OLED devices - Page 39

Last month we reported that the Cowon S9 will be available in December in the US - but now it seems that Cowon is delaying the launch because of problems in production. In Korea they still hope to ship it in December.

The S9 curve has a touchscreen 3.3" (480x272) AMOLED display. It also

has a 500Mhz dual-core CPU, bluetooth, FM radio, TV out and a USB2

connector. In korea it has a T-DMB, but this won't work in the US.

CNet has posted a video interview of Kodak's OLED Wireless Digital Photo Frame, saying that the OLED display offers brilliant color and a sharp image. Update: The video is no longer available.

The 7.6" AMOLED panel offers 800x480 resolution, white to black contrast ratio of 30,000:1. It is made by CMEL.

At the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), several companies show products that use eMagin's OLED microdisplays.

Intevac Vision Systems (IVS) shows a near eye displays, bonicoluars with microdisplays, and a monocular product. NVIS are showing a hand-held display, while Rockwell are showing a transparent microviewer designed for remote viewing. 

Sensics are also showing new head-mounted displays. The xSight is using 12 of eMagin's 3D OLED-XL displays, and delivers a 123 panormaic field of view, with 1680x1050 pixels per eye. There's also an OEM version.

All in all there are 9 products that use eMagin's OLEDs.

Cowon say that the S9 Curve will be available in the US in december. The S9 curve has a touchscreen 3.3" (480x272) AMOLED display. It also has a 500Mhz dual-core CPU, bluetooth, FM radio, TV out and a USB2 connector. In korea it has a T-DMB, but this won't work in the US.

Lexus just launched the new 2010 RX car. The main upgrades are in efficiency, power and 'technology features'.

One of those is a white OLED with multi-function information, supplementing the main 8" Navigation display.

More information about OLEDs in cars here

Art.Lebedev have released the price tag for the Aux OLED Keyboard (with 15 OLED keys) - 650$. It's very expensive - like other Art.Lebedev OLED keyboards. 

MicroEmissive Displays (MED) just announced that the Vuzix AV230XL Headset announced a few days ago uses their EyeScreen P-OLED Microdisplays. The Tiny OLED Microdisplays bring large-TV like experience with the headset (like watching a 44" TV, actually).

The AV230XL is a video headset, designed to be used with many kinds of devices - from A/V players like the iPod to game consoles and mobile phones.

The iRiver SPINN is rather new, but already iRiver are lowering the prices.The 4GB was sold for 250$, while the 8GB went for 290$.Now the 4GB is just 190$, and the 8GB version is at 229$.

As a reminder, the SPINN has a 3.2" AMOLED (480x372).

Earlier this month, KDDI showed a 3.1" WVGA (480x800) AMOLED, made by samsung. They said these will appear shortly, and today they announced two new phones with this display, both in the 'au' range - the KDDI W63H (Hitachi) and W63CA (Casio).

It seems like larger-sized AMOLEDs are finally getting into mass-market products, as in the last few weeks we have seen several A/V players and mobile phones with 3"+ OLED displays, for example the Cowon S9 Curve, the LG SU100, the Zeiss Photoscope 85 T* FL, and of course Kodak's 7" AMOLED photo frame.

We've just got word from an OLED world-wide reseller that we're in touch with - and they got 7.6" AMOLED panels (CMEL) on sale - in fact they are shipping evaluation samples. The displays go 16:9 aspect ratio,
800x480 resolution and white to black contrast ratio of 30,000:1.

If anyone is interested in more information about these panels, please contact me here.