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Apple May Use Samsung AMOLED For iPad 3

Jakk — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:52:47 +0000

The iPad 2 may have only come out not long ago however rumours are already starting to surface regarding the iPad 3, the latest of which hits at the next gen display. As Asia News Network reports, Apple is apparently eager to tap into the AMOLED display market for its products and is likely to kick start this with the iPad 3.

Anonymously tipped off, a source told Asia News network that “Apple wants to tap into Samsung’s AMOLED technology for an upgraded version of the iPad 2, considered as many as the iPad 3 that is likely to be launched toward the end of this year”. Now, we can buy the fact that the iPad 3 may have a Samsung AMOLED hitting up the display, however we highly doubt (nay refuse) to believe claims that the iPad 3 will surface this year.

Samsung’s foldable AMOLED display features no creases

Jakk — Sun, 15 May 2011 14:59:14 +0000

How awesome would it be to be able to pick up a consumer electronics device which is, say, around a few mm’s thin and fold it so it can fit in to your pocket or even mini-purse? Well it would be ultra cool, if we’re honest, and Samsung is the company you’ll be wanting to talk to about it after their foldable AMOLED screen tech has been in prototyping development.

A lot of great stuff has come out of Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology and now they have a prototype foldable display on show, featuring a closing radius of only 1mm from 2 display panels. Keen to test the foldable display technology to the max, Samsung engineers folded the display 100,000 times which resulted in absolutely no creases, leaving the display as good as new.

Overall, the technology won’t be fully available to consumers for a good few years, and with all current devices being made from solid non-flexible metal or plastics, this screen technology doesn’t yet have a place. It is still cool, though.

Samsung AMOLED RFID e-passport showcased

Jakk — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:08:14 +0000

At the Cebit Trade Fair held at Bundesdruckerei, Samsung recently showcased the world’s first ePassport equipped with a fully functional AMOLED display a couple of days ago. The AMOLED RFID e-passport embeds a 2-inch QVGA resolution flexible display into an identity card. Intended to show a 360-degree view of the card-holder, rather than just a full-on headshot, the e-passport uses an AMOLED display so frugal it can be powered wireless via an RFID reader.

It also has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and can display 260k colors, according to Samsung. Although this is just a one off, and will probably never go in to production (i’ll bet there are tons of government agencies trying it out) it is a very nice concept. I would be quite happy to whip out my AMOLED passport to the customs official, and would opt for that over my terrible-photo-passport anyday.

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