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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. hang on... by tiled_rainbows · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wouldn't that mean that all the text on one side of the screen would come out backwards?
    How useful is that?

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  2. I suppose dual-emmission sounds more impressive... by magickalhack · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They consume much less power than current devices and have faster response times.

    This seems like a much more interesting fact about them than that they can be viewed from both sides. I suppose one could take advantage of the dual-viewable nature, but it seems like something we already have an adaquate solution for: place a screen on each surface you want to have a screen on. Duh! ;-)

    On the other hand, I suppose the 2 sided viewability could be potentially beneficial to hybrid tablet PCs, which until now have had to rely on fragile-looking swivel mechanisms to rotate the screen between laptop and tablet functionality.

    Any indication as to whether or not the images on each side are identical (i.e. the back is a mirror image of the front) or if they can be controlled independantly?

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