Rumor: Apple Going OLED With LG
Remember a couple of weeks back when rumors claimed that Taiwan-based Wintek would supply touch screens for a new Apple netbook said to be manufactured by Quanta computer? We do too and this week more rumors about the panels for future Macs are hitting the wires.
According to a Smarthouse source, Apple already has a working prototype of a netbook which will be manufactured in Taiwan with an OLED screen supplied by LG. Smarthouse also says the same about the iPhone and iPod Touch, OLEDs supplied by LG. Apple signed a $500m agreement with LG last year to supply it with unspecified types of displays until 2013. Hmm, who to believe?

Other reports are throwing around words like “smudgeless” and “stainless” panels but we’re not getting too excited until it’s offical (that said, Smarthouse says its source is comes from LG). We’re curious to see where this goes or if anyone is making an Apple netbook. Given the big fancy deal the Cupertino company has with LG this rumour seems more plausible than the last.
What do you guys think? I’m not about to wet my pants over these rumors. OLED or not, I’m of the, “Apple netbook? Yawn,” opinion. The rumour about the OLED iPhone does tickle my fancy though. Very interesting indeed.
Yeah... that's proof reading!
Good move imho but that's a whole different discussion now.
No worries Jane, you are still fine the way you are to me. I don't care what these other readers say....
Doing what I can....Hope tomorrow is just as good, if not better. And man my socks are feeling more comfortable already.
I hope everyone moves to solid state media like flash or simply have everything online for download. I will never buy a DVD, CD , Blu-lol ever again. Tired of having countless cds and dvds peal after a couple of years or get scratched up by using them or having to be extremely carefull when loading/unloading them.
I am against everything to be downloaded, you cannot speak for the average Joe that still has dial-up and wants to watch the latest SpiderMan in HD. It is too complicated for most people to manage their space on their PC, so if you bought let's say a computer with 500gb of space in it from Best Buy, you look like an idiot after filling it up after a month (and also paying a lot of money to your ISP for overload of bandwidth) because you have to manage how much storage you need to buy, you want 1TB external? That sets you back to about 150$ which is a big expense for somebody, it is easier for them to buy 10 DVDs for 15$ each and they will still find it cheaper.
Also bandwidth is limited, if EVERYBODY was downloading at high speeds and all the time, we would just be clogging down the whole system and some people would not be able to even read e-mails.
ummm.... no, I think that disc is sticking out of the device... you can see the shadow / reflection of the drive slot on and around the disc. I don't have any insider source, but I'm pretty sure this is an "artist interpretation." It looks slick, and it's fun for conversation though. If and when apple releases their net-tablet, my guess is that Snow Leopard will be out, and I'm pretty sure apple will have changed the desk top background for that. Also, even though it's a hybrid device, my guess is that Apple will treat it more like a computer... which probably means webcam on the front.
I won't mourn the loss of optical media - blu ray seems like the last gasp. Went down to fry's to see what they had in the blu-ray Home Theater In a Box category. Only one setup, for a $1000, cheapest basic blu-ray player was $300.
Then I asked myself, how many DVDs do I own? None. How many CDs do I own? Maybe 10, most bought years ago. Last time I used my DVD drive in my computer was weeks ago, and that was only to watch a rented movie. I don't think I've ever used it for data in three years so I'm all for netbooks losing the optical.
The only thing keeping optical alive in my opinion is monopolistic pricing in broadband (and slow broadband) and slow penetration of faster home wireless. On my new 720P projector, I mostly watch recorded over the air HD TV now, looks better than an upscaled DVD and I don't have to buy a $300 DVD player and cram it into my older home theater setup.
something a lot of users would want!
mac heads love the fancy car analogy just to fool us reasons to pay more , when you design a car you look for a sleek design cos is the thing customers love about a car, when you buy a computer the main reason is something that works