A new rumor from
SmartHouse is making the rounds today, with alleged sources claiming LG has partnered with Apple to make
OLED displays for a
new iPhone and iPod touch, a Taiwan-manufactured netbook that's reportedly already in working prototype stage, and a device with a wafer-thin screen that would link wirelessly to a content-providing box similar to Apple TV. Sure, some of that makes sense, but let's add a good bit of context here. This article in question was written by
SmartHouse veteran David Richards, who in the past has brought us such winners as PlayStation 4 launching in 2008, a Xbox 360 equipped with HD DVD, and our favorite, Apple producing its own soap opera series exclusively for the iPod. We're not saying the Apple-LG partnership is entirely out of the realm of possibility, but this guy doesn't exactly have the best track record. Furthermore, this doesn't jibe with two separate reports from
Dow Jones Newswire and
Commercial Times / DigiTimes that Quanta is providing the screens for an upcoming Apple netbook launching in Q3. Lastly, with today's announcement that LG is licensing
Kodak's OLED technology for future devices, we get the feeling the company isn't the best suited to meet Cupertino's demands. Seems like this week's barrage of Apple news has gotten to people's heads, honestly -- keep a sharp eye!
[Thanks, everyone; image courtesy of
Frunny]
Read - Report on Apple / LG OLED partnership
Read - Articles from David Richards
posted Mar 19th 2009 7:38PM
I thought it was LG with Kodak, since Kodak actually had alot OLED development
Either way I couldn't be happier
umm why not provide times that the guy has been right? Ur only telling half the story without providing times that he was right with his predictions. IFFFFFF he was ever right
Kind of doubtful this is going to happen. Where would it fit in their product lineup? There are certain things that Apple simply refuses to do (like the midrange tower desktop). It's my opinion that a netbook really doesn't belong in there.
Australia's national broadcaster did an expose of David Richards last year;
http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2178689.htm
How many of you really believe that an Apple netbook will not suffer from VAIO p syndrome? Seriously, netbooks are defined by extremely low prices and simple feature sets. Apple will not be easily able to restrain itself enough to make something costing significantly under $700.00.
Or this is all bullshit. That seems almost as likely to me as did most of the fanboy-made iPhone mockups did back in 2005