Super AMOLED: introduction and market status - Page 26

Samsung announced that they have ambitious plans for the Galaxy S launch - they have agreements with over 100 wireless providers, including the four key US carriers. We know that Samsung is not able to meet demand for its AMOLED displays, it'll be interesting to see whether they Galaxy S will be in short supply as well...

The Galaxy S has a 4" (800x480) Super-AMOLED display, runs Android v2.1, has a 1 Ghz processor and can shoot shoot HD video (720p) with a 5mp camera.

There are rumors that Samsung are working on a new WVGA super-AMOLED LiMo phone for Vodafone, to be called the i8330 H2. It will come pre-loaded with Vadafone's 360 services and feature HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8mp camera, HD video recording and a 1Ghz processor.

Samsung i8330 H2

Back in 2009, Samsung introduced the 360 H1 phone for Vodafone.

There are rumors that T-Mobile's upcoming new Sidekick phone (project Emerald, to be known as the Sidekick twist) will run Google's Android v2.1, and have a large 4.3" super-AMOLED display. It's expected to be released in the summer.

Samsung's super AMOLED
packing S8500 Wave phone is now available unlocked for £350 in the UK. Amazon say it'll ship within 1-3 months... We don't have a US release date yet. This will be the first shipping phone with a Super-AMOLED display.

Samsung Wave s8500

The wave is running the Bada-OS, has a 3.3" 800x480 super-AMOLED display, and is also the first phone with Bluetooth 3.0. Other features include Wi-Fi, a 1Ghz processor, 5Mp camera, a-GPS, accelerometer, 2GB/8GB of internal memory, micro-SD slot
DivX/XViD support and 720p recording/encoding.

Samsung's upcoming tablet computer, the S-Pad is confirmed for the second half of 2010 (some report an August release). There are rumors that this tablet will run on Google's Android OS and have a 7" Super-AMOLED (touch) display. Other features include Wi-Fi, 3G (SK Telecom in Korea) and USB connectivity.

This is interesting news. Currently, the largest super-AMOLED display is the 4" used in the Galaxy S smartphone. We know that Samsung are working on 7" AMOLEDs (they'll use one in the 700Z photo frame).

Samsung's Super AMOLED S8500 Wave phone is now available for UK's T-Mobile network. You can get it unlocked for £366.99. With a plan the handset ranges from £59.99 to free, depending on the monthly payments.

Samsung Wave s8500

The Wave has a 3.3" 800x480 Super AMOLED display and runs Samsung's Bada OS. That's a world first on both. It also sports Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, 1Ghz processor, 5Mp camera, a-GPS, 720p recording/encoding and DivX/XviD support.

Samsung announced that the Super-AMOLED packing Wave will be the first phone with certified support for DivX HD playback. The Galaxy S (with its 4" Super-AMOLED) will also be certified to play back the format.

Samsung Wave s8500

There are reports that Samsung are set to announce a new Super-AMOLED phone soon (in the CTIA exhibition). The phone will be called the Galaxy S and it'll run Android on a 1Ghz processor.

Samsung are also working on "Super AMOLED optimized" content: full-length movies and TV shows and also books and magazines. Sounds interesting.

Samsung is said to be developing a new Windows Phone 7 (WP7) device, and it will have a Super-AMOLED touch display. It will also have 8mp camera, Wi-Fi, 3G and A-GPS. This isn't surprising as Microsoft are expecting most WP7 phones to have AMOLEDs.

We'll wait for an official announcement.

Samsung are going to push the new Wave phone (with the Super AMOLED and Bada OS) - it will be available in 50 countries by May and Samsung will offer developer support in 20 countries. They hope to get at least 1000 Bada apps by the end of 2010, and expects to sell around 10 million Wave phones in 2010. 

Samsung Wave s8500

"We want to push feature phones into the mass market, and get feature phone users into smartphones." says Samsung. Bada is important to Samsung, but they are pursuing a multi-platform strategy, and they are not diverting resources from competing handset platforms such as Android.