Toshiba's "world's slimmest" 0.99-mm LCD for cellphones

by Thomas Ricker posted Oct 6th 2006 at 8:11AM

Like the self-satisfaction felt upon arriving at Carhenge in slaughterhouse central, Toshiba Matsushita can lay claim to a hollow victory in this, the latest "world's slimmest" TFT-LCD. This 0.99-mm slimster kicks that ol' 1.3-mm fatty from LG.Philips squarely to the curb by trimming the paunch and matching the lower estimate of its 300 to 400 nit brightness. Meant for cellphones, the display delivers a 240x320 QVGA resolution on that 2-inch diagonal / 3.5-gram screen. Just don't get too worked up at the thought of a sub-6mm phone anytime soon -- the first samples won't roll to manufactures until April 2007. Oh Tosh, why must you tease?

[Via Slashphone]

Filed under: Cellphones, Displays

Tags: cellphone display, CellphoneDisplay, mobile phone display, MobilePhoneDisplay, phone display, PhoneDisplay, slim display, SlimDisplay, slimmest, tft-lcd, thin display, ThinDisplay, thinnest, Toshiba, world's slimmest, world's thinnest, World'sSlimmest, World'sThinnest

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Deluxe @ Oct 6th 2006 8:15AM

That looks a whole lot more like 240x400, or "WQVGA" to me, but hey - I didn't manufacture it so what would I know?

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James Crasta @ Oct 6th 2006 8:39AM

This reminds me of the userfriendly comic...

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050920

nano cut!

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Todd @ Oct 6th 2006 8:48AM

Is this the display for Motorola's SCPL?

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Jay @ Oct 6th 2006 11:46AM

I still think we need a handheld OLED display for games (exremely hi-res of course!):

http://jahooba.cgsociety.org/gallery/371589/

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Steven F.Palter, MD @ Oct 9th 2006 10:28AM

Reduced size is vital for the LCD panels to improve in the use for surgeons in HMD's in the OR. This is a step forward. Comments on my medical technology blog--

http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/07/worlds-thinnest-lcd-for-cell-phones-also-good-for-or/

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