Lenovo considering OLED Laptops?

Lenovo has just recently released their new ThinkPad T400s, breaking their previous record for a slim-laptop.  The T400s is a mere 0.83 inches thick and weights just 3.9lbs, putting it between the aluminum unibody MacBook and MacBook Air.  All this is nice and good, but in a recent interview with ComputerWorld, David Critchley drops this little bombshell:

Lenovo is also thinking about adding a multitouch screen to future ThinkPads and it will consider releasing a slim model of its T500 with 15-in. OLED screen “if demand is there ” Carias said.

More important than demand is price, I suspect.  OLED isn’t cheap, but the contract and resolution alone would have people clamoring for it.

via Lenovo slims down new ThinkPad T400s.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .