HTC is reacting to high demand for large screen smartphones by moving into Super LCD (SLCD) displays. For now, it’s just the HTC Desire and Nexus One that will be switching up to SLCD, but it looks like there will be more to come.
Tagged ‘OLED’
The LG OLED TV we’ve been checking out at tradeshows for the last year and a half is finally getting a UK release, the South Korean giant has confirmed. Sony’s teeny tiny XEL-1 is getting an OLED rival, and the good news is this one’s destined to be a whole lot cheaper.
Sony has ended OLED TV production in Japan and is ending sales once its existing stock runs out. But Sony OLED TV sales will continue in America and Europe. Are we more keen on OLED TVs than our Japanese cousins?
11 inches? Mitsubishi laughs at Sony’s biggest OLED on sale: it’s planning to show off an absolutely epic 149-inch OLED display at a tradeshow next month.
Those whopping TVs and super-speedy PCs might have turned heads at CES. But there were plenty of futuristic flights of fancy helping us see just what life will be like in 2020, or even sooner. There was the official arrival of Sony Transferjet, the insanity of Asus Waveface and some nifty work with augmented reality. So, here’s our pick of the top five new technologies seen in Las Vegas.
We’ve written hundreds of news stories on Electricpig in 2009. But some gadgets and tech giants have dominated the headlines this year, as this tag cloud based on all our headers from the last 12 months shows. Find out more about the biggest hitters of 2009 and what we think we’ll be rabidly reporting on in 2010.
We’ve just hot-footed it from LG’s booth at IFA where, after gawping at their luscious OLED TVs we heard there are plans afoot for plenty more OLED gadgets in the coming months. Top of the list seems to be a new type of monitor, specifically designed to be taken out of the house and used on the go with a laptop.
Toshiba Blu-ray
Toshiba has already feasted on humble pie this summer, joining the Blu–ray disc association and admitting to plans for a Toshiba Blu–ray player this year. IFA will doubtless see it make its debut, doubtless with a price to make competitors sweat.