You Are Here:

Community: Blogs

Jacek Wojciechowski's Forum Nokia Blog

How future displays for mobiles may look like?

jack44 | 01 August, 2007 17:46

An example device
According to NewScientist ("Oil and water flexi-displays" article), we can expect that flexible displays (that can be rolled up!) may be in mass production in the very near future. This may change the way we use our mobile devices. New technology will use oil and water to produce images (it's an OLED alternative).


How does it work? Instead of making pixels out of OLEDs, there are designed out of oil and water contained in tiny plastic cells connected to plastic electrodes. The oil, which is opaque, floats on the water and obscures a coloured surface beneath. But applying an electric field forces the oil away from the water, revealing the coloured layer beneath and changing the colour of the pixel.


The process of production is cheap and simple, which hopefully will make possible reading a completely digital morning paper using mobile device (imagine being able to unroll an A4-sized display out of a device little bigger than a pen).
Would you like to use such a toy every day?

RSSComments

Re: How future displays for mobiles may look like?

ptrmn | 04/08/2007, 20:41

It looks very good for ebook readers, but for a phone, I don't think you want to have to unroll the screen before being able to see if you have any new messages. I guess having both alternatives in one device might be nice, though.

Re: How future displays for mobiles may look like?

jaesonaras | 06/08/2007, 07:42

Looks like a scroll. I thought that format went out of fashion style years ago :). Next technological breakthough, wax tablet displays.

Seriously though, I think this format will be very useful for screens connected to mobile devices for education, presentations etc, but not for a mobile's main screen. Maybe we'll have a bus load of people unscrolling their morning paper to read the funny pages.

Re: How future displays for mobiles may look like?

jack44 | 06/08/2007, 12:48

jack44 I also found another interesting solution, but on the contrary - it's not 'rolling type' and this design is bigger - Wibrain's B1 UMPC (specification is impressive: http://aving.net/usa/news/default.asp?mode=read&c_num=54291&C_Code=01&SP_Num=0) - it's like Nokia E70 on steroids
You must login to post comments. Login
 

Rate This

 
 
Bookmark this page: DeliciousDiggFacebookGoogleYahooStumbleUponRedditFurlTechnocratiMagnoliaTwitter  Share this page Share this page Print this Page Print this page Invite a friend Invite a friend
Email Newsletters Press Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Sitemap Contact Us © 2009 Nokia 
RDF Facets: qdcZidentifierQSxhttpE3aE2fE2fblogsE2eforumE2enokiaE2ecomE2fblogE2fdavidE2dcaabeirosE2dforumE2dnokiaE2dblogE2f2009E2f06E2f02E2fsymbianE2dfoundationE2dsE2ddevE2dwebsiteE2dbetaE2dnowE2dopenE2dtoE2dallX qdcZtypeQUqfnZE45E78cludedFromGeneralE4cistingsQ qdcZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogContentQ qdcZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogE45ntryQ qdcZtypeQUqfnTypeZCommunityContentQ qdcZtypeQUqfnTypeZE52esourceQ qdcZtypeQUqfnTypeZWebpageQ qdcZtypeQUqmarsZManagedE52esourceQ qdcZtypeQUqwebZInformationE52esourceQ qdcZtypeQUqwebZPageQ qdcZtypeQUqwebZE52esourceQ qdcZtypeQUqrdfsZE52esourceQ qfnZtopicQUxhttpE3aE2fE2fswE2enokiaE2ecomE2fFNE2d1E2fBlogTopicE2fgeneralX qfnZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogContentQ qfnZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogE45ntryQ qfnZtypeQUqfnTypeZCommunityContentQ qfnZtypeQUqfnTypeZE52esourceQ qfnZtypeQUqfnTypeZWebpageQ qmarsZlanguageQUxhttpE3aE2fE2fswE2enokiaE2ecomE2flanguageE2d1E2fenX qrdfZtypeQUqfnZE45E78cludedFromGeneralE4cistingsQ qrdfZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogContentQ qrdfZtypeQUqfnTypeZBlogE45ntryQ qrdfZtypeQUqfnTypeZCommunityContentQ qrdfZtypeQUqfnTypeZE52esourceQ qrdfZtypeQUqfnTypeZWebpageQ qrdfZtypeQUqmarsZManagedE52esourceQ qrdfZtypeQUqwebZInformationE52esourceQ qrdfZtypeQUqwebZPageQ qrdfZtypeQUqwebZE52esourceQ qrdfZtypeQUqrdfsZE52esourceQ