Posts Tagged ‘Touchscreen’

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Samsung’s improved AMOLED screens expected on upcoming phone   Samsung AMOLED screenBefore getting to the part about the new phones, here’s a primer: earlier this month, Samsung revealed that they’ll be mass-producing a new AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic LED) screen that integrates touch sensors instead of slapping a separate touch-sensitive layer on top of the display. The result? Merging the two layers makes for a slimmer screen with brighter images, for a “super AMOLED” screen.

Now, Samsung will reportedly be showing off a new phone at the Mobile World Congress that will feature a 3.3-inch, 800 x 480 screen, the merged kind that was described above. The full details for the new phone are currently unknown, but apparently, it’ll be headlined by its awesome new AMOLED display that’s listed to be five times “clearer” than regular OLEDs and should be 20 percent more visible under direct sunlight. Aside from being brighter, AMOLED displays are also naturally more power-efficient than their regular LCD counterparts, so the upcoming “super display phone” should definitely be something to see.

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Samsung’s M100S comes with 720p HD recording, Android 2.1   Samsung M100S a

Samsung has just introduced a new high-end handset that’s expected to debut during the Mobile World Congress set later this month. Tagged as the SHW-M100S, this phone won’t be using a 1GHz Snapdragon that’s regularly seen on high-end units (instead packing an 800MHz processor), but will offer a 5MP camera that can shoot 720p HD video.

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