Apple's CEO may say that OLEDs aren't good enough, but every so often we hear of a new Apple patent that deals with OLED displays. Today's new patent (filed in August 2011 but revealed today) describes a flexible screen that can turn into a warp-around bracelet using a bi-stable spring. The patent specifically mentions OLED technology because in the bracelet state most pixels will be off.
Apple is reportedly working on the iWatch - a wearable device that may or may not sport a PMOLED display. A flexible display will be great, but I wouldn't expect the technology to be ready just yet for Apple...
In past years we reported on several OLED patents including a flexible OLED based haptic display, OLED based BLUs for LCDs, OLED control schemes and others. A couple of weeks ago it was reported that Apple has hired a new executive into its Display group - Dr. Jueng Jil Lee, a former research fellow at LG Display, who apparently was involved with OLED TV printing technology research.
