Corning and Samsung ink new joint venture, plot Lotus Glass future for OLED devices
Anyone keeping a close eye on the mobile market knows that Samsung and Super AMOLED, much like peanut butter and jelly, are inextricable bosom buddies. So, this recent tech marriage between the Korean electronics giant and Corning (of Gorilla Glass fame) shouldn’t come as much surprise for fans of super saturated screens. Under terms of the agreement, both parties will jointly manufacture Lotus Glass for use in smartphones falling under the Galaxy umbrella, as well as Super OLED TVs. The substrate, heralded for its ability to withstand “higher processing temperatures” without compromising structural stability, will help create a range of less power consumptive, high-resolution devices. Unexciting? Sure, but you didn’t think those 720p displays were going to make themselves, now did you? Official PR after the break.
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Samsung Galaxy S Advance snapped in the wild, pricing in tow
Sure, we’ve read the specs and we’ve seen the press shots, but we didn’t expect to get up close and personal with Samsung’s Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) until Mobile World Congress later this month. Fortunately, Filipino tech blog TechPinas was able to get a hands-on with the handset — complete with photos and video. The Gingerbread-packing phone, which looks like a cross between a Galaxy S II (in front) and a Nexus S (complete with curved glass), features a 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED display, a dual-core 1GHz CPU, 768MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a five megapixel AF camera with flash, an HSDPA 14.4Mbps radio and a 1500mAh battery. It’s expected to launch the week of February 27th, and according to UK retailer Clove, it’s going to cost £295 ($467) plus tax. That’s lovely and all, but without the Galaxy S III on the menu let’s just hope Samsung’s hiding something special up its sleeves for Barcelona. Until then, check out the pictures and video at the source link below.
Update: An additional set of photos of the Galaxy S Advance (in silver) just landed in our tip jar, direct from Vietnam.
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Develop an Android app, get a free Blackberry PlayBook originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Panasonic 2012 Q3: $9 billion loss, Sanyo writedowns, restructuring
Panasonic’s released its 2012 quarterly report (its financial year runs from summer to summer) and concedes it’s been as bad for them as it was for Sony and Sharp. It’s blaming the Japanese Earthquake for damaging its supply chain, a strong yen for keeping prices high, plus having to write-down the costs for its acquisition of Sanyo. The company’s promising to restructure (in the face of stern competition from Samsung and LG) to become a “green innovation” business as well as to streamline its operating costs. It’s predicting a quarterly loss of $9.2 billion as it takes the hit for this turmoil, and it doesn’t look like things will improve with an anticipated further loss of another $2 billion at the end of the (financial) year.
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