The ultra-high resolution display uses PenTile RGBW technology, which made headlines with the Nexus One. Many blamed the PenTile display for the blurry text and occasional colour banding that plagued the Android handset, but hopefully the serious pixel density of Samsung’s new display will override those problems.
Presumably, Samsung will drop this mega-resolution display in its Galaxy Tab line, but maybe it could be scooped up by Apple for a future iPad. (If nothing else, its existence means other companies should be able to produce a similar panel in the not-too-distant future.) Samsung’s saying it’ll be ready “for tablet applications later this year.” Our eyeballs can’t wait. [Samsung]
Cihao
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 5:48 PMThe Samsung’s Amoled and Super amoled which was used in the Nexus one, Galaxy S etc. Used a PenTile pixel arrangement of RGBG. The RGBW you mentioned is superior to the original RGBG as the extra White pixel adds more brightness to the device, where RGBG does not and adds to the blurry-ness with the arrangements of the green sub-pixel.
Gidge
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:03 PMNotice that this comes a few months after nVidia announced Project Kal El (Tegra 3?) for tablets and smart phones.
They announced that the GPU would output video in 2560×1600 and demo’d prototypes powering external displays.
matt
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:35 PMthe trick is getting a graphics chip to power it…
certainly possible for low power graphical tasks (like the UI ect)
but for games, I don’t quite think they are there yet.
An drew
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:37 PMWow, thats one hell of a screen. Hopefully the battery life is decent. But, probably not going to buy this tablet unless it’s possible to root and load stock honeycomb on it.
James
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:45 AMit is also announced that with that screen they also reduced battery consumption by 40% compare to existing one
Karl
Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:09 PMCan’t wait for a tablet with Pen input. This is what I really want so that I can do a more precise drawing on it.