2009 07:26:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Panasonic to make Super-Thin OLED TVs with new Partner

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Panasonic partners with Sumitomo Chemical to develop super-thin OLED TV panels.
According to Nikkei News, Panasonic and Sumitomo aim to develop 40 inch OLED TVs by 2010.
OLED TV development is a drag apparently. The 11-inch Sony OLED TV XEL-1 is still the only commercially available OLED TV and it is just too small and too expensive to be taken seriously. Sony is rumored to unveil a 21 or 27 inch OLED TV XEL-2 at the IFA 2009. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 May 2009 01:42:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Omnia Pro with OLED Touchscreen and QWERTY rumored

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Is Samsung going to release a new Omnia with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and OLED screen? According to a story on Italian HDblog the Samsung Omnia Pro would have this dramatic evolution. The photo is an artist rendition how the Omnia Pro would look given the slide-out keyboard rumor is true.

Features of the Samsung Omnia Pro include 3.5 inch OLED touchscreen with WVGA resolution and 5MP camera. Samsung would still ship the Omnia Pro with Windows Mobile 6.1, but customers can upgrade to the new Windows Mobile 6.5. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:39:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony rumored to show XEL-2 OLED TV at IFA 2009

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Sony was the first company to offer a commercially available OLED TV with the XEL-1 back in October 2007. The Sony XEL-1 only has a screen-size of 11 inches and is more or less just an expensive executive desk decoration ($2,499 on Amazon).

OLED-Info picked up a short mentioning of Sony and Samsung unveiling larger OLED TVs at the IFA 2009 in September in Berlin in an article on The Korea Times. Sony is possibly unveiling a 21 or 27 inch XEL-2 OLED TV. Read more

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ZuneHD rumored to feature Multi-touch OLED Screen

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The Zune HD or ZuneHD appeared last Friday. WMPowerUser has published a new photo of what is supposed the ZuneHD. The image is showing the same design as the image featured last week, but in more detail.
If the new ZuneHD does look this cool it might have a chance to win some market share from Apple.
Some additional details came along with the new ZuneHD photo. Apparently the ZuneHD will have a capacitive multi-touch OLED screen. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:23:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr