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by Alex Dobie
Apr 24, 2013
How does Samsung's 1080p HD SuperAMOLED match up against last year's offerings and the latest LCD panels?
A pet technology of Korean giant Samsung, AMOLED displays have adorned ever...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 02, 2012
Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 ushers in the post-PenTile era
In the past, most SuperAMOLED smartphone screens have used a "PenTile" matrix pattern for the subpixels that make up eac...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 02, 2012
Sony Mobile says it's confirmed an issue with some Xperia S phones that result in the display showing a yellowish hue at increased temperatures, following reports from disgruntled Xperia S users...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 05, 2011
Because we know some in the Android community (and elsewhere) like to get worked up over things like the PenTile matrix used Samsung's new HD SuperAMOLED displays, we decided to snap some close-...
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by Rene Ritchie
Jan 06, 2011
While there may be some devices that won't confirm they're using Corning's Gorilla Glass, many of your favorite Android phones and tablets aren't shy about it. Why? Because it's tough as nails. Actua...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 28, 2010
So this is pretty cool -- Corning Incorporated advertising its legendary Gorilla Glass in the latest issue of Gentlemen's Quarterly. Not familiar with Gorilla Glass? Do you own any ph...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2010
Speaking of next-generation LG hardware, some pics and specs came out today of what's supposedly codenamed the LG B. Not a whole lot is said about it other than it's got a 4-inch screen -- ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 26, 2010
HTC has announced it will introduce SLCD screens to its manufacturing of the Nexus One and Desire later this summer.The Desire and Nexus One originally have been manufactured with AMOLED screens,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2010
This doesn't really fix things if you're one the few whose Droid X screen was a bit borked, but Verizon has acknowledged the existence of "a very small number of Droid X units that have experien...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 20, 2010
First the good: The 1.13.604 software update for the Motorola Droid X finally started downloading last night, which means we can finally stop running this picture. Check out the o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 19, 2010
We've had a ton of touchscreen technology thrown at us in the past year -- hell, in the past several months. We've gone from LCD (liquid crystal display) to OLED (organic light-emitting dio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 26, 2010
Good news for all of you waiting for your HTC Incredible to ship. We heard the rumors about HTC stopping production of certain models with AMOLED screens, so Phil got on the horn and rung u...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 11, 2010
When you see a phone along side a set of keys, a screw, a penny a razor blade, you know something bad's about to happen. Right? Roman G lets us know in the Android Central Forums about his scratch tes...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2010
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Another welcome feature uncovered by many of you in Android 2.2 is the ability to work in apps through 270 degrees of rotation. That is, if you turn the phone to the landscape ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
[YouTube link] Let's take a quick look at multitouch on the Sprint Evo 4G, shall we? In daily use, it's been holding up just fine. Pinch-to-zoom works as it should, and the touchscreen is as respo...
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by Casey Chan
May 10, 2010
Before we get your hopes up, that picture above is not the purported Samsung S-Pad (it's a Samsung Mondi). The real S-Pad (or as real as rumors can get) is an Android tablet said to pack a 7-inc...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 27, 2010
Could that weird Motorola Android device we saw last week actually be the Motorola MT820 pictured above? The button arrangement is different but the transparent flip screen, camera placement, and...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 22, 2010
The Dell Aero, the sort-of good-looking Dell Android phone headed to AT&T, just got some new information that's just not worth getting excited about. The Aero is said to use a middling 624 M...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2010
See that picture up there? That's the surface of Mars. And apparently it doesn't look very good on the Nexus One. And now on the Motorola Droid. And quite possibly any device running Android 2.1....
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by Casey Chan
Mar 23, 2010
A year ago, Kyocera announced that they were tossing their hat in the Android mix. A year later, we meet the Kyocera Zio M6000. Though Kyocera isn't a big name in the smartphone industry, the Z...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 19, 2010
What started as a rant from the less-than-Google-friendly Boy Genius Report is slowly starting to become a thing. We're talking about the screen on the latest batch of Google Nexus Ones, whose o...
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by Jeremy
Mar 08, 2010
From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have not a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 17, 2010
Samsung didn't bring much in the way of Android at Mobile World Congress, but it did bring a new screen technology that hopefully will make it into your pocket in the near future. It's called Super A...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 03, 2010
Android devices all have large, clear screens that are amazingly video-friendly. Sure, the Nexus One and Droid took it to the next level but for the most part, Android screens have been pretty ...
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by Casey Chan
Feb 02, 2010
Because the Android Lock Screen is just so fun and cool (and it is fun and cool), some iPhone developers have ported a similar lock screen system onto the iPhone. Yep, that ol' enter a number c...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2009
The Motorola Droid is, by far, an industrial-type phone. Solid in the hand, it just feels tough. And that's not by accident. While any glass screen can be cracked, the Droid's is less susceptible to...
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by Casey Chan
Sep 09, 2009
The only aspect of the HTC Tattoo we have a problem with is the resistive screen. We understand the cost-saving implementation of it but from our experience with resistive screens (think WinMob ...
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by Casey Chan
May 26, 2009
We know there are multiple Android devices coming out from the likes of HTC and Motorola but after watching this video of the Samsung Galaxy I7500, we're thinking every other device takes a back seat....
