Olympus' XZ1 OLED camera is now shipping for $429. The XZ-1 is an "enthusiast compact" camera with a bright lens (F1.18 at 28mm and F2.5 at 112mm), 10mp sensor and image stabilization. The display is a 3" VGA OLED. The camera can record 720p videos and has a built-in flash and a hotshoe.
Update: Play.com updated their page, and the release date is now listed as May 6...
According to Play.com, Samsung's Galaxy S2 will ship on March 31st. The price is £600 for an unlocked phone (no contract). If true this will probably be the first Super AMOLED Plus phone that actually ships. The Galaxy S2 has a WVGA 4.3" Super AMOLED plus display, 1Ghz dual-core processor, NFC, Bluetooth 3 and HSPA+. It's only 8.49mm thick at its thinnest point.
Update: We found a nice video showing the new monitors, see below
Back in January we reported that Sony plans to release new professional OLED monitors - and they finally did so today. The Trimaster EL series offers two sizes - 17" (BVM-E170) and 25" (BVM-E250). The monitors offer hyper-accurate color reproduction and 'perfect' image quality without motion blur due to the OLED's fast response time. The display support HDMI, DisplayPort, 3G-SDI, SD-SDI and HD-SDI. The monitors are thin - 148mm in depth.
These monitors aren't cheap: the BVM-E250 will be released in Japan in May 2011 for 2.5 million yen ($30,000) and the BVM-E170 will be released in July for 1.3 million yen ($15,000). It's only about 10% more than Sony's equivalent LCD monitors. Here's a nice video showing the two new monitors also discussing the state of the OLED industry:
SonyEricsson's LiveView is finally shipping in the US - for $82 (it's been available in the UK for quite some time now). The Liveview is an Android accessory with a small (1.3") PMOLED display and can communicate via Android 2.x devices. You can control music, get notifications about phone calls, updates from applications (twitter, facebook) and more. The idea is that you can wear it like a watch.
The LiveView is an interesting device, but it got some dismal reviews from both Engadget and Slashgear who were disappointed - mainly with the buggy software and compatibility issues.
We've got a lot of Super AMOLED Plus news today. Here's a short video comparing the Galaxy S2 (with its 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus display) to a Galaxy S (4" Super AMOLED) and an iPhone 4 (3.5" IPS-LCD). The most apparent thing about the S2 - it's a big phone...
Samsung's Galaxy S2, the successor to the popular Galaxy S is now official -and it has a 4.3" Super AMOLED plus display, 1Ghz dual-core processor, NFC, Bluetooth 3 and HSPA+.
According to reports, the display offers 800x480 (WVGA) resolution - the same as the Galaxy S' Super-AMOLED which is smaller at 4". This is rather strange...
Remember Recom Group's OLED Video-Name Tag? It's a 2.8" OLED display (320x240) that can show video for about 6 hours and can be used for advertising, waiters, promotores, etc. It costs $200. They have just announced a couple of accessories for this product - a wrist-band and a belt-buckle. Both the band and the buckel cost $79 (and the belt itself goes for $24).
Recom has been showing the name tag at CES - embedded in a hat, it was pretty neat:
Nokia starts shipping the E7 in several markets (they didn't say which ones), and Ukko Lappalainen, a senior official at Nokia, said that "The E7 is by far the most important model for us this year when looking at sales expectations". The E7 is a QWERTY slider running Symbian^3 and has a 4" Clear-Black AMOLED (640x360) display.
The E7 was supposed to start shipping on December 2010, but it was later delayed and only now starts shipping.
Update: The D3 Plenue 32GB version is now shipping!
Cowon's D3 Plenue has a price now: $369 for the 32GB version. You can pre-order it over at Amazon.com. The D3 Plenue is an Android (v2.1) PMP with a 3.7" AMOLED display, Full-HD (1080p) support, Wi-Fi, HDMI out, Bluetooth and a T-DMB TV tuner.
There are reports that Sony will unveil two professional OLED monitors at the Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat (14-18 February in Palm Springs, California). This won't be Sony's 24.5" glasses-free 3D monitor unveiled at CES (which should also be available during 2011) as the two new monitors will not feature 3D.
Sony PVM-740
Sony already has some professional OLED monitors available - the latest is the PVM-740 (announced in April 2010) - that has a 7.4" (960x540) OLED panel.
