A reliable source from the company confirmed to me they were working at the project for the last two years, and now all the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together: better technology (Processor, RAM and
flexible plastic screen), ripe software, an affordable price for the customers, and a generous investor believing in the future of large e-readers.
Not exact matches
This model boasts a 6 - inch
screen with a thinner and more
flexible plastic, rather than glass, OLED display.
INM will be demonstrating
flexible touch
screens, which are produced by printing recently developed nanoparticle inks on thin
plastic foils.
A «buyer's guide» to
flexible plastic e-paper displays Display technology is ubiquitous — meaning we all spend a lot of time engaging with «
screens» of some kind... most of which are made of glass.
The Galaxy S6 edge + display is similar to the Note 5, with the same
screen size and resolution, but it has a curved
screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around the corners on both the sides of the phone to provide two display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides, which is especially useful for viewing notifications and scrolling news items, and also as a dim night clock on a beside table.
The Galaxy S6 edge + is actually a
flexible OLED display manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate rather than on a traditional perfectly flat and hard
screen like almost all other OLED (and LCD) displays.
Plastic Logic's pride and joy is the
flexible screen technology called «PlasticPaper.»
The RGBW are arranged in a 2 by 2 grid in the layer on top of the
Plastic Logic
screen... This is a
flexible screen, and so is the filter laying on top.
It features a
plastic screen, so its very
flexible and lightweight, but tremendously expensive.
The Galaxy S7 Edge display is similar to the Galaxy S7, but it has a curved
screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around the corners on both the sides of the phone to provide two display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides, which is especially useful for viewing notifications and scrolling news items.
While LCDs can now be manufactured with curved glass
screens, OLEDs can be manufactured with entirely
flexible screens on a
plastic substrate.
In the near future some Smartphones will offer bendable
screens by switching to a protective
flexible plastic cover over the
flexible OLED display.
In 2012 LG first entered the
flexible e-paper arena and developed a
screen that was crafted from a
flexible plastic substrate, the display measuring 0.03 inches (0.7 millimeters) thick and weighs 0.5 ounces (13 grams), making it one - third slimmer and half the weight of currently available glass EPD devices.
Plastic Logic Research and Development labs have just released a new video that shows off their new
flexible display
screen for e-readers.
The
screen is crafted from a
flexible plastic substrate, the display measuring 0.03 inches (0.7 millimeters) thick and weighs 0.5 ounces (13 grams), making it one - third slimmer and half the weight of currently available glass EPD devices.
Samsung may well be the first company to actually deliver on the endless promise that
flexible displays are on the way, with a limited edition Galaxy Note III with a
plastic OLED
screen said to be in production.
They could make a large
screen e-reader in the educational market work, but they would have to use e-ink Mobius, because its lightweight,
flexible and
plastic based whereas Fina is glass, cheaper, but heavier.
The display uses E Ink's Fina
screen technology, which is glass - based, unlike Sony's 13.3 - inch DPT - S1 PDF reader, which uses a
flexible plastic - based Mobius
screen.
Plastic Logic also signed a deal with Siemens to develop
flexible screens for mobiles.
With these kind of characteristics, ebook readers of the future could be practically indestructible if
flexible plastic - based E Ink
screens ever start taking off.
Sony has developed the slate by using a technique to form a high precision TFT
screen on a
plastic flexible electronic paper which will offer a 1200 × 1600 pixel resolution.
It's not clear what does a shatterproof
screen actually means - but it may be that the new phone uses a
plastic - based
flexible OLED.
A new prototype
flexible display created by the University of Cambridge and UK firm
Plastic Logic, represents the first time graphene has been used in a transistor - based
flexible screen and may well provide the least expensive, easiest to manufacture solution for these devices yet.
Pervasive displays provide a host of different display sizes ranging between 1.44» and 10.4», while
Plastic Logic Germany provides an e-paper screen based on a plastic and flexible backplane in 10.7» and 15.4» versions, creating screens that are a good alternative for environments that require very robust di
Plastic Logic Germany provides an e-paper
screen based on a
plastic and flexible backplane in 10.7» and 15.4» versions, creating screens that are a good alternative for environments that require very robust di
plastic and
flexible backplane in 10.7» and 15.4» versions, creating
screens that are a good alternative for environments that require very robust displays.
But despite demonstrating the device, and impressing journalists with its huge,
flexible,
screen and responsive performance,
Plastic Logic has still not managed to ship anything.
Plastic Logic has come up with a cool prototype for newspapers that includes a
flexible screen that you can bend upwards and it turns the newspaper page.
· A curved
screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around corners on both sides of the phone to provide two curved Edge Display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides.
The «p» in pOLED stands for
plastic, which is used to make the display thinner and more
flexible than would be possible with glass — similar to the AMOLED
screens Samsung uses in its Galaxy phones.
A curved
screen OLED display that is manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate so that it can bend around corners on both sides of the phone to provide two curved edge display areas that can be viewed and controlled from both the front or the sides.
Apple intends to use
plastic units and not glass OLED displays for its iPhone 8, since
plastic allows for curved and
flexible screens.
According to the patent, the
flexible sidewall displays could imbibe a single, or more,
flexible layer, which would possibly be mounted beneath a transparent
screen — made perhaps of
plastic or transparent glass.
JDI's
flexible LCD
screens will use
plastic instead of glass, which is why they'll be bendable.