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We’ve talked about flexible, bendable screens in the past – for example, Sony’s flexible OTFT OLED display. Here is more proof that flexible displays are indeed closer to reality.

Taiwan-based Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has come up with a production technique that would allow for cost-effective, mass-production of these types of displays, including both LCD and OLED screens. The technique called FlexUPD involves placing a layer of material between the flexible substrate and the glass, which would allow for easier removal (peeling) of the display from the glass.

via WSJ

The CES best-of-show Motorola Xoom Tablet is coming to Verizon Feb 17th according to Engadget and will land at a price of $699, $100 better than the intially rumored $799 price tag.

Sure we were pretty put off by the high price, but a quick comparison with the 3G 32GB iPad ($729) shows that Motorola/Verizon aren’t far off on that price given the huge advantage in feature-list they have on the iPad. Of course, they’d sell a lot more if they push down that cost.

So just a few differentiators with its iPad adversary: 160 dpi vs 132 ppi screen, 1GB vs 256MB RAM, 2MP front camera and 5MP back camera vs no cameras on the iPad, 720p video recording, Flash support, HDMI and USB 2.0 ports and 3G and 4G support vs no 4G on the iPad. Ready to buy one now, aren’t you?