

Samsung Unveils Flexible OLED Concept Phone – Video

It’s tough for a cellphone to be small enough to fit in your pocket and also big enough to pack a pretty display capable of doing everything you need done. Samsung is attempting to bridge this gap with a cellphone that features a foldable OLED display.
The company showed off the concept phone at the FPD International show in Yokohama. It opens like a book and reveals the flexible OLED, which clocks in at 2.5-inches. The company has offered no word as to when or if they’d put the phone into production. It seems like a great idea, though. Below is a video of the presentation:

Prada Announces Prada II Phone Will Accompany Bluetooth Watch

Prada has teamed up with LG to announce the Prada Link, a Bluetooth watch that lets you pull text messages and call information from the forthcoming Prada II phone. The Link features a tiny OLED screen that displays text message content, call history data, and the time. It even lets you reject calls if need be.
The watches have a short battery life, clocking in at just 48-hours. Prada hasn’t announced a price or if the watch will come free with purchase of the Prada II phone.

FCC Documents Announce that Nokia N85 Coming to North America

It’s official, the Nokia N85 is bound for North American shores. Some FCC documents advertise the forthcoming release by making the User Guide and SAR report part of the public record. Nokia has yet to officially release pricing or a release date yet though.
The Nokia N85 is a handset that features a bright OLED display, a series of audio functions and a full-fledged GPS service.

Casio 8.1 Megapixel W63CA – 480 x 800 Pixel OLED – Only in Japan

November will see the release of the Casio 8.1 megapixel W63CA Exilim cellphone in Japan. The flip-top super-phone features a 480 x 800, 3.1-inch OLED display. Yeah, that’s right. 384,000 pixels on a display that tiny. The phone’s camera features a wide-angle lens, 9-point auto focus, face detection, anti-shake and a video mode that records VGA video at 30fps. Everything saves on to your standard microSD card. The phone comes in several colors, shown below, and no firm price has been announced yet.


New Kodak OLED material ensures longer life and better colors

Kodak has promised to release a new OLED material which will increase the life and color of your photographs. The new component is named EK-GD403 and uses a technology known as "green dopant" which, when combined with the OLED material, allows for efficiencies greater than 31 cd/A. It also promises lifetimes greater than 65,000 hours.
The company promises the material will be showing up in products soon but offers nothing by way of detail. Click the link for a press release.
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