Sony has achieved a much needed, status boosting jump on competitors with is just announced its 2.5 inch, oh-so-thin (0.01 inches or 0.3mm), flexible, full 24-bit (16.7 million) color display. With these characteristics its a display that can be moulded on to different shape substrates however, Sony hasn’t decided what applications may be commercialized yet.

The new display is a combination of two technologies; organic electroluminescent display and organic thin film transistors.

LG.Philips LCD has also recently announced the development of a full-color, flexible, active matrix, organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display. It is also remarkably thin.

Video – Demonstration of Sony’s New OLED Display