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LG Display, iriver to demo new e-reader at CES?

December 29th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

I’m still not sure this one is for real. There was a news story on the Korean business blog AsiaE a few days ago which talked about the iriver Story HD, the new e-reader that LG Display and iriver were going to show off at CES next week. This e-reader is supposed to have a [...]

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LG Display show off a new screen at FPD (video)

November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news, video

FPD, a screen tech trade show, is being held right now in Tokyo. LG Disiplay are there, of course, and they have 3 screens on display (at least, 3 that I’ve found). I showed you 2 of the screens back in May from my SID Display week coverage. One is a 9.7″ color epaper and [...]

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LG tablet clears the FCC?

November 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware rumors

Actually, I’m not sure that’s true. We don’t actually know it’s a tablet. Something from LG showed up on the FCC website yesterday. There’s very little info in the paperwork, but the model number is listed and the gadget is defined as a “portable computer”. Wireless Goodness did some digging, and they found this picture [...]

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LG Display planning to make color epaper screens by end of year

August 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news

There’s an interesting footnote in LG Display’s SEC paperwork: In addition, we have shown that we are technologically a step ahead of the competition by developing products such as 21.5-inch full HD glossy touch screen monitors, 13.3-inch on-cell touch screen LCDs, 3-inch OLEDs, 10.1-inch flexible LCDs and 2.6mm thin televisions. By the end of 2010, [...]

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LG Display, iriver announce partnership

June 14th, 2010 · 8 Comments · hardware news

From the press release: Iriver and LG Display have agreed to establish a joint venture company, ’L&I Electronic Technology (Dongguan) Ltd.’ in China to expand their e-book business. Each Iriver and LG Display will finance 49% and 51% of the joint venture company, respectively, totaling up to 5 million dollars. The business will be founded [...]

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Sid Display Week: LG Display color epaper in 4 sizes

May 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news

by Charlie Dulin of Dulin’s Books LG was showing of four epaper displays at SID Display Week 2010. There were four different sizes shown 6”, 9.7”, 11.5” and 19”. “GIP” was one new technology they were showing off in both the 6” and 19”. They’ve combined several existing functions into fewer components allowing them to [...]

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LG bet on e-reader growth

May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · interview

M.B. Choi, VP of LG Display’s epaper division, is optimistic about the growth of the e-reader device market. From the Reuters interview: “I think the iPad won’t be a threat, but will actually have a positive impact on e-reader market,” M.B. Choi, vice president of LG Display in charge of its electronic paper division, said [...]

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