Is LG developing flexible OLED Screens?

LG has been on a tear with some exciting announcements in mobile. First was the LG Optimus VU, which is it's tweener device that's between the a tablet and a smartphone, aimed at Samsung's Note. Then the quad core Optimus 4X HD flagship Android smartphone announced at the Mobile World Congress this year. Then, there's that LG Optimus LTE2 with 2GB or RAM. Boy, the hits keep on coming.

Now we're hearing reports that LG is working on flexible OLED displays that are unbreakeable. A report from Ubergizmo states  that, "LG’s 3.5-gen production plant is ready to begin production by the end of the year, so it should be around early-mid 2013 when we can start seeing phones being advertised with “unbreakable” displays."

What this could mean for LG and for the mobile industry in general is more interesting and pliable. This also means that we will get more shock resistant screens for our smartphones, tablets, ereaders and possibly our notebooks.

Good stuff coming from LG. Now, how about some Ice Cream Sandwich updates on our Android devices?

Source: Ubergizmo

Sony unveils Android-friendly SmartWatch

Sony has just revealed the SmartWatch. This is a $150 watch that integrates with Android smartphones to show text messages, app updates and e-mail, manage calls, and control music and video. It also allows users to snap photos from their Android smarphones remotely. The dust and splashproof watch can run four days on a charge and connects to most Android smartphones via Bluetooth. Good news for hackers, Sony expects SmartWatch specific apps to be made available to the Google Play store.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus now available

Samsung is all about choice. They have Android phablets, tablets and slates ranging every conceivable screen size. The recently released Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus brings a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB, WiFi or WiFi + 3G and Android 3.2 Honeycomb.

Available starting today at Future Shop, Best Buy and The Source (which sells the WiFi variant at $349). The 7 inch size (plus the fact that all the major eBook apps are now on Android) means that this could be a good option as a eReader/tablet.

This is the successor to the previous 7 inch tab, the first Android tablet to compete with the first generation iPad.

Toshiba's Excite 10 LE Android tablet coming in March for $549

Toshiba of Canada recently announced the launch of the Excite 10 LE Tablet, currently the world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet. Measuring in at just 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thin and weighing just 1.18 pounds (535g), this comes with Android OS 2.3 Honeycomb but Toshiba says it will be able to run the  Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google's Android OS. More details after the break.

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