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Where Are All of the OLED Products?

Posted by Cliff on from the adopting-new-tech dept.

ttennebkram asks: "OLED's are the cool technology behind the new displays that will be bright, thin, and energy efficient. I bought my Motorola Timeport back in 2001 and LOVE it. Lots more products were supposed to be on the market by now. I was disapointed that the new Handspring Treo's don't use it, instead opting for the old fashioned color LCD's. Searches on Google return the hype from 2 years ago, but very little recent info. Any word on upcoming handhelds or cellphones using this technology? Thanks."

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  1. OLEDs by m0rph3us0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I love the OLED on my timeport, im in the process of ordering several OLEDs for modding my computers at home. Nothing like an MP3 control panel / syslog / nice graphing doohickey on the front of the computer.

  2. Try Google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And sort by date

  3. This fall, PDA size next year by waytoomuchcoffee · · Score: 4, Informative

    link

  4. Definition of OLED by Krelnik · · Score: 3, Informative
    I guess I'm not a true geek, because I wasn't aware it meant Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Follow the link for more info.

    No I'm not karma whoring, already at max.

  5. conspiracy? by greywire · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well apparently they're still trying to figure out how to make them reliably. It does seem odd, though, that they already say they are cheaper and quicker to make than LCD's which implies that they know how to do it cheaper and quicker already.. so where's the problem?

    They sound as though they would pretty much make LCD's, as well as plasma displays, CRTs, and just about every display technology you can think of completely and utterly obselete, which makes you wonder if maybe they are purposely lagging on introducing the technology...

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    1. Re:conspiracy? by benh57 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I seem to recall that they were having "fading" problems with the OLEDs - the colors fade. Is that device you got in 2001 still bright?

    2. Re:conspiracy? by Yarn · · Score: 3, Informative

      True. It's not just that they have short lifetimes, but different colours have different lifetimes. As of last year (when I last look at the subject in any detail) the red OLEDs had 20,000+ hour lifetimes, green had 10,000h+ and blue had ~1000h.

      So your display would start off white, then slowly go yellow.

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  6. Pioneer car stereo by Polo · · Score: 3, Interesting


    Here is a pioneer car stereo with an OLED panel.

    1. Re:Pioneer car stereo by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2

      I was at Sears last night and they had a few OLED car stereo face-plates. One had a Wolfenstein/3d-style first-person maze navigation on it when it was idle.

      Stupidist thing ever.

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  7. Up and Coming: Universal Display Corp by no_such_user · · Score: 2
    Check out Universal Display Corp, one of the major players in the field. From their web site:

    Imagine a world where the news and information you want to see is available in non-traditional ways -- you can find the weather and the latest stock quotes from the ultimate handheld communication device -- the size of a pen.
    These and other exciting technologies are being developed and commercialized by Universal Display Corporation, a world leader in the development of innovative Organic Light Emitting Device (OLED) technology for future generations of flat panel displays, lasers and other light generating devices.
    1. Re:Up and Coming: Universal Display Corp by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2

      Gee, that copy sounds like those stupid AT&T commercials from about 6 years ago showing people buying concert tickets at ATM's and other nonsense, claiming that AT&T would be providing these services.

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    2. Re:Up and Coming: Universal Display Corp by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2

      Hey, they didn't adopt the Death Star as their logo for nothing!

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    3. Re:Up and Coming: Universal Display Corp by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2

      It's no mistake that they chose the Death Star as their logo.

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