This new media player available in Europe looks to have it all: beautiful 1.5" 65,000 color OLED screen, 1GB-4GB flash storage, 15 hours music playback, 3.5 hours video playback, a little over one ounce in weight, and the size of a credit credit.
It can play MP3 or WMA audio files, as well as AVI, DIVX, WMV, and ASF video files. The software included with the Asono M1 will properly convert the videos so they display perfectly.
For those over in Europe, you can pick this up starting at a mere EUR 111, or about $140 USD.

Air Products and the University of Connecticut today announced an exclusive licensing agreement under which Air Products may develop and market materials covered by the University's recently issued United States patent 7,071,289 entitled "Polymers Comprising Thieno [3,4-B] Thiophene and Methods of Making and Using the Same." The technology will help increase the lifetime of Polymer Light Emitting Diodes (P-OLEDs) for displays.

Building on the fundamental invention of poly (thieno [3,4-b] thiophene) by Professor Gregory Sotzing at the University of Connecticut, and dopant polymer technology by Air Products, the two institutions have developed Hole Injection Layer (HIL) materials for P-OLEDs which provide a dramatic increase in display lifetime compared to conventional HIL materials, without need for a costly protective interlayer.

Japanese suppliers have taken a dominant position in the fast-growing market for equipment used for manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, according to a new study from iSuppli Corp.

OLED unit sales expected to expand by a factor of 11 during the next six years, as their use expand in mobile phones, media players and other products, iSuppli predicts.

Although the outlook for OLEDs is robust, near-term sales growth is being inhibited by inadequacies in production equipment. Both technical and business issues are playing a role in slowing OLED equipment development.

A major challenge in the OLED equipment realm is a lack of standardisation. Every piece of OELD manufacturing gear is effectively custom-made-even if the manufacturer offers a set menu of features and options. This is because OLED processes vary wildly and are not optimised; panel makers need special adjustments as well as built-in flexibility for the inevitable changes that are still occurring.

UDC and Seiko Epson signed a settlement and license agreement over OLED patents and inkjet printing patent. There is not a lot of information available yet, besides the Following Form 8K:

UDC entered into a Settlement and License Agreement with Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson"). Under the terms of the agreement, the Registrant licensed one of its ink jet printing patents and certain related patent filings to Epson. Epson's license rights include the right to grant sublicenses to third parties, subject to specified limitations in the agreement. In consideration of the license, the parties resolved outstanding issues concerning the licensed patent rights and Epson agreed to pay a fixed amount to the Registrant. If, within a specified period of time, the parties enter into a broader license agreement covering other aspects of the Registrant's OLED patent portfolio, this amount is creditable against license fees and royalties payable under that broader license agreement.