Apple iPhone to get OLED screen, claims mole
Mac maker's unannounced netbook too
Apple may launch a host of gadgets with OLED displays later this year, including an OLED-equipped iPhone, it has been suggested.
Unnamed moles in Korea have been quoted by numerous online sites saying that the gadget line-up will also include netbooks, monitors and a new iPod Touch.
It’s worth noting that the source of the rumour is Korea, because Korean firm LG last year signed a $500m agreement with Apple last year to supply it with unspecified types of displays until 2013.
A separate Korean source has since claimed Apple already has a working prototype of a netbook fitted with an OLED screen supplied, of course, by LG.
OLED displays have become increasingly common in mobile phones over the last six months, the main draw being that they require less power because a backlight isn’t needed.
Larger-sized OLED panels aimed at TVs have yet to take off in a big way, mainly because they’re still too expensive to make for the mass market. For example, Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV is only 3mm thick, measures just 11in across, yet costs £3490 ($5079/€3700).
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@vincent himpe
Stereo bluetooth is in the next software update (probably June) for iPhone. yawn... and MMS yawn . . . and copy and pzzzzz...
@vincent unhelpful
So they're forcing you to buy one are they? Shocking!
But can it beam contacts and files and play stereo audio ?
That would be the first question to answer ....
world -cough- best music player.. can;t even transmit stereo audio over bluetooth.. how stupid is that.
@Dollar Value Nitpickers
That's a *conversion* into dollars, not what an American would pay if they walked into a US Sony Store and asked to take a XEL-1 home.
£3490 is what Sony asking for it in the UK: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/28/sony_xel1_blighty/
I'm tried of explaining this, so it'll be the last time...
Prices in brackets are conversions based on the time-of-publication exchange rate. Figures not in brackets are retail prices.
A Little Behind the Curve Reporting
Umm, guess ya havent been to Sony's website lately. They have reduced the cost of their 11" display to under US$2500...
