CES 2019: LG to bring rollable OLED TV to market

LG has been playing around with rollable OLED displays for awhile now. It showed a prototype of this TV at last year’s CES. But now it’s going to be a sold to the public at the second half of the year. Called the Signature Series OLED TV R. This comes with a 65-inch display, which hides away in a credenza-like box that also houses the Dolby Atmos sound system. It’s a TV for those with really deep pockets (no price yet but expect it to be extremely expensive) that have a view they’d like to show off to their guests or those who just don’t want to be staring at a black screen when it’s off.

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HP brings OLED to the Spectre x360 15

It’s been 13 years since HP brought an OLED display to its Spectre line but this 2019 it’s making a comeback. The company is offering an OLED option for its 15-inch HP Spectre x360, making it one of the few laptops with an OLED display and perhaps finally bringing the fight to the MacBook Pro when it comes to creative work. It comes with HDR support and wide gamut (100 percent DCI-P3 coverage), high-contrast screen technology. There isn’t any info yet on color accuracy but at least the color gamut is comparable to Apple’s laptop. In terms of specs, you can expect it to come with an 8^th-gen Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB PCIe SSD storage. HP isn’t providing estimated battery life yet but the existing Spectre x360 15 models have a run time of up to 16 hours. With an OLED display though, expect this to eat up more battery. The unit is expected to ship in March. No word on pricing yet either.

Source: The Verge + CNET

KitchenAid unveils its own Google smart display

KitchenAid proves that everyone wants to get into the smart home space. The company unveiled its own smart screen, aptly called the KitchenAid Smart Display. It’s a standard smart screen that seems to take design cues from Lenovo’s own display. This time, though, you get a 10-inch IPX-5 water-resistant display. And to help differentiate it, it has Yummly recipe search engine, which KitchenAid’s parent company Whirlpool bought two years back. Some recipes even feature videos from professional chefs such as Richard Blais, Daniel Holzman, Carla Hall, and Jet Tila. KitchenAid pairs this with Google Assistant to give you access to the same features you’d expect to get with other smart displays. It’ll let you watch YouTube videos, make shopping lists, as well as control your smart home devices. The KitchenAid Smart Display is expected to come out in the second half of the year and pricing is expected to range between US$200 and $300.

Source: TechCrunch + CNET

OhMiBod’s remote vibrators can be controlled via upcoming Apple Watch app

If you take your personal pleasure seriously, or want your Apple Watch to help you out, OhMiBod has plans to launch an Apple Watch app as well as an Alexa Skill for its pleasure products. The Apple Watch app will make use of the Pulse feature and your heart rate to control the intensity of the company’s Bluetooth-enabled vibrators. Meanwhile, the Alexa Skill, which is expected to arrive later in the spring, will let you control your OhMiBod vibrators using voice control alone. It’s not clear how either will work but we’ll probably hear more when these features launch.

Source: Engadget