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First Dual-emission OLED Display in a Phone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the both-sides-of-the-screen dept.

roc_face writes "Japanese electronics joint-venture company ELDis has come up with the world's first dual-emission organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display for a mobile phone. This means the screen can be viewed from both sides. It was on display at the annual Flat Panel Display exposition in Tokyo this week."

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  1. Applications by ubera · · Score: 5, Informative

    It strikes me that this has a number of great applications, above mobile phone use.

    How about Roadside Signs which are readable on both sides?
    (for that "I wonder what exit I just missed feeling)

    Also, laptop displays that can be viewed on one side while an over head projector reads the other?

    I like this tech. Anyone got any numbers for brightness and power consumption?

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    1. Re:Applications by sleeper0 · · Score: 2, Informative

      i dont think they'd use it for street signs wouldnt one side always be shown in reverse?

      It seems to me that you would use this tech on those pda's/laptops that have a swivel screen to eiter be used with a keyboard or cover up the keyboard to be used like a pad. Those swivel screens must be hell to design well compared to a switch that just makes the screen draw in reverse.

  2. Coming to a laptop near you by icke · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's an informative article from The Economist which explains that we should soon be able to mould screens and use them in broad daylight.

  3. Re:hang on... by AllenChristopher · · Score: 4, Informative
    Well, if the phone is closed, then the image flips around. Say for caller id, or an e-mail that's come in which can be navigated with a jog dial.

    It seems like a much better solution than those slide-out keypads on something like the Sidekick. A hinge is an easier mechanism to work with.

  4. Re:hang on... by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 2, Informative

    The phone would just reverse the text when you close the flip-top cover. This technology allows you to replace the two screens that some phones have (one of each side of the flip-top, with the outside one showing caller id and such) with one screen. Simpler & cheaper.

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