OLED devices - Page 23

Last month we reported that the HTC Incredible is not available - because of component shortages, specifically the Samsung-made AMOLED display (a 3.7" 480x800 WVGA panel). Now we hear that it won't ship until July 12th at the earliest.

HTC Incredible

Samsung announced that they can't meet customer demand in their OLED plant - and they won't be able to do so until next year at least. Recently they commited $2.2 billion for new AMOLED production lines, to go online in 2012.

Samsung has revealed the Galaxy Tab - a 7" tablet that runs on Android with the TouchWiz UI. This tablet was leaked a while back (and referred to as the S-Pad), and it was said to be using a Super-AMOLED display. We still don't know the display type of the Galaxy Tab. We can only hope for an OLED...

Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab

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.

Cowon's J3 PMP is now shipping: The 16GB version costs $239.99 while the 8GB one goes for $199. The J3 has a 3.3" touch AMOLED (480 x 272) with an accelerometer, Bluetooth, improved audio using JetEffects 3.0 technology and TV output.

Cowon J3

Buy the J3 now for $239.99 (16GB) or $199 (8GB).

The HTC Incredible is an Android (v2.1) phone with similar hardware to the Google's Nexus One. It has a large 3.7" 480x800 WVGA touch AMOLED display, made by Samsung. It costs $99 with a new service plan for Verizon, but it's actually unavailable now. Verizon says that component shortages are to blame - specifically the AMOLED display (made by Samsung).

HTC Incredible

Samsung announced that they can't meet customer demand in their OLED plant - and they won't be able to do so until next year at least. Recently they commited
$2.2 billion for new AMOLED production lines, to go online in 2012.

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 reports that Nokia will release the N8 on August 24th in Europe. The price will be 370 Euro ($465). The N8 has a 3.5" (360x640) touch AMOLED display and runs Symbian^3 on a 680Mhz CPU. It also has Wi-Fi, a microSD slot and a 12mp camera.

Samsung's TL500 AMOLED camera is now shipping in the US for $450. The TL500 is Samsung's new flagship compact with an ultra-wide and bright F/1.8 lens (3x zoom), 10mp and a 3" swiveling AMOLED. The camera supports RAW format and can record video at VGA resolution.

Samsung TL500

Buy it now for $450 over at Amazon.com.

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.

Google announced that they'll stop selling the Nexus-One phone. The N1 was only available online, and didn't get any real carrier support. Google will eventually stop selling handsets online and instead promote "a variety of Android phones available globally."

Google Nexus One