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New Hybrid Material for OLED and LCD

British scientists from the University of Hull have recently developed a new type of hybrid material, which may lead to an entirely new generation of OLED- and LCD-based displays, Technology Review reports. The material contains structures known as electroluminescent liquid crystals, which are apparently able to emit...

9 November 2009
15:31 GMT

New COLED Structures Brighter than Any Others

A group of companies and research institutes has recently announced that it has obtained groundbreaking results in its attempt to find alternative replacements for incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs. By using proprietary cavity organic light-emitting diode (COLED) technology and light-emitting polymers, the eff...

29 July 2009
05:57 GMT

OCZ Officially Announces the Sabre OLED Keyboard

OCZ Technology has just announced that its Sabre OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) multimedia keyboard, which the company has showcased earlier this year at CeBIT, in Germany, is now available for computer enthusiasts worldwide. The much-anticipated keyboard will be shipped with an intelligent management applicatio...

23 June 2009
04:14 GMT

iPhone 3.0 Specs Leaked by 'Reputable' Apple Source

The people at Apple iPhone apps claim to have been contacted by a source closely connected to Apple’s hardware team, who possesses knowledge of the next-generation iPhone's specifications and release date. The source has told the iPhone fan blog that iPhone 3.0 is launching on July 17. “Recently we ...

20 May 2009
03:16 GMT

KDDI au Spring 2009 Roadmap Unveiled

Japan's KDDI au has recently unveiled its plans for the spring of this year, which include some rather appealing devices, coming with OLED displays or 8-plus-megapixel cameras, as well as a 3D display and all the wireless connectivity options anyone would wish for. The new handsets are all candybar-style phones,...

2 February 2009
05:42 GMT

Mac Keyboard with Programmable OLED Keys - Concept

Speaking of out-of-the-ordinary keyboards, Cosmo Scharf has a design of himself, but it's not a tangible one. Still, it looks interesting and useful enough to share with the likes of you. “I've been planning this for a while now, and I've finally finished,” Scharf says. “My Apple key...

19 January 2009
07:05 GMT

Apple Wants LCD Screens from LG, Signs to Get Them [UPDATED]

LG Display has struck a long-term deal with Apple to produce 15-inch LCD displays for use in its devices. LG is also displaying a new type of screen at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The 1.4 millimeters thick display may not be overlooked by Apple. LG made it official today ...

12 January 2009
03:23 GMT

CMEL Showcases 0.5 mm, 25-inch OLED Display

Without a doubt, OLED technology represents the future of displays, whether we're talking about TVs or smaller devices, like netbooks or mobile phones. For this reason, everyone's trying to get on this bandwagon, be it well-established companies (such as Samsung SDI) or more low-profile (yet equally innovat...

30 October 2008
14:21 GMT

New Samsung 0.05 mm OLED Panel "Flaps" in the Wind

As you've been able to see from our articles related to the subject of OLED panels published over time, organic light-emitting diode displays tend to get smaller and smaller, attaining levels of thickness never before thought possible. And this is also the case with the latest announcement from Samsung, regardin...

29 October 2008
07:17 GMT

Kodak Develops Green Dopant-Based OLED Material

Kodak has been quite actively involved in the development of OLED displays over the past couple of years, and the results are beginning to show as we speak. First, it launched that wireless, OLED – only digital photo frame a while back, and now it's time for yet another innovation in the field, n...

26 October 2008
22:39 GMT

LG Showcases 19-Inch OLED Display

We've talked, time and time again, about the fact that OLED technology represents the future of displays, providing high-definition, high-contrast and crystal-clear images, while at the same time requiring a lot less power than their already "classic" LCD and PDP counterparts. Some of the most important names in...

15 October 2008
04:32 GMT

Kodak Intros World's First OLED Wireless Digital Photo Frame

Kodak occupies a very important place in the history of photography, although it was caught a bit unprepared by the rapid advent of digital cameras. Nevertheless, the company is doing everything in its power to regain the lost ground, so it also got actively involved on the digital photo frame market. Actually, it�...

17 September 2008
10:01 GMT

Tiny Telescopes Could Make LCDs More Efficient

Most of the light provided by the light source posted behind liquid crystal display panels never even reaches the eyes of the viewer. Light must pass through individual pixels whose brightness levels are controlled by small liquid crystals that modify their transparency according to the electric signal input. Therefo...

23 July 2008
04:43 GMT

Art Lebedev Has New OLED Keyboard

It's always nice to have a keyboard that can provide for you more than just the basic keyboard features. However, it's not until you get to customize each and every one of keyboard's keys that you know you are dealing with one truly special product. One such product is Art Lebedev's OLED Keyboard ...

22 July 2008
13:41 GMT

Revolutionary Plastics May See Laptops Bend

When you hear 'plastic' the first thing that probably comes to your mind is 'electrical insulator'. This is perhaps because most plastics have exceptional electrical insulator properties, albeit this doesn't necessarily mean that all plastics share the same properties. It was proven some thre...

2 July 2008
03:46 GMT

Art Lebedev's Optimus Keyboard Becomes Affordable

There aren't too many users out there that will consider acquiring a desktop computer keyboard for anything above $100. Come to think of it, even this price tag is considered by many too high for a peripheral device, which should only do one thing, input commands. Still, there are a number of enthusiast users ou...

2 June 2008
03:14 GMT

Samsung Plans to Enter the Laptop Market

Samsung, one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, has unveiled the prototype of what looks like the company's first notebook. A picture showing the new product and some details regarding its technical specifications have been made public through the Korean Samsung official web page. At a first g...

20 May 2008
08:17 GMT

Samsung's Really Big 82-inch LCD

On Sunday, Samsung, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics, has showcased an ultra-high definition 82-inch liquid crystal display panel. Rated for the 120Hz television sets, the enormous LCD display has been presented at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2008 International Sympo...

19 May 2008
05:42 GMT

Art Lebedev's OLED Keyboard Gets Competition

Art Lebedev's Optimus Maximus keyboard took a couple of years to be developed, but when it was dropped on the market, it became a real success. Of course, most of its customers were high-end computer users with enough cash not to fear the $1500 price tag. It was a matter of time until other manufacturers came up...

24 April 2008
10:02 GMT

New Seal Makes OLEDs Moisture-free

Organic light emitting diodes, or OLEDs for short, are now viewed as the future of solid state displays, mostly because they are easy to manufacture and much more efficient at converting electric energy into light. Nevertheless, the OLED design is flawed by the fact that they are very susceptible to moisture, which i...

23 April 2008
10:22 GMT

Sony Shows Off Almost Paper-Thin, 0.3-mm OLED Display

Sony really took the world by storm when it launched the XEL-1 OLED-only HDTV set back in October 2007, as it offered a bit of a preview regarding the future of television. However, it looks like the Japanese company has not slowed down the research pace, since it has showcased some even more "Sci-Fi" displays at the...

17 April 2008
11:56 GMT

Analysis: New (3G) iPhone to Sport OLED Screen

A recent interview with Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney has revealed that Apple's iPhone might still be on track for receiving the OLED-treatment. Organic light-emitting diode or OLED is a new display technology said to provide higher contrast and lower power consumption, the latter being exactly what a 3G iPhone ne...

4 April 2008
02:55 GMT

Optimus Maximus' Creators are Cooking a Three-Key Keyboard

Remember the extremely beautiful and expensive keyboard from the Art Lebedev Studios? The glittering OLED-enabled keyboard has been delayed much more times than all the AMD products together, not to mention that the users who had pre-ordered it in the past are still waiting for their beloved unit.Many things changed ...

11 March 2008
10:15 GMT

CeBIT 2008: The World's Largest LCD TV On Display

When it comes to displays, Samsung is a true wizard, and succeeded once again in drawing everybody's attention to its booth. In fact, it was not that hard, given the fact that it showcased its LCD TV behemoths, a series of products the company touts as being world's largest LCD displays ever.The 7th generat...

10 March 2008
07:34 GMT

CeBIT 2008: Hands On with The Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard

This year's CeBIT is full of surprises, as its numerous halls and booths are filled up with the most advanced technology available on the market to date. And one such surprise has been the Optimus Maximus, the famous OLED-based keyboard which has made so many people dream and drool since its announcement. The ke...

5 March 2008
11:43 GMT

What About an Optimus Maximus Keyboard For Notebooks?

The Optimus Maximus keyboard has finally arrived on the market, although it is still limited in units. Despite its being one of the most expensive pieces of hardware at the moment, its artistic impression manages to compensate for its bulky price tag. User feedback shows that it feels and looks good on the desktop, b...

4 March 2008
03:15 GMT

Sony to Invest $200 Million in Large OLED Display Screens

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screens are becoming more and more popular with worldwide consumers, and the increased adoption rate made them extremely affordable. However, the new OLED technology is here, and Sony plans to develop and promote it to make it as successful as LCD displays.The conglomerate is mostly conce...

20 February 2008
03:35 GMT

Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard Sold Online for Fabulous Price

The Optimus Maximus OLED-enabled computer keyboard has quite a history. The glittering keyboard is more than a useful and common peripheral, it is a collector's item and it's extremely difficult to grab an unit unless you queue for it.The project has been announced back in 2005. The Art Lebedev Studios esti...

12 February 2008
04:37 GMT

Nokia Enriches Prism Collection: Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism

After recently revealing two under 100 USD handsets, Nokia announces its latest addition to the Prism Collection, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism. Opposite to the earlier mentioned low-end phones, Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism is aimed at design-conscious consumers. With its seamless diamond-cut design with a crystal center ...

23 January 2008
04:17 GMT

CES 2008: Optimus Maximus Keyboards Will Arrive In February

Rumors about Art Lebedev's Optimus Maximus OLED-based keyboard have started to emerge back in 2005. Its design has undergone plenty of changes since then, and has been repeatedly delayed. The functional principle is simple: an OLED screen is placed under each keycap, so the key symbol can be instantly morphed th...

8 January 2008
04:22 GMT

Optimus Maximus Firmware, Pushed Back to February 2008

The Optimus Maximus glittering keyboard was the main attraction in the peripherals' world this year. It was way more expensive than a professional, state-of-the-art gaming keyboard; in fact, its price was more suitable for a whole high-performance computing system or a fancy mobile phone than for a shiny keyboar...

27 December 2007
10:15 GMT

Thomson's Mysterious PMP Strips Off Touchscreen!

I can't believe my eyes! Just when I though touch screen mania was more contagious than ever, somebody does this brave gesture and designs a glossy portable media player with...analog controls? Well, I said somebody, not anybody, as Thomson itself is the maker behind this chic PMP concept. However, for whom it m...

10 December 2007
12:26 GMT

Samsung Revealed Its First Handset with AM-OLED Display

Samsung, the South Korean electronics manufacturer, revealed its first mobile phone to incorporate AM-OLED technology, the W2400 Special Edition, equipped with an SDI 2.2 inch screen. According to Samsung officials, only 1,000 units of the W2400 Special Edition are made available as of November 30, so those who want ...

6 December 2007
07:17 GMT

How 'Minimus' Can Optimus Maximus Go?

The Optimus Maximus keyboard is already out on the market and available for purchase. It was high time for that since Artemy Lebedev kept his customers in the dark since August. What keeps people from embracing the Maximus keyboard is, of course, the maximum price. Well, $1500 keyboard is a little bit too expensive f...

28 November 2007
09:59 GMT

Optimus Maximus Finally Available

Despite the fact that Optimus Maximus keyboard was not to be seen at CeBIT, as Art Lebedev said it wasn't ready yet, things seem to be just fine with the production. The OLED keyboard was displayed at the Wired Store in New York in a fully operational form. The Optimus blog makes sure that people stay up to date...

23 November 2007
03:22 GMT

Sony's OLED TVs Just in Japan for Now! Only 2000 Units are Available

Although OLED displays have been used mostly in the case of portable devices up until recently, they're slowly emerging as the most likely solution for future TVs and monitors and some pretty good competitors for current LCDs. And the Japanese company Sony has already taken the first steps in this direction, lau...

21 November 2007
13:11 GMT

Samsung Brings Breakthrough OLED Display

Samsung will start mass production of Active Matrix OLED displays for mobile phones and other handheld devices. In no time, it will be available for mobile phones as well and even become a standard feature. Samsung's new AMOLED display supports QVGA resolutions of 240 x 320 pixels and is also capable of producin...

9 November 2007
03:21 GMT

The Optimus Maximus Keyboard Goes For Under $500, Will Be Software-Crippled

As things usually tend to happen with an over-hyped product, it seems that the truth about the famous Optimus Maximus keyboard is a bit different (and quite disappointing) from what the people over at Art Lebedev have been touting up until recently. Thus, according to a post on the company's official blog, the R...

6 November 2007
12:51 GMT

Optimus Maximus Coming Our Way

Remember Optimus Maximus? The thing that made lots of people drool and watch their keyboard turn red of shame? The keyboard that got sold out in pre-order phase? As X-bit Labs discovered, Optimus attended a live demo in Moscow, a demo where everyone had a chance to touch it and press a button or two. Actually, the pi...

31 October 2007
15:46 GMT

Samsung OLED Roadmap Reveals 42-Inch Full HD Displays to Arrive In....2010

OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology is considered to be the most promising solution for the future of displays, as it requires considerably less power than other types of displays, not to mention the very vivid colors and high versatility. This is the reason why an increasingly higher number of manufacture...

30 October 2007
11:26 GMT

Sony Intros Its First OLED TV - 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio

While OLED displays were found up until now typically in various handheld devices, it would seem that the age of OLED TVs is finally here, as Sony has announced the Japanese release of its first device of this type, dubbed XEL-1, a TV set that, despite boasting a relatively small size (just 11 inches in diagonal), pr...

1 October 2007
10:06 GMT

Kenwood Releases Funky Media Keg Players!

Kenwood has just announced two brand new media players from its already popular Media Keg series. The new comers were immediately codenamed M2GD55/M1GD55 and M2GD50/M1GD50. Both portable devices were given decent internal memory capacities of 1GB, 2GB respectively. They feature the same rather old-fashioned monochrom...

28 September 2007
10:31 GMT

The Inflating Flashbag

Ladies, meet the USB flash drive handbag. Go ahead, don't be afraid! You can finally indulge in your old passion for bags, while operating on your laptop or PC.The smart man who came up with this idea is the Russian designer Dima Komissarov. He is the creator of the Flashbag and Remobeads, among other impressive...

14 June 2007
04:58 GMT

Transparent Transistors Made from Nanowires

Organic light has fascinated mankind for centuries and the quest to replicate nature's engineering abilities has preoccupied many scientists. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is any light-emitting diode (LED) whose emissive electroluminescent layer comprises a film of organic compounds. The layer usually ...

4 June 2007
10:41 GMT

The MuStick Car A200 Mp3 Player Tunes In the Traffic Jam

Netac Technology has recently announced the launching of MuStik Car A200 MP3 player, which brings closer seamless connection to Car Audio System, Outside or Home Entertainment System. The latest trend in the car music fashion are the portable funky designed items, which cannot be stolen as they can be easily hidden ...

4 June 2007
04:00 GMT

Thinnest Video Display Ever - by Sony

The electronics industry is involved in a continuous race to make today's TV screens and cell phones more efficient, cheaper and of a higher quality. The race for developing the thinnest video display ever seems to have a winner. Sony just presented a paper-thin video display that bends like paper while showing...

28 May 2007
02:49 GMT

BT S200 Bluetooth Hands-free Kit

Here's an assertion you probably agree on: a Bluetooth hands-free device is as good as having your personal assistant in the car. So, if you are looking to experience safe driving while talking on your cellphone (or the other way around), you'll probably be interested in adding some Bluetooth Hands-free to ...

27 April 2007
05:02 GMT

Clothing and Packages Will Soon Have Electronic Displays

Electroluminescence in organic materials was first produced in the 60s by applying a high-voltage alternating current (AC) field to crystalline thin films of acridine orange and quinacrine.An international research project has begun that could help bring to mass-market organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), which c...

17 April 2007
08:44 GMT

Sony's OLED TVs Will Be Just 3mm Thick (heh?)

Super-skinny high-resolution TVs are Sony's fixed goal. During the last years, the Japanese company tried hard to put mostly good tech inside TV "boxes" in order to make them look better than the ordinary bulky TV sets. And listen to this. After presumably 5 years of hard work, they're announcing the slimme...

12 April 2007
11:46 GMT

LG and Philips, the Beginning of a Beautiful Partnership

Who said that setting trends should only concern the fashion industry? Everybody is used to seeing fashion trends getting started by pop icons and the likes and then, the next day, everybody is wearing their idea of what "cool" means. Well, the computer industry is undergoing a series of changes by morphing into some...

16 March 2007
09:30 GMT


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