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Korea Announces OLED and Flexible Focus in R&D Budget

The Korean government will put more than double the money towards OLEDs and flexible displays in 2015 than it did this year. The Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology has announced a KRW12.5 billion ($11.2 million) budget for display R&D. There will be nine subjects covered by the new R&D budget. ‘Development of core technology’, … Read more

Large Tablets: Developed at Microsoft, Delayed at Apple

Asian sources say that Microsoft is developing a larger Surface tablet, with a diagonal of between 13″ and 14″. Reports claim that the decision was taken based on an improvement in sales of the Surface Pro 3, which at 12″ was larger than the 10.1″ of the preceding models. In its recent 345s (Display Monitor … Read more

Leak Shows ‘Microsoft Lumia’ RM-1090

Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its Lumia smartphones, and now images of the first ‘Microsoft Lumia’ handset have appeared online. Posted on Chinese social network Weibo, the images show a device referred to as the RM-1090. It has, apparently, passed MIIT certification for distribution in China. The design is very similar to the … Read more

Leaks Point to New Thin Phone

News of a new Samsung phone, the Galaxy A7, has been leaked after being approved by China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Centre. According to the leak, the A7 – code-named the SM-A7009 – will have a 5.5″ display and 1920 x 1080 resolution. It will also be Samsung’s thinnest phone to-date, at just 6.3mm thick. A … Read more

LG Brings Curve to LCD

A new curved TV has been launched by LG – but with LCD technology, not OLED. The UC970 is available in EMEA now in 55″ (55UC970V) and 65″ (65UC970V) sizes. The UC970 is supplied with LG’s Magic Remote and WebOS operating system. They feature passive 3D, HEVC decoding and multi-channel speakers. According to LG, the … Read more

LG Display Explains P-OLEDs, Plans Rollable TVs by 2017

LG Display has posted an article explaining some of the details behind its plastic OLED (P-OLED) technology, used on the G Watch R (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). The company also shared a roadmap for flexible OLEDs. A P-OLED is made using a plastic (polyimide (PI)) substrate. The PI material remains stable at high … Read more

LG Reshuffles Executives

LG Electronics has announced the appointment of new executives to lead the LG Home Entertainment and LG Mobile Communications companies. Juno Cho, who currently serves as president of the holding company LG Corp. will take on the role of president and CEO of LG’s mobile business with Dr. Jong-seok Park moving into the newly created … Read more