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Sony X-series OLED Walkman gets shipping date update from UK

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Mar 18th 2009 1 Comment

Sony’s answer to iPod Touch lacks screen real estate at 0.5 inch smaller in diagonal. The full disclosure from Hk’s Sonystyle revealed a 3-inch AMOLED touchscreen, much smaller and pocket-friendly X-series Walkman with a fully digital noise cancellation to rival Apple iTouch. There isn’t much updates on this breathtaking device from here, and all we know is it’s coming this Summer. Most of the development were contributed from UK, and the latest news over there is it could be out as early as May 10th.

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PETEC printed electronics facility kick-starts UK production

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Mar 17th 2009 No Comments

flexible color e paper Printed electronics may soon bear the legend “Made in UK” if PETEC (the Printable Electronics Technology Center) has its way. Formed from a group of printable and plastic electronics experts, together with manufacturing facilities, PETEC is offering companies a route to quickly bring products to market without first needing to invest in expensive infrastructure. One company already involved, PolyPhotonix, is looking to commercially produce OLED lighting.

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Sony NWZ-X1000-series OLED Walkman specs released

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 9th 2009 No Comments

Full specifications of Sony’s OLED-display NWZ-X1000-series Walkmans have emerged, courtesy of the Hong Kong SonyStyle store. The listing confirms the 3-inch WQVGA 432 x 240 OLED display together with the supported file types and maximum resolutions of the media the Walkman will play.

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Philips GoGear Spark PMPs with OLED display

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 5th 2009 No Comments

Philips has rolled out a new range of super-compact PMPs, the Philips GoGear Spark. Each measuring 41 x 41 x 15 mm and featuring an OLED display, the new PMPs are available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, as well as with optional FM tuners.

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Toshiba TG5-E01 clears FCC: clamshell TG01 smartphone?

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Mar 4th 2009 No Comments

A Snapdragon-based Toshiba smartphone has cleared the FCC, but it’s not the TG01 we’re already familiar with. In fact, while Toshiba and the FCC have seemingly used the TG01 for their photoset, the user manual for the device – which is called the Toshiba TM5-E01, though that’s presumed not to be the final product name – suggests it’s considerably thicker and most likely a clamshell handset.

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Samsung: AMOLED laptop displays in 2009, flexibles in 2010

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 No Comments

Samsung has publicly declared its goal of doubling AMOLED production in 2009, with a further doubling in 2010. According to Daniel Lamberti, brand manager at Samsung Mobile, AMOLED will reach economy of scale sometime this year, with TVs, laptops and monitors all commercially viable.

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LG Versa gets official on Verizon: $199.99 on March 1st

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 1 Comment

LG’s detachable QWERTY touchscreen feature-phone, the LG Versa, has been officially announced for Verizon Wireless. Available March 1st 2009, the Verizon LG Versa has a 3-inch 480 x 240 touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and EV-DO Rev.A; however its most striking feature is the included case, which has a built-in QWERTY keyboard and, on the outside, a 0.94-inch 56 x 120 monochrome OLED display used for Caller ID, phone status and displaying the time.

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Samsung TL320 12MP digital camera with OLED display leaks [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 19th 2009 No Comments

Amazon have seemingly outed an upcoming compact camera, the 12-megapixel Samsung TL320, whose relatively unique feature is a 3-inch OLED display. The TL320 – which Samsung are yet to officially announce – has a 5x wide-angle zoom lens, together with Schneider optics.

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Acer DX650 double-sided GPS smartphone leaks

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 12th 2009 1 Comment

The first of Acer’s upcoming smartphones, tipped for launch at their MWC announcement next week, has leaked, and it’s certainly an interesting looking device. The Acer DX650 is a dual-sided Windows Mobile smartphone, with a traditional 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen on one side, and a full numeric keypad and 1.27-inch 128 x 96 monochrome OLED display on the reverse.

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More Acer DX650 images after the cut

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Mozilla Phone concept blends BlackBerry with OLED keys

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Feb 5th 2009 No Comments

As concepts go, here’s one I’m surprised we haven’t seen before. Take a BlackBerry 7130 and give it Optimus Maximus OLED keys, which can double as shortcuts and page controls together with SureType text entry keys. These renders are the handiwork of designer and editor Billy May, who has been working with Mozilla Labs on developing “a conceptual ‘Mozilla Phone’”.

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