Last week at an industry show in California, both Sony and LG.Philips showed off prototypes of their flexible OLED full-color displays. Unlike the now ubiquitous LCDs, these displays are a lot thinner and more durable since they use thin sheets of plastic or metal instead of glass.

Specs are promising: both are able to reproduce 16.7 million colors. Sony's 2.5-inch panel has a 160x120 resolution and is 0.3 mm thick, while LG.Philips' is 4 inches, 320x240/QVGA, and 0.15 mm thick.

Looks like we're one step closer to my dream of a rollable/foldable PDA.

Check out Sony's demo video: (via Pink Tentacle)

Sony Press Release (Japanese)
LG.Philips LCD Press Release