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<title>Rumor has next iPad mini display reaching 324ppi</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/04/would.make.mini.display.apples.second.sharpest/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360009566_ipadmini-whitecloseup.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The next-generation iPad mini will get a display with 324 pixels per inch, says Chinese site My Drivers.  The information stems from sources at Taiwanese Apple suppliers, who say that AU Optronics is piloting production of the new tablet.  The hardware is expected to use a 2048x1536 display resolution, the same as the fourth-generation 9.7-inch iPad, despite having to compress that detail onto a 7...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iMac, iPad mini shipments may be limited until Q1 2013</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/28/production.problems.said.to.be.hampering.display.supplies/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351111192_mini.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Shipments of the iMac and iPad mini may be limited until sometime in the first quarter of 2013, claim industry sources for Digitimes.  Display panels for the iPad mini are reportedly produced by AU Optronics and LG Display, and AU is said to be getting a yield rate of just 22 percent, compared with the 40 percent it was originally aiming for.  Complicating matters further is a supply shortage on t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leaks show iPad mini parts, name AU as screen builder</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/02/parts.use.169.display.ratio/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349197238_ukrainipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Ukrainian website says it has obtained parts for Apple's upcoming 8-inch iPad, often known as the iPad mini.  The parts are said to have come from a source who visited a factory in Asia.  Some notable aspects include plastic spacers to allow 3G/4G signals, a bottom-mounted headphone jack, and a nano-SIM tray which allegedly broke off in disassembling the hardware....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>LCD makers settle price fixing lawsuit for $1.12 billion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/13/several.apple.suppliers.among.implicated.parties/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/ipad3-flower.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Several LCD manufacturers are paying out a total of $1.12 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over price fixing, the Wall Street Journal reports.  LG will lose the most in the arrangement, paying out $380 million.  AU Optronics is on hook for $170 million, while Toshiba is due for $21 million.  Several other companies settled earlier in the year, including Samsung, which gave up $240 million....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> AUO ships its first AMOLED displays to Sony, HTC in June</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/25/auo.starts.mass.production.of.amoled.panels/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/auo-amoled-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Taiwanese display giant AU Optronics is set to ship its first AMOLED mobile display panels to Sony and HTC in June, according to Digitimes. Currently, Samsung display division dominates the manufacture of AMOLED panels. However, AU Optronics yield rates are only at 20 percent on average at this early stage in its implementation of the technology, meaning that it will still be some time before it p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rumor has LG, AU Optronics supplying 7-inch iPad LCDs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/17/2012.launch.expected.with.6.million.units/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1204/ipad2012-review.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Two companies, LG and AU Optronics, have been certified to supply LCD panels for Apple's rumored 7/7.85-inch iPad, says the Taiwanese publication Liberty Times.  The firms are claimed to be aiming toward a product launch sometime in the second half of 2012, and an initial run of 6 million iPads.  Liberty adds that TPK is expected to produce 4 million backlight modules, while Chimei Innolux will b...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/17/2012.launch.expected.with.6.million.units/</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony rumored tapping Samsung for OLED TV displays in 2013</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/24/sony.may.use.old.partner.for.oled.jump/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/samsungsuperoledtv.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sony might jump to its one-time partner Samsung to leap into OLED TVs.  Purported insiders claimed Tuesday to Digitimes that Sony, having unsuccessfully tried a partnership with AU Optronics on large-size OLEDs, was going with Samsung-made OLED panels for some Bravia TVs due in 2013.  AUO wouldn't have large-enough organic displays until late 2012, or too late for Sony to use them, according to th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony rumored in talks with AU Optronics for OLED TVs</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/18/sony.and.au.optronics.may.partner.on.oled.tvs/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/sony_oled_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sony is said to be in talks with AU Optronics for a partnership to deliver OLED TVs, according to Reuters. The rumor is consistent with Kaz Hiraiís ëOne Sonyí strategy which was detailed last week. In it, Hirai outlined his plans to turn around the TV divisions fortunes by focusing on the development of OLED televisions and moving away from traditional LCD panels....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Jury finds AU Optronics guilty of LCD price fixing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/13/former.ceo.cleared.of.charges/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1108/au_optronics_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A US jury has found display maker AU Optronics guilty of criminally conspiring with a number of other manufacturers to artificially inflate prices of LCD panels. The conviction marks the latest affirmation of a widespread price-fixing scandal that spanned at least five years and is estimated to have cost US electronics makers billions of dollars....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple rumored using thin bezel tech for 7.85-inch iPad</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/12/mini.ipad.may.take.thin.bezel.to.maximize.design/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/ipad2-unboxing3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A rumor starting the week has the often claimed 7.85-inch small iPad using relatively new technology to make the most of its screen.  Part suppliers told Digitimes they anticipated Apple using thin bezel technology to make sure as much of the screen was available as possible.  Indirectly supporting this, they expected that Shuriken panel designer LG Display would make the IPS or FFS (in-plane or f...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/12/mini.ipad.may.take.thin.bezel.to.maximize.design/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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