Konica Minolta develops ultra-bright mobile display

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 30th 2006 at 11:59PM

Making mobile displays extraordinarily bright seems counter to the logic that battery life is priority number one, but Konica Minolta is taking its chances and marketing its new organic EL backlight tech to cellphone manufacturers, claiming to rock 1,000 candela per square meter (by comparison, a highway flare burns at about 70 candela). We're questioning the need -- or ability, for that matter -- to look at a screen blasting more light at us than a small flashlight, but if the output can be toned down for typical use, we can certainly see the safety applications in this. Just don't kill our precious batteries, Konica Minolta, and we're down.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Misc

Tags: backlight, bright, candela, display, konica minolta, KonicaMinolta, organic el, OrganicEl

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Bear @ Jul 1st 2006 10:39AM

I think Konica Minolta made this display with some reserve for the future usage. Maybe it will be usable in space? Of course if it won't kill batteries

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