AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011
Samsung's beautiful Super AMOLED panels are becoming more and more common in mobile devices, but they're not as common as they could be if there were more of the things flying out of Samsung Mobile Display factories. Predictably that's set to change in 2011, with SMD planning to fulfill its promise and bring another production facility online, while other competitors in Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore will ramp up their own AMOLED facilities in the coming year. Meanwhile, China is said to be working on its OLED supply chain as well, meaning those displays of the passive matrix variety will also be flying off of assembly lines soon
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: assembly, china, facility-online, lines, mobile-devices, oled, passive, pot, samsung, singapore, super amoled
UK carrier’s roadmap points to October 21 release for Windows Phone 7, over 2,000 apps at launch
The whole world and his neighbor's dog may already know when Windows Phone 7 will be announced , but when are the actual phones going to hit actual shelves? If you're in the US, that time still looks to be a month away , but the UK release window has just been narrowed down from late October to a single, albeit still speculative, date: October 21. Our tipster forwards the above snapshot from a Three UK document showing a "Windows 7Phone" nestled in between the BlackBerry Torch and Samsung Europa
Categories: BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: apps-at-launch, BlackBerry, microsoft, neighbor, plans, samsung, sgh, sgh-i916, Snapshot, speculation, super amoled, superamoled, three uk, torch
Latest smartphone displays pitted in no-holds-barred deathmatch
If you're a numbers geek, you're trying to be scientific about your next smartphone purchase, or you just like pretty colors, you might appreciate DisplayMate's latest report rounding up examples of all (well, most) of the latest and greatest display technologies out there: IPS LCD, Super AMOLED , AMOLED, and TFT, represented by the iPhone 4 and Droid , the Galaxy S , the Nexus One , and the iPhone 3GS , respectively. Noticeably missing is SLCD , the technology HTC has been using to make up for lost ground on its AMOLED shortage from component supplier Samsung, but we've got a hunch DisplayMate's hard at work at adding that into the mix. Anyhow, considering the sheer number of variables the firm takes into consideration -- everything from color depth, to brightness, to reflectance, to color gamut -- there's no clear-cut winner, but the Droid and iPhone 4 are obviously a cut above the rest with generally higher scores and better performance across the board
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: decent, displaymate, engadget, galaxy, ground-on-its, nexus, nexusone, performance, reflectance, result, super amoled, superamoled, tft, variables
Official: Samsung Fascinate launching September 9
Put away your leaked Verizon documents , good folks, the Fascinate finally has an official release date: September 9 . Verizon's Galaxy S variant snuck up on all of us with a commercial appearance last night, which was accompanied by that appropriately blown out text at the bottom, indicating it'll be in stores within a couple of days. That doesn't leave much time for you to build up fresh anticipation, so hopefully you were able to sustain yours while everyone else was unpacking their Captivate, Epic and Vibrant handsets.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: availability, blown-out-text, captivate, couple, folks, handsets, launch, release, result, samsung, samsung-fascinate, stores-within, super amoled, verizon, video
Samsung Fascinate ready for Best Buy in-store pre-order ahead of rumored September 9 launch
Verizon can't be feeling too hot about being the straggler to the Galaxy S party , but the wait seems to be almost at an end. Best Buy's just started taking in-store pre-orders for the Fascinate , while the latest internal document leak from VZW indicates a specific September 9 launch for the 4-inch Android handset.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: availability, document-leak, galaxy s, handset, in-storepre-order, samsung, smartphone, super amoled, verizon fascinate, verizon-wireless, verizonfascinate, victorious-end
Exclusive: Samsung Captivate for AT&T preview
AT&T may have been accused of crippling its Android phones , but the Samsung Captivate -- one of the US versions of the Galaxy S -- is about to change all of that. Oh sure, the company released the specs last week, but us resourceful folk got some hands-on time with the Super AMOLED -boasting, Android 2.1 phone prior to its unknown stateside launch. The model we got to play with was clearly an early build (it wasn't even branded Samsung or AT&T), but that didn't stop us from putting it through the paces at a local Starbucks
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: amoled, captivate, galaxy, galaxys, gallery, impressions, our-impressions, preview, super amoled, superamoled, touchwiz 3.0, touchwiz3.0, video
Samsung Galaxy S preview
Just because the US has gone gaming crazy these past couple of days doesn't mean the smartphone world has stopped turning. Samsung trotted out its Galaxy S handset last night in London, and we were naturally there to try and glean a better understanding of where this 4-inch Android 2.1 device fits in our wishlist hierarchy.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: galaxy, hierarchy, london, preview, samsung, samsung social, smartphone, stat, super amoled, touchwiz
Samsung’s AMOLED division is now profitable, expects major smartphone growth in 2010
If you want the dish on what's happening with mobile displays, Lee Woo-jong, VP for marketing at Samsung Mobile Display , is as good a person to ask as any.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: black, mobile, mobile display, now-profitable, reiterated-its, samsung mobile display, says-shortages, super amoled
Samsung Wave hits Vodafone UK on June 1, free on £25 a month plans
The UK is about to get its first taste of Samsung's Bada OS courtesy of the Wave , which is launching with Vodafone on June 1. Already announced amid the carrier's list of "coming soon" devices, this Super AMOLED-sporting phone has now been slapped with pre-order availability and some pricing info. Should you opt for Voda's
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: availability, Carrier, entry, extra-freebie, freebie, mercedes, phone, priceplans, samsung, samsung wave, super amoled, superamoled, two-year-plan, Wave
Samsung Galaxy S hands-on with video
Samsung dragged the Galaxy S out for us to gawk at this morning at CTIA and after the 30 minute video presentation, we were itching to actually check it out in our hands.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Difference, minute, processor, result, standout, super amoled, superamoled, video