OLED devices - Page 35

There are new rumors that Apple are considering using OLED displays in an upcoming Netbook.

Apple are looking to enter the netbook market - using a touchscreen device, that may or may not have a keyboard (in which case it will be a high-end iPod touch). The main issue is obviously the price of the OLED panels. Apple are reportedly talking to Sony about using their OLED displays.

It seems like the old Apple OLED rumors will never die... In any case this new device is slated to be released towards the end of 2009 - so we've got some time to wait...

Sony has released the full spec of the 'X' series OLED walkman.

It will play MP3, WMA and AAC files (up to 320kbps). It supports videos in formats MPEG4, H.264 and WAV. Interestingly the screen itself is 432x240, but the video formats will only support 320x240. That's strange. 

The player also has an FM radio, Wi-Fi (802.11g/b). Sony claims 33 hours of music playing and 9 hours of video watching.

The Samsung Omnia HD is a great looking phone, with a HSDPA touchscreen 3.7" AMOLED (360x640). It has a 8mp camera, and can take HD videos.

Samsung i8910 HD phone

Now samsung wants 50 people to be Samsung ambassadors - get this phone before anyone else, and tell the world in your blog or videos. There are also some 'missions' that Samsung will ask you to do, and even invite you to their UK office.

You can send your entries by March 27th. I already sent mine ;-)

ASUS' CEO said that they are considering an OLED display for the next generation Eee computers.

Today's Eee devices come in 7", 9" and 10" displays sizes. I'm guessing that they will start with the smaller screen sizes for the OLED displays. Just last month we published an OLED-in-laptop poll, and it seems that people are willing to pay extra for an OLED display (and to gain quality, thinness and battery life).

This will not be the first PC to sport an OLED, that honour goes to the OQO Model 02+, but the display on that computer is only 5". 

Update: The picture frame costed 795$ over at Amazon.com, but they are now out of stock.

The price of the Kodak 7.6" OLED photo frame keeps falling... it started out at 999$ (back in December 2008), then at January it was 856$, and then you could get it for 776$ at TheNerds. They even offered 9$ by using the FEB09 coupon (till end of February, just follow the previous link and claim your coupon). The price is lower now at Amazon.com as well - 795$.

Kodak wireless OLED picture frame

Why is the price falling so faster? It might be that Kodak is finding it very difficult to actually sell those frames at such a high price. Or perhaps CMEL are pricing the 7.6" OLED panels lower now.

The Sony X walkman is now available to pre-order at amazon.co.uk, for 216 GBP - the 16GB version. The 32GB version will cost 283GBP.

Sony NWZ X1000 Walkman

Samsung has officially announced the TL320 digital camera we spotted at Amazon a couple of days ago. It has a 3" AMOLED display, Half-VGA with 460K pixels. This is the largest OLED display on a camera yet.

It seems like Samsung are heavily into those small OLED displays - we've seen several phones and this camera all announced within a week. It'll be interesting to see if other companies will hurry to put the displays in their own gadgets too.

It seems that Samsung is about to release a new 12MP digital camera with a large (3") OLED display - the T320.

Samsung T320 digital camera

The TL320 has 5x Schneider Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Zoom. We found the camera over at Amazon.com, it lists for 330$, but not yet available. No official news from Samsung yet...

UPDATE: Amazon removed the link now - guess it was too early a leak...

UPDATE II: Samsung officially released the TL320, and Amazon put it back on.

Nokia has officially launched the N86, with the 2.6" OLED. It also includes a 8Mp camera, dual-LED flash, 8GB of storage, TV-out, microSD slot, Nokia Maps and Ovi integration. The phone will be released in Q2 2009 in Europe for 375euro (before subsidies).

Nokia N86

Engadget says that the Screen is considerably brighter than the iPhone's... They claim "another win for OLED!". They also posted a hands-on video.

It is rumored that Nokia will soon (perhaps today) announce a new 8 megapixel phone, the N86. Beside the cool camera it will have dual-LED flash, Symbian S60 OS, 8GB of memory and a 2.7" OLED display.

We'll keep you updated of course...