And LG is also building screens for the iPad. Still trying to confirm if Sony was capable of doing so, as well.
Supplier agreements can be a bear to track down. My link says Samsung will provide the iPad 3 display - but we should all take that with a grain of salt until confirmed.
Pretty sure that Sony doesn’t produce panels anymore.
Samsung and Sony formed SLCD Corporation to do that, ownership was 50/50 except Samsung had one more share, and the technologies used were from Samsung. Sony sold panels to HTC from there when the Sammy AMOLED supply dried up, and soon news bloggers everywhere were talking Sony panels and that SLCD stood for Super LCD, of which no such display tech ever existed. Didn't stop OEM websites from claiming that their mobile devices had Super LCD displays. Whatever sells.
Soniera has an editorial about it, he and I and many others hate that marketing term.
Recently, I don't recall, a year or so ago, Sony shifted alliance to invest in an advanced Sharp LCD fab. Some controversy ensued, again I forget the details.
For years, if you bought a Sony color LCD tv, you were getting a Samsung panel courtesy of SLCD. Some newer models may have the Sharp panel now, I haven't kept up.
But LG, Samsung and Sharp have all been advancing their technologies all along, not just sitting on their keisters.
So whichever one makes the iPad 3 display, it's likely to be pretty good, obviously.
If anyone has info and links on any Sony mobile display fab to correct me, I'll appreciate it, but I don't think that Sony does that.
Edit - Sony sold the mobile LCD fab they bought in 2005 to Kyocera in 2010.
PS - looks like the rumors about Apple dropping the 30 pin connector were false. I know that the pinout is upside down by comparison, but I wonder if Samsung did that to demonstrate parts supply to Apple.