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iPad mini in Apple testing tip supplier sources

Chris Davies, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple is testing smaller iPad models in a potential split of its tablet strategy that would see the existing 9.7-inch slate joined by a potentially 8-inch model, according to new leaks. The long-standing talk of a more bag-friendly Apple tablet has been reawakened by the WSJ, sources of which claim Apple is working with component suppliers to qualify possible displays, with both AUO and LG Display again cited as involved in the experiments. Read The Full Story

Toshiba 4k2k glasses-free 3D TV hits volume production ahead of Q1 US debut

Chris Davies, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Mass production of Toshiba's 55-inch glasses-free 4k2k 3D TV has already begun, according to supply chain tipsters, with the pixel-plentiful panels at the heart of the oversized sets already winging their way from display specialists AUO. The new TV is expected to launch sometime this quarter, Toshiba has said, and it's AU Optronics supplying the panel rather than a homegrown Toshiba LCD, according to Chinese language press as DigiTimes reports. Read The Full Story

OLED TV Panels Not Cost-Competitive Until 2014 Says Taiwan TFT-LCD Panel Maker

Chris Burns, Jul 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

It seems that while the TVs are pretty much as big as they're going to get (you can get them in any size now, basically,) the brightness and sharpness increases yearly, monthly, and even daily - but all this won't matter unless the manufacturers can make them cost-competitive. What this means, of course, is that the device is cheap enough to manufacture that the price they can offer it at to distributors will then be cheap enough that they can sell these devices to you and I. We want stuff that's not TOO expensive, but we want it to be top of the line too - so when are the OLEDs coming? Read The Full Story

HTC Puccini mass production in June tip sources

Chris Davies, May 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

HTC's rumored 10-inch Puccini tablet will apparently begin volume production in June 2011, according to the latest rumors, fitting in with suggestions that the originally expected launch date in the first half of this year has likely slipped to July or later. DigiTimes' sources claim the HTC Puccini will have a touchscreen that responds to both resistive and capacitive touch, along with a "touch pen" that can "work on specified software and areas." Read The Full Story

iPad 2 stock boost due as Apple adds panel provider

Chris Davies, Apr 1st 2011 Discuss [6]

Apple is reportedly looking to a new display provider, in an attempt to alleviate supply chain delays for the iPad 2 and reduce the lengthy wait times customers are experiencing. According to the Economic Daily News, Apple has roped in AU Optronics to supply the IPS 1024 x 768 displays for the iPad 2. Interestingly, the report claims that Apple has agreed to pay three to four times the current market price for each panel. Read The Full Story

AUO demo touchscreen solar laptop keyboard & tablet/notebook glasses-free 3D panels

Chris Davies, Nov 3rd 2010 Discuss [1]

Logitech were pretty proud of their K750 wireless solar keyboard, but AU Optronics is planning to best them at the upcoming FPD International expo with a 14-inch solar-powered touch keyboard solution for notebooks. Basically a touchscreen display for a virtual keyboard, integrated into a solar panel, the new tech will go on show alongside AUO's new 10.1- and 15.6-inch glasses-free 3D panels. Read The Full Story

AU Optronics wins patent battle with LG Display

Shane McGlaun, May 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

AU Optronics has been fighting a patent battle in court against LG Display for years. The patent war started back in December of 2006 when LG Display filed a patent suit against AUO. In February of 2010, courts sided with AUO in the case. Read The Full Story

Jinke A6 and A9 ereaders: WiFi, 3G, multitouch & SiPix e-ink

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Still got an appetite for ereaders? Jinke certainly hope so; they're showing off their latest designs, the Jinke A6 and A9, and rather than use the by-now traditional E Ink Vixplex panels found on the Kindle and nook they've switched to AUO's SiPix panels instead. Both models - which right now don't seem to exist in anything but render form - will have multitouch, integrated WiFi a/b/g and optional 3G. Read The Full Story

AUO 14-inch OLED production imminent; LG Display 40-inch AMOLED in 2012

Chris Davies, Oct 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Could we soon be looking at large(ish) scale, reasonably priced OLED and AMOLED displays? Probably not, at least when it comes to the pricing part, but both LG Display and AUO have announced mass production plans for their OLED and AMOLED panels, LG expecting to kick-start production in 2011 while AUO claims to be ready to start now. Read The Full Story

AUO flexible e-paper and 20-inch E Ink panel announced

Chris Davies, Oct 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

The tech world waits with baited breath for Barnes and Noble's dual-display ebook reader, expected to see an announcement today, but e-paper manufacturers aren't resting on their laurels. AUO have two new milestones today: their first 6-inch flexible e-paper display, and the world's first 20-inch Electrophoretic Display (EPD) panel, the largest ready for mass production. Read The Full Story

AU Optronics planning 10-inch, A4 touchscreen epaper

Chris Davies, Jul 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

The scaling up of business partnerships in the approach to the launch of Plastic Logic's eponymous ebook reader, together with the sell-out success of the Amazon Kindle DX certainly seems to suggest that there's a market out there for large-scale e-paper devices, and that's a segment manufacturer AU Optronics seem keen to capitalize on. According to CEO LJ Chen, the company is ramping up to produce 10-inch and A4 (8 x 11 inch) sized e-paper panels. Read The Full Story