06-07-2002, 03:14 PM
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Executive Editor
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E Ink unveils world's thinnest active matrix display
http://www.eink.com/news/releases/pr60.html
Thin is in, and if we can trim down the thickness of the LCD screen, we'll have thinner Pocket PCs. I wonder if this can be combined with OLED technology?
"E Ink Corporation, the leading developer and marketer of electronic ink technology for paper-like displays, today announced its demonstration of the world's thinnest active-matrix displays. Prototypes were first exhibited to industry leaders at last month's Society for Information Display Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, in Boston, Massachusetts. E Ink has demonstrated two display sizes targeting highly portable, rugged information appliances. At less than half the thickness of a credit card, these development prototypes have a total display thickness of just 0.3 mm...Traditional active-matrix display panels measure 2 mm thick and often require a backlight for a combined thickness of 4 mm or more. E Ink's prototypes are roughly 90% thinner and lighter than typical glass-based, liquid crystal displays." Source: Mobility Daily Newsletter
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06-07-2002, 03:31 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2004
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OLED?
Ok I might sound dumb, but I take my chances <g> What is OLED? I've heard so many people use it the last few weeks, but can't find any real good explenation... So I thought better ask and learn ;-)
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06-07-2002, 03:50 PM
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Magi
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Holy Smokes!! Did somebody say flexible This could revolutionize PDAs. Just think with a flexible sceen we could have one of those "Earths Final Conflict" kind of thingies. A much smaller device, maybe even pen sized that with the tap of a button the screen unfurls.
Wow, just think we could all go back to those geeky pocket protectors to keep our PDAs in 
Dave
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06-07-2002, 03:54 PM
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06-07-2002, 03:55 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Organic
I know that much - that the O stands for organic and nothing more - sorry !!!
George
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06-07-2002, 03:56 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by Paragon
Wholey Smokes!! Did somebody say flexible This could revolutionize PDAs.
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Yup - that's what E Ink does. They're focused around making flexible screens that people can fold up and put in their pocket. Very interesting technology, and if you combine a breakthrough like that with OLED, you get a bright, flexible screen that is ultra-power conervative. THAT will be the big breakthrough that will radically alter the PDA landscape.
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06-07-2002, 03:58 PM
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Pupil
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Thanks Jason :-)
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06-07-2002, 04:15 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2003
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What about color displays?
I saw an article on e-Ink yesterday and from what I understand it works something like a 'magic 8-ball' where a white piece of material is moved with electrical fields from the bottom of a well of dark liquid to the top...changing the perceived color from black to white. While this is great for monochrome displays, I don't think it could work as a color display.
Would the world will go back to monochrome displays in order to have flexibility? I guess it has happened before, when monochrome laptops were the only available option and people gave up color for portablility.
Just wondering...
-Jim Mulder
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06-07-2002, 04:23 PM
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Magi
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Re: What about color displays?
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Originally Posted by jmulder
Would the world will go back to monochrome displays in order to have flexibility? I guess it has happened before, when monochrome laptops were the only available option and people gave up color for portablility.
Just wondering...
-Jim Mulder
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I think the most important point is the one you didn't mention.... Laptops didn't stay monochrome!!
Dave
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06-07-2002, 04:39 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Re: What about color displays?
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Originally Posted by Paragon
I think the most important point is the one you didn't mention.... Laptops didn't stay monochrome!!
Dave
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Obviously true, but you missed my point. Laptops didn't stay monochrome because the technology allowed the 'stacking' of different colored LCD panels and counted on transmitting some color from lower layers through upper layers. With the E Ink solution, you can't do that because whether or not a pixel is activated (the little white material is at the top or bottom of the well), no light can be transmitted through the layers. The only way to change the color of a pixel is to change the color of the fluid in the well. Perhaps they may be able to do something like newsprint, where different colored dots are placed close enough to appear to be a single dot of another color, but I would think manufacturing would be a real pain.
-Jim Mulder
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