Happy Tuesday, everyone. It's that part of the week where you already feel a bit tired but can't yet use the "it's all downhill from here" mantra. You know what I mean, right? Let's go to a more positive note with today's top tech stories - Apple rumored to use Retina display in next iMac. That's certain to please a lot of Apple fans, not that they need much pleasing because - Apple grabs top spot in US customer satisfaction rankings. And speaking of cool things - NASA's next course: asteroids.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: May 15, 2012
Sony and Panasonic reportedly in talks to partner on OLED
What do you do when profits are tumbling down? Team up. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony and Panasonic are in talks for a partnership that would see the duo producing OLED panels for televisions. The move would try and reduce manufacturing costs that come with making OLEDs panels on such a large scale. The talks so far are said to be in the preliminary stages.
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Samsung flexible OLED displays ordered in bulk
This week Samsung itself is letting the world know that it's on top of "huge" numbers of orders for flexible AMOLED Displays by the name of YOUM. This information comes direct from Samsung Electronics Chairman Kwon Oh-Hyun as he lets us know that flexible AMOLED displays will be hitting the market in the third quarter of 2012 when Samsung's mass production for the hardware begins full force. "The demand from our clients is significant!" noted Kwon, noting that OLED technologies along these lines will certainly be replacing LCDs inside the next few years as screens on mobile devices get thinner and brighter by the week.
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Samsung demos 55″ OLED TV at World’s Fair
So you want the amazing blacks that plasma can offer but in an even thinner package than what you’re used to seeing with LCD TVs? Samsung has you covered, if you have the cash. The company unveiled the 55-inch OLED TV at CES this year, saying that regular human beings would be able to buy it sometime in 2012 but neglecting to mention price. The company has shown off a mass-production model at the World’s Fair in Korea, although the price may send you reeling.
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LG speeds OLED TV launch plans to beat Samsung
LG has reportedly accelerated its OLED TV plans in an attempt to beat Samsung to the market with the first big-screen OLED set, aiming for a May release so as to get in ahead of the London Olympics 2012. The LG sets - shown off at CES 2012 in 55-inch form - were originally expected to go on sale by the end of the year, but Samsung's recently-revealed launch plans have forced the company to move forward, DigiTimes reports.
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Samsung: Full OLED TV details plus “premium range” reveal in August
Samsung will haul its OLED HDTV to IFA 2012 in late August, the company has confirmed, giving the 55-inch set its official launch along with a new, premium range of TVs. The OLED TV was first shown off at CES back in January 2012, with incredibly narrow bezels, a super-slim depth panel and, of course, the vivid colors and great contrast ratio that we’re used to from OLED screens. Samsung has been coy with pricing, though. Meanwhile, there’s also news on a cloud upgrade for AllShare.
Samsung YOUM flexible AMOLED brand revealed
Samsung has officially launched its YOUM brand for flexible AMOLED displays, ahead of the bendable panels showing up in commercial hardware later this year. Registered as a trademark - complete with a bendy YOUM logo - in mid-March, and detailed on the new Samsung Mobile Display site, YOUM promises to be thinner and lighter than traditional AMOLED and LCD-TFT screens, as well as being "unbreakable."
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Researchers develop world’s most efficient flexible OLED display
We saw a flexible display concept from Nokia back at Nokia World in October, and Samsung filed a patent application not too long ago that revealed the company was working on potential foldable display applications. Researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated that the technology is feasibly possible on a large scale. They’ve managed to combine OLEDs with a flexible plastic, leading to more efficient displays and a simpler manufacturing process.
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LG 55-inch OLED TV tipped at $7900
Each time we hear anything about an OLED TV with a big screen size I always wonder exactly how much it's going to cost. I still remember when Sony unveiled that OLED small screen TV years ago, and it cost considerably more than traditional large-screen sets. There are a bunch rumors floating around that LG Electronics intends to launch that cool 55-inch OLED TV this May.
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iPad Retina Display squashes rivals (but it’s not perfect)
The new iPad's Retina Display comfortably out-performs the displays on the current crop of tablets and smartphones, according to new research, though there remains room for improvement in battery life, brightness and more. The third-gen iPad's 2048 x 1536 panel bests rivals for sharpness, color saturation and accuracy, picture quality, and gray scale, according to DisplayMate's testing, and in fact outperforms the screens on most HDTVs, notebooks and monitors. However, it's not all good news.
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Sony SmartWatch Review
Sony‘s first attempt at a smart watch, the Sony Ericsson LiveView, promised plenty and delivered disappointment, and so the company has returned with the Sony SmartWatch. The concept is the same – put a tiny sub-display on your wrist, so that you can monitor your phone’s notifications from afar – but the hardware has received a welcome boost, with an OLED touchscreen promising more intuitive navigation. Is the SmartWatch the gadget your wrist has been waiting for? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Samsung flexible display patent reveals potential new form factors
Samsung confirmed last week that it was planning to mass produce flexible OLED displays to be used in forthcoming products either later this year or early next, and now new patent filings have emerged which show off the potential applications of the technology. On the horizon: rollable screens that pull out of a pen-style casing, folding digital books and more.
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