So Samsung just happens to be in a good phase match on a high-end display, which is exactly what we wanted to do at a low cost.
But Ms. Bartz said she remained optimistic that Yahoo's focus on high-end display ads, where marketers pay a premium to control exactly when and where their ads run, would pay off once the economy recovers and companies look to burnish their brand image.
Neither is using OLED technology in a high-end display, the addition of industry standard wireless charging, or switching to fast-charge circuitry for the battery.
"Clearly a lot of people got way ahead of themselves in this market," says Glen Kephart, vice president of marketing for high-end display maker Kopin, of Taunton, Mass.
(3-D capabilities come unbidden with many of this year's high-end displays).
Indeed, the transistors are nearly as good as the much more expensive polysilicon transistors used in high-end displays.
High-end displays made from organic materials are lightweight, energy efficient, and crisp but it has proved difficult to manufacture them cheaply and durably.
DuPont says that these materials can be used to make cheaper high-end displays with existing equipment, and the company says that it is in talks with display manufacturers to bring them to market.
