Samsung has “created a bendable AMOLED screen which won’t crease, even after it’s been folded 100,000 times,” Kate Taylor reports for TG Daily.
“The display has a folding radius of just one millimeter, meaning that one panel lies almost completely flat on the other when folded up,” Taylor reports. “The glass cover, as well as preventing scratches, can act as a touch screen.”
Taylor reports, “The researchers say that the display remained uncreased even after 100,000 cycles of folding and unfolding – and that the relative brightness along the fold fell by only six percent. This drop in brightness is almost imperceptible to the human eye, they claim… The researchers say that they believe the displays could go into commercial production ‘soon.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The mind reels at the possibilities, especially if the quality and cost are reasonable.
You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em ….
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money, when you’re sittin at the table
They’ll be time enough to count ’em, when the dealings done
[ This line could be a Steve Jobs quote, too ]
The secret to survivin’ is knowin’ what to throw away and knowin’ what to keep.
Sorry, isn’t it:
“There’ll be time enough for countin’, when the dealin’s done”?
“MacDailyNews Take: The mind reels at the possibilities, especially if the quality and cost are reasonable.”
Too bad Samsung won’t know what to do with it until Apple shows them.
Major *DING* Factor
I believe Sony just got “told”
If you can fold it, you can roll it.
Tightly.
The new “SiloPad.”
I can see it now: “Man rolls iPhone into joint, smokes it”
Followed by: “Man sues Apple for failing to warn him not to smoke his iPhone joint”
This could be huge even if it isn’t a touch screen… thinking goggles/glasses/visors.
Courier… The Apple Way!… A finished working product available for sale to the masses within a short period of time after Steve’s introduction…
Wasn’t this posted as an April Fools Day joke?
Every day closer to John Skulley’s 1987 Knowledge Navigator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Navigator
At least Samsung is being innovative, when it comes to supplying “components.”
Take the current iPad and fold it. There is your nice small size for purse or large coat pocket.
But will it blend?
Will It Blen – iPad edition
Sounds awesome until you read the fine print.
It’s not TOUCH or MULTI-TOUCH. Everything requires you to BEND the paper or add buttons. Lots of obvious limitations.
I’m also willing to bet the refresh rate is to low for movies or to replace a lot of conventional computing products.
Sounds like an awesome e-book reader but it won’t be replacing any iPods, iPhones or iPads soon.
It does sound wonderful though. Sure it will have many applications.
But the real innovation this month is Metallic Glass, that doesn’t shatter and is stronger than metal. This will make the iPad the true PAD from Star Trek. No more cracked screens.
Got a link on the metallic glass?
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=metallic+glass&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8