OLED devices - Page 10

Samsung's Galaxy S II is just starting to appear in the US, and it's already time to start speculating on its successor - the S III. According to an anonymous user in a message board, the S III will have 2 Ghz quad-core processor, the latest Ice Cream Sandwich OS, a 10mp camera, NFC and 1080p 60 fps video. But we're mostly interested in the display - a 4.65" Super AMOLED HD display offering a strange 1280x1024 resolution (352 ppi?).

These specs seems very optimistic, especially the display. The first Super AMOLED HD device, the Galaxy Note phone has a 1280x800 resolution on a 5.3" display (using PenTile technology). This means that Samsung will need to improve the ppi quite a bit. And the 1280x1024 resolution doesn't really make sense, does it?

Samsung's Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S2 variant) is now shipping for Sprint - for $199. The Epic 4G Touch offers a a 4.5" WVGA Super AMOLED plus display, 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, Bluetooth 3 and HSPA+. It's only 8.49mm thick at its thinnest point.

Samsung announced two new phones, both of which will use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) OS. Both of the will be launched soon by AT&T. The high-end Focus S has a 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus display, a 1.4Ghz processor, 4G-capable speed and a 8mp camera. The phone is 8.55mm thick.

Samsung Omnia W

The Focus Flash has a small 3.7" Super AMOLED display, the same processor and a 5mp camera. This same phone will be called Omnia W for other non-US networks.

Update: Sony announced that the Vita will ship in the US and the EU at February 22nd, 2012...

Sony announced that the PSP Vita, their next-gen mobile gaming console, will ship in Japan on December 17th. They say that outside Japan, the Vita will only ship in 2012 - although according to Amazon.com, the Vita will ship on 31 December, 2011 (and will cost $249 for the Wi-Fi version and $299 for the 3G one).

Sony also revealed that the original PSP shipped 71.4 million units as of June 2011. If the PSP Vita will be such a big success too, it may be the most popular OLED gadget ever.

Update2: Sony announced that the Vita will ship in the US and the EU at February 22nd, 2012...

Update: The Vita will ship on December 17 in Japan, worldwide in 2012 only. So perhaps the Amazon.com date is a bit optimistic...

Sony's PSP Vita, their next-gen mobile gaming console is now available for pre-order over at Amazon.com. The Vita costs $249 for the Wi-Fi version for $299 for the 3G one, and they list the release date as 31 December, 2011.

The Vita features a 5" touch AMOLED display (960x544), a quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and a quad-core PowerVR (SGX543MP4+) GPU (Sony says that it is as powerful as a PS3), Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and 3G (AT&T, optional). Gaming controls include dual analog sticks, motion controls and a multi-touch pad on the rear side.

Following yesterday's exciting launch of the 5.3" HD Super AMOLED Galaxy Note phone and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 Super AMOLED tablet, here are a couple of hands on videos showing these two devices:

Samsung launched three OLED products today, two of which are very exciting. The first is the Galaxy Tab 7.7, which has the world's largest mass-production OLED display at 7.7" (1280x800). It's a Super AMOLED Plus display. Other include Android v3.2, Dual-core 1.4Ghz processor, HSPA+ radio, 16GB to 64GB internal storage and a microSD slot, Wi-Fi, GPS and two cameras (3MP and 2MP).

The second exciting product is the Galaxy Note, a 5.3" Super AMOLED phone, offering the same resolution as the Tab - 1280x800. Samsung is using PenTile here. They are not using the Super AMOLED HD brand we thought they'd use, istead they simply call it a HD Super AMOLED display. It seems that Samsung will use Super AMOLED for PenTile displays and Super AMOLED Plus for non-pentile display, regardless of pixel density.

Samsung's popular Galaxy S II smartphone is finally coming to the US - to AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Sprint's version (called the Epic 4G) and T-Mobile's version use a 4.52" display, and AT&T's version will use the regular 4.3" panel. Sprint will be the first to launch it - on September 16th for $200.

The Galaxy S II has a 1.2Ghz processor, Android Gingerbread, 16GB of internal storage and WiMax (Sprint) or HSPA (T-Mobile and AT&T). The display is a 4.3" (or 4.52") Super AMOLED Plus.

Back in CES 2011 Sony showed a prototype Head Mounted Display (HMD) featuring two 1280x720 OLED microdisplays. It was just a prototype back then, and now Sony announed that they will release the HMD (called HMZ-T1) in November (in Japan at first) for ¥60,000 (about $780). Sony uses Dual Panel 3D technology which utilizes separate panels for the left and right eyes, each with its own dedicated 3D video.

These Sony-made OLED microdisplays are 0.7" in size each and use the same technology as Sony's recently announced 0.5" microdisplays.

Sony announced their 0.5" XGA (1024x768) OLED microdisplay - as used in four new cameras. It turns out that Sony is producing this OLED display on their own. The cameras that use this displays are the A77 and A65 DSLRs and the NEX-7 and NEX-5N mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (the NEX-5N doesn't come with the viewfinder, but you'll be able to buy it for $350).

To create those small pixels, Sony used a new design that uses white OLEDs and color filters. Sony also uses in-built D/A converters and driver electronics to create a small footprint.