The OCZ Sabre is the answer for serious gamers and professionals who are searching for a high quality keyboard. Claimed as the world’s most intelligent gaming keyboard, the device has nine dynamic OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) user-programmable hotkeys that help manage time and efficiency while surfing the web, gaming, emailing, and CAD applications. These unique OLED keys can convert any digital image or text into distinctive icons, reminding the user of the personalized shortcut. Meanwhile, the remaining keys are backlit with glowing amber LEDs and blue side lighting. The OCZ Sabre OLED keyboard is priced at $135 at ZipZoomFly. More
Samsung has introduced a new 3G full touchscreen mobile phone in South Korea, which is dubbed as the Haptic AMOLED. The handset provides high resolution WVGA 800×480 pixel resolution on its 3.5 inch AMOLED display. The AMOLED display also has 180-degree viewing angle, and can reduce power consumption by up to 66%. The phone also supports high-quality video formats such as H.264, MPEG4, and AC-3. Other features include “One-finger Zoom” function, T-DMB, a 5MP camera, Bluetooth, and navigation support. The Haptic AMOLED phone will be available via Korea’s SK Telecom, KT and LG Telecom for about $700. [Oled Display via Upcoming Cell Phones]
Panasonic will launch their OLED TV to the mass market in the next 18 to 24 months. They has joined with Toshiba in order to develop their first 37-inch OLED TV that measures at only 1-inch thick. Panasonic has been working on extending OLED display lifespans, with a target figure of 50,000 hours (20,000 hours more than the current average). The 37-inch TV is expected to be produced at Panasonic’s new IPS Alpha factory. [Slashgear]
Japan-based Ito Electronics has recently introduced its waterproof OLED display during Finetech Japan 2009. These new OLEDs will be used for rugged gadgets in the near future. [Digitimes]
If the global recess doesn’t affect you and you can afford to fly to Milan this month, you might want to check out the Superstudio Piú in Zona Tortona because Philips will debut its OLED Lumiblade at the exhibition from April 22-27, 2009. They will be displaying the lighting modules that come in dozens of different sizes, shapes and colors. Philips will show that OLED lighting combined with clothing, furniture, vehicles, jewelry, etc. can give you endless possibilites while saving energy. More
Here is a super slim OLED light from Modistech that can be substituted for LCD backlight. Mass production will begin in 2010 and will retail for around $212 each in 2011. [AVING]
UK blokes can now purchase the 11-inch Bravia XEL-1 TV from Sony. Measuring only as thick as three stacked credit cards, the LCD TV has a contrast ratio of 1 million to one, because pixels can be turned off completely for a near-perfect black. The Bravia XEL-1 TV is priced at £3,489. [ShinyShiny]
The latest 7 inch OLED photo frame from Kodak has been released. Amazon is now listing this Flickr-compatible OLED 7.6-inch photo frame as in stock and shipping for $999.95. FYI, the display is a 7.6 inch AMOLED panel, made by CMEL. It has a 16:9 aspect ratio, 800×480 resolution, a white-to-black contrast of 30,000:1. [OLED Info]
United Keys boasts its OLED keyboard that has 103 keys with nine OLED monochrome keys in yellow. Priced at $199.99 each, the keyboard’s panel has a resolution of 64 x 64 pixels, meanwhile the OLED keys are able to change dynamically during use to increase productivity while simplifying usability. The device draws its power from USB port and is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista OS. [CrunchGear]
KDDI shows off the latest Samsung-made 3.1 inch OLED display at CEATEC 2008. The display is able to produce up to 800 x 480 resolution, which supports DVD resolution video. Unfortunately, the screen is only a prototype at this time. I am sure we will find this bright OLED display on the mobile phones in the near future. [Electronista]
