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Art Lebedev, a well-known design studio in Russia and also the developer of the innovative Optimus keyboards, has quietly adjusted the shipment date for its Optimus mini three keyboard, which was set to be released commercially in mid-May, 2006, but will be actually launched in mid-June, 2006.

Optimus mini three keyboard is a pad with three keys each of which incorporates 20mm x 20mm small PMOLED (organic light-emitting diodes) screens with 96x96 pixels resolution that can display different information, depending on the application. The main advantage the Optimus mini three has is that it can be reprogrammed to perform certain actions depending on the launched software using special configuration utility and reflect the changes in the actions to be performed on the OLED screens.

There are many good things to say about EyeBud 800's video quality: from what we've seen so far, it looks like eMagin's display and video processing are both more than up to snuff, rendering iTunes Music Store videos and user-ripped content with a level of clarity and color fidelity that is unmatched by the other wearable displays we've seen. The reason for this: eMagin's OLED display is simply superior to the LCDs we've seen in similar devices, especially in resolution (800x600), contrast, and saturation. What's most immediately noticeable is that there's nothing washed out about the video, which you can adjust in brightness to your liking: the blacks are close to true black, the whites are bright, and though the human eye can't discern them all, there are 24 million colors inbetween. No matter; they're vivid, and better than on most LCDs. Additionally, moving images looked better than we'd expected given the quality of the original iTMS videos - artifacting and other issues were hardly noticeable on the iTMS content we saw, and despite the high resolution, we didn't see evidence of over-defined pixels. To trot out a trite phrase, this was like watching a TV trapped inside a headset, and though we wouldn't say it was like watching a 60" HDTV in a living room, it was a lot closer than the other iPod options out there. Both of the iLounge editors who tested the 800 walked away impressed.

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Sensics today announced the commercial availability of the piSight TM, a high-end panoramic virtual reality (VR) display system that delivers an unprecedented feeling of space and mass in a lightweight head-mounted display. The product of nearly a decade of research supported by NASA and a global car company, piSight uses a breakthrough patented optical design that provides for a 3D wrap-around visual sensation with 150° field of view, 2200x1200 pixels per eye in full color.

The head-mounted display weighs only 2 lbs (1 Kg) and includes an integrated six-degree motion tracker for a fully-immersive VR experience. It uses 24 eMagin OLED microdisplays.

What do you do after you kill the Bean? Well, for Sony China, it means that it's time to release a sleek new MP3 player complete with a full 1.5" 260K color OLED display.
The new CE-P series sports a 1.5-inch screen that not only contains an extra-purdy looking GUI, but can also cycle through your uploaded bitmaps and jpegs.

The feature set is fairly standard for the market. You'll find support for MP3s and WMAs, though, there is no mention of OGG, AAC, or other not-so-mainstream formats.

Samsung Korea has officially announced the SBH-300 Bluetooth Audio player with 2GB memory.
It can function as a Bluetooth stereo headset for handling phone calls when linked with a Bluetooth-enabled handset.
The SBH-300 has a OLED display capable of dispalying 262k colors. It supports MP3 playback and can display image files.
It also includes a FM tuner and supports voice recording. Storage is not limited to the onboard 2GB Flash memory it can be further expanded via the Micro SD card slot.
The SBH-300 includes earphones with an inline microphone and volume control, necklace strap, and a USB data cable.

Archos introduces a 4GB MP3 player dubbed Archos 104.
The Archos 104 support Microsoft's PlayForSure and feature a 1.5" OLED screen, photo viewer, icon user interface and USB 2.0. The 4GB storage are actually provided by a hard-drive and not flash like the Apple iPod nano.

Archos is replacing the Gmini XS 100 with the Archos 104. I already like the fact that Archos simplified the naming of the new player. The new Archos 104 measures 91x43x14mm and weighs 80g. The new Archos player will sell for 199 Euros (~$239) starting in May.

In addition to its development of OLED displays, Epson has researched the characteristics of OLED as an electronic device. Specifically, Epson has succeeded in creating a print head that uses OLED as a light source (OLED print head), opening the way for utilization of OLED as a new printing technology for printers.

At present, electro-photographic printing technologies for copiers and printers use either laser or LED light sources. Epson merged the many years of expertise it had accumulated in printing and display technology, and partnered with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. to jointly develop a super bright OLED that can be used in printing. Printing tests using a prototype of an OLED-based print head have produced printouts quality comparable to or better than those produced by conventional laser printers.

Designed around the classic Hasselblad 503, with Carl Zeiss Planar CFE 2.8/80 mm lens, 2.2-inch OLED display, FireWire 800 output and a 16 megapixel 36.7 x 36.7 mm sensor, the Hasselblad 503CWD may well be the most beautiful digital camera ever made.
Of course, at about $14,000, it's not for everyone. Which may explain why Hasselblad is only making 500 of the cameras, to commemorate the 100th birthday of company founder Victor Hasselblad.
No, this isn't a camera for carrying around to take candids of the kids.
But if you've got the cash and long for a high-end studio digicam with a sense of history, get in line. Those 500 are probably going to go very quickly.

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eMagin Corporation is supplying SVGA 3D OLED microdisplays for NordicNeuroLab's new VisualSystem. The VisualSystem product provides true 3D visual stimuli for fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) applications.

According to Dr. Tormod Thomsen, Managing Director, NordicNeuroLabs, "Studies show that visual stimulation for fMRI measurements are more reliable with direct input through video goggles than with the conventional use of projection screens. eMagin's OLED microdisplays provide the contrast, color, and 3D capability to deliver the convincing visual stimuli required."

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