Double-sided LCD screen breakthrough claimed

Samsung Electronics claims to have created the first LCD panel that can produce independent images on both sides of a single small LCD display.

Samsung comments,"...our new double-sided mobile display underscores Samsung's commitment to equip our customers with advanced display technology that accelerates the trend toward slimmer mobile products,"said Yun Jin-hyuk, executive vice president of the Samsung Electronics LCD Business mobile display division, in a statement. "We anticipate high demand when we commence mass production in the first half of 2007."

Flexible display technology using organic polymers is also an emerging market, with Plastic Logic announcing on Wednesday that it will open a factory to make e-paper components in Dresden in 2008. Read More ...

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