in search of OLED

nokia n85 (in sunlight)

(Photo From:  ZOMGitsCj.com) (Thanks for speaking up! ^_^)

I'm beginning to see OLED-equipped devices popping up all over the place. While it's true my NEC L1 e949 (basically a dead device at this point) had a very nice OLED display in it, it's taken a long time for the technology to take hold. Especially since, I'm assuming, it's taken a long time for the size/cost/capability ratio to even out.

Since that point, OLED technology has matured greatly. The market is littered with AMOLED displays (don't ask me why some people say AMOLED and why others leave it a simple OLED), if you only know how to spot them. One such device, the Samsung Impression, caught me off guard. Here's a device, rather plasticky and "cheap", that is equipped with the coveted screen technology. As a phone itself, it's rather novel, with a pretty good build, a very usable keyboard, and adequate hardware/software for it's target audience. (I'm actually looking into picking one of these up for cheap sometime.)

Now it seems like OLED devices are beginning to be found everywhere. Cell phones, televisions, car stereos, MP3 players (I'm working on getting myself a Zune HD by the way). While I've yet to find a case in which there are two OLED-equipped devices that are similar enough to compete with one another, I think it's only a matter of time before I do. And I hope that it happens soon, too, because I really want to see some more choice for people like me who see this technology as being promising and therefore a desirable attribute.

And you know how eInk/LCD hybrids are starting to show signs of *maybe* coming into production? Why hasn't an eInk/OLED come around? I mean think about it... the diode when off is black. So that darkest part of each eInk pixel/ball-bearing could be the exposed diode. The pixels might show significant signs of separation but I almost see this type of hybrid as being vastly more efficient than the LCD variant.

On a side note... I've decided to lay to rest my plans to acquire another high-end handset via craigslist. You'll see why in a new post in a minute...

Comments

[Clinton Jeff]

[this is good] Hey There Kuzma. Just so you know, this image is from our review of the N85 on
ZOMGitsCj.com
:) hosted on my Ovi Share account.
And that OLED screen was pretty sweet. Not too great in direct sunlight though, but otherwise it was really vivid.

[kuzma]

Is it?! I'm sorry!!! I'll give you the credit right now... I found it via Google Image search and all I could get was OVI's filehosting address, without any subdomain. I attempted to find it on OVI but... well... have you ever tried searching N85 on OVI? There's a lot of hits!

Thanks for speaking up btw... you guys deserve credit for your good pictures! And yeah... true about the direct screen light. But at night, boy does that thing shine!!!