By Paul Semenza – Senior Vice President, Analyst Services, DisplaySearch

At CES 2010, Samsung has already made a flurry of product announcements in TV, cameras, projectors, printers and mobile phones.

One theme that is noticeable is an increased use of AMOLED displays. Samsung announced these products, all with AMOLED:

• The 700Z, a digital photo frame with a 7″ 1024 × 600 pixel display: Perhaps this makes up for the fact that Sony is releasing its new “dash” internet appliance which also has a 7″ display, but despite Sony’s promotion of AMOLED for TV, uses a TFT LCD.
• The CL80, a digital still camera with a 3.7″ WVGA AMOLED touch screen
• The Ice Touch PMP, with a 2″ transparent OLED display: This one seems like it might not be a finished product, as Samsung provided little information about it.

Samsung was also promoting a new phone based on the Moment, its Android-based mobile phone with an AMOLED display, which will now be capable of receiving the (ATSC) Mobile Digital TV standard. Of course, the biggest splash for Android was in Google’s own Nexus One, which has a 3.7″ WVGA AMOLED display. Another Android device being released at CES is the Inbrics MID M1, which also has an AMOLED. Seems like Android is a good thing for AMOLED.