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Digital picture frames have been sweeping the market, and so is OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology.  I suppose it was just an obvious to mix the two, and Kodak is the first as the company just unveiled the wireless OLED digital picture frame. 

As you can see, the OLED screen is quite thin.  I don’t have measurement of its thickness (or thinness), but considering the OLED from Sony debuted at CES at 0.3mm, then this one from Kodak is probably millimeters thin. 

More info on the Kodak OLED frame after the break.

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If Samsung is testing geek reaction to it’s sleek and extremely thin laptop slated to appear possibly in 2009 (or hopefully sooner) this picture does the trick. Wow!

At first glance this shiny black (accented with racy red) laptop elicits increased heart rates and drool. When composure returns however there are important questions that have to be asked. What is that 3rd piece leaning against that 12.1-inch gorgeous razor thin OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display? My guess – it is a protective cover that doubles as a support. How to you control the cursor? Is there room for a battery? This is a laptop – right?

The touch-sensitive keyboard continues the sleek appearance but some worry that the non-tactile feel will be a real let down. Let down maybe but probably not a deal breaker.

Numerous unanswered questions have not squelched anticipation. Samsung has turned up the heat a bit by mentioning a 15.4-inch model in 2009 as well. Does that mean we will see one of these beauties in the near(er) future?

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LG has upgraded its previously released mobile phone LG-LH5000 with 3 new exciting flavors – vanilla, strawberry and pistachio. I know it sounds ridiculous and you might think that I must be kidding, but actually I’m not. LG has really introduced three new

flavors for the LH5000. Hopefully, you don’t get it to it thinking that you are actually holding an ice cream.

The LG-LH5000 ice cream phone is a thin flip-phone that boasts 3G connectivity, a 2.2-inch color display with QVGA resolution and 2.2-megapixel camera. The LH5000 ice cream phone lasts through 140 hours of standby time and 150 minutes talk time. The LG ice cream phone also sports an LED lighting in the keypad area which complements the different colors of the phone.

Other than this, there’s not much information available for the LG ice cream phone. The LG-LH5000 is currently available only in Korea.

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Samsung has launched NV24HD, a new HD digital camera loaded with a 10.2-megapixel resolution and AM OLED display. AM OLED is an innovative display that emits light which prevents distortion of the screen when viewing angle varies from one shot to another. The AM OLED display also response 2,000 faster than most TFT LCD.

Being an HD digital camera, the Samsung NV24HD is equipped with upgraded HD technology that produces high quality, clear full HD images. And with full HD capabilities, the Samsung NV24HD features enhanced video viewing by employing the next generation H.264 video standard. It supports a video resolution of 1280X720 at a fast 30fps. This speed enables the camera to record HD quality videos with HD quality stereo sound.

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This is a unique looking Samsung cell phone, with an OLED display on the outside cover.  What is an OLED?  It stands for organic light emitting diode.  The OLED has been around for a few years, and includes a very thin LED layer made up of an organic material.

Samsung has not announced which cell service will be used, but rumor is that it will be Sprint.  With a 1.3 mega pixel camera, a microSD memory slot, and video and music on demand, it looks like it will be a good device.  The analog clock look on the outside cover mixes high tech with old-school.

Other applications are also be considered.  Arctechnica talks about the application of the OLED technology in many other applications, which are even more interesting than the cell phone display.  They talk about a transparent version of the OLED, which can be used for heads-up displays for cars and for surgeons.  The applications are unlimited for OLED, especially if it brings down the cost of LED TVs into the hundreds of dollars instead of thousands. 

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