Neowin News Feed for: Flexible

Google employees to now work from home until September 2021

Usama Jawad — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:16:01 +0000

Google has once again extended the deadline to return to office, this time to September 2021. The company will practice flexible workweeks and encourages employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more...

Lenovo shows off concept computing product with flexible display

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:44:02 +0000

At an event in New York, Lenovo showed off a gamut of products, including a concept device that includes a flexible display. Although interesting, the firm did not give many details about the project. Read more...

Samsung said to be launching foldable phone that doubles as tablet in Q3, LG to follow in Q4

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:04:01 +0000

Samsung will be ready to unveil a smartphone that can unfold into a small tablet by the third quarter of the year, and LG will follow suit with its own foldable devices before the end of 2017. Read more...

Patent reveals what Samsung's 'Galaxy X' smartphone with foldable screen could look like

Justin Luna — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:04:01 +0000

A recently posted patent application by Samsung could possibly give us a glimpse of what its plans are regarding devices with foldable screens. The devices are rumored to arrive by the MWC 2017 event. Read more...

The Vensmile K8 mini PC is a Windows 10 PC built into a flexible keyboard and touchpad

Adrian Potoroaca — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:08:01 +0000

Of all the different concepts of mini PCs that companies have been churning out for the last few years, this has to be one of the craziest to date. Oh, and it has more ports than Apple's MacBook. Read more...

Analyst: Apple wants to introduce a 'revolutionary' flexible AMOLED iPad in 2018

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:52:02 +0000

According to a reliable analyst, Apple is looking to release a new size of iPad next year with even bigger changes set for 2018. One of those changes? Flexible, AMOLED screens for its tablets. Read more...

Samsung executive says phones with bendable screens are "right around the corner"

Andy Weir — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:08:01 +0000

Samsung's North America chief says devices with bendable displays are "relatively right around the corner" - just days after a report claiming that Samsung's first foldable phones will arrive in 2017. Read more...

Samsung's first phones with foldable displays may be unveiled at MWC 2017

Andy Weir — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:12:01 +0000

Samsung is believed to be working on two devices with bendable displays - including one with a 5-inch form factor that opens up to become an 8-inch tablet - and they may be unveiled in early 2017. Read more...

LG is spending $8.5bn on the next-generation OLED TVs and flexible displays

Andy Weir — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:28:01 +0000

LG will invest $8.5bn in OLED display technology over the next three years, in an effort to establish itself as a leader in OLED TVs and a new generation of devices with truly flexible displays. Read more...

Pre-orders begin as LG details rollout plans for its new curved G Flex2 flagship

Andy Weir — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:08:01 +0000

LG has announced details of availability for the G Flex2, its new curved Android flagship, featuring an octa-core 2.0GHz Snapdragon 810 processor, 2GB RAM, and 13MP rear camera with laser auto-focus. Read more...

New patent shows that Apple is experimenting with iDevices that are flexible

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:02:01 +0000

Apple has recently been granted a patent that shows the company has been toying with the idea of a curved iPhone but just because they got the patent does not mean we will see it on retail shelves. Read more...

Samsung confirms it will launch handset with flexible, foldable display in 2015

Andy Weir — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 18:02:01 +0000

Samsung has said that it will begin volume production of flexible displays for smartphones that can be folded next year, and the first such device will go on sale before the end of 2015. Read more...

Roll up, roll up! Behold, LG's 18-inch flexible OLED screen

Andy Weir — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:31:48 +0000

LG has shown off its new 18-inch flexible OLED, which can be rolled up to a radius of 3cm - while still turned on and without damaging it - and also unveiled its new transparent OLED panel. Read more...

Nokia and its hardware partners reveal foldable OLED screens

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 19:22:03 +0000

Nokia and its research partner SEL have jointly revealed new flexible displays that can be folded into two or three sections, while switched on, or opened up into a flat 5.9-inch 720p OLED. Read more...

LG's curved G Flex handset heads to Europe next month

Andy Weir — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:11:26 +0000

LG's gently curved and slightly flexible handset, the G Flex, will launch in the first of over twenty European markets next month, as the company expands availability of the device beyond Asia. Read more...

Flexible friend: the phone that changes shape on its own

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:57:10 +0000

We've seen concepts of flexible handsets that can be bent into different shapes before, but the MorePhone prototype is a different beast - a phone that changes its own shape to alert users. Read more...

Your new flexible friend? Samsung to demo bendy 5.5-inch HD mobile screen

Andy Weir — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:04:19 +0000

Flexible displays remain one of the most hotly-anticipated developments in mobile tech, and Samsung is preparing to show off its latest at CES: a 5.5" 1280x720px bendy screen designed for smartphones. Read more...

$50M invested into flexible displays by the US Army

Sam Symons — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:25:17 +0000

The US Army has invested a further $50 million into Arizona State University's flexible-display research facility, bringing their total contribution up to $100 million. The Army is so keen on these displays as they are... Read more...

Flexible Smartphone Screens

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:29:45 +0000

Smartphones are great multi-functional devices able to replace the functions of cameras, torches, navigation units, media players, organisers and voice recorders. The only device they have trouble replacing is the personal computer. Why? The screen... Read more...

AT&T announces flexible ETF program

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:00:20 +0000

AT&T today announced a new approach to early termination fees (ETFs) that provides greater flexibility for wireless customers. Beginning on May 25, the company's new and renewing wireless customers who enter into one- or two-year... Read more...

Sony, Philips Unveil Flexible OLED Displays

Fri, 25 May 2007 19:59:55 +0000

Two of the world's biggest flat-panel display makers, Sony Corporation and LG.Philips LCD Company Limited, unveiled flexible full-color displays at a display industry show in California this week. Sony took the wraps off its prototype... Read more...

Flexible Color E-Paper Coming Soon

Wed, 16 May 2007 19:40:17 +0000

LG.Philips LCD has announced a 14.1-inch size flexible display. Dubbed "technology e-paper," the LG.Philips display uses technology from E-Ink Corporation, and is able to produce 4,096 colors (previously only available in grayscale). LG.Philips says that... Read more...

Flexible Electronic Paper to be Mass-Produced in 2008

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:49:16 +0000

Good-bye, Silicon. Hello, Polymer. UK-based Plastic Logic was founded via Cambridge University's research labs back in 2000. The company has just secured $100 million in financing. Naturally, financial backing happens to those with potential. With... Read more...

Flexible flat-panel displays coming soon

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 21:54:44 +0000

The quickening pace of innovation in flat-panel display technology will make possible the development of flexible displays sooner rather than later. But users will still have to wait for nearly a decade... Read more...

BBC introduces flexible TV

Mon, 03 May 2004 14:58:37 +0000

A shockingly intellgent and forwarding thinking move from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); i can't wait for them to launch it fully! "The future of television is almost upon us: the day when... Read more...

Visionaries see flexible computers using less power

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:57:03 +0000

Computers will be more flexible, intelligent, and require less power by the end of the decade, according to engineering groups that met here to ponder the future of computing. Members of the... Read more...

2 Reviews, Flexible Keyboard and GF4 Ti4200

Steven Parker — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:35:01 +0000

Thanks for these 2 reviews sent in by the respective websites staff and for the kind note Eric of Techseekers on our return from server troubles. :-) Whitelite FX100 Flexible Keyboard ... Read more...