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[Desire HD General] TNStrangelove:
This is not true at all, companies can advertise components not made by them. They do it all the time. They just say, for example, featuring a 2.4 ghz Intel core2 processor, sometimes they don't even say the company name. What gave you the impression they couldn't?
[Desire HD General] umd:
In the first video they were saying 'SLCD' not 'Sony SLCD'. They didn't want to say 'Sony' so removed 'SLCD' from video.

Btw, they have removed Desire Z's video from their official channel either. As we know from all sources and some comparison photos, Desire Z has SLCD for sure.

That's really good news :p
[Desire HD General] wywywywy:
What's got anything to do with Sony?
[Desire HD General] TNStrangelove:
Yeah, I'm not complaining.

S-LCD screen is made by Sony and is their trademark.
[Desire HD General] riz157:
I'm realy looking forward to DHD but super Amoled screen is more superior then SLCD? I know HTC have no choice in the matter but why is everyone so excited about SLCD?
[Desire HD General] maruchan78:
Handtec have confirmed SLCD as well. To the above post - we're excited about SLCD because its better than LCD, not because it's better than SAMOLED.
[Desire HD General] stiefa00:
I wrote an e-mail to the German support... and I got this answer:

Hallo Fabian,

Thank you for contacting HTC. The new model HTC Desire HD will be with SLCD.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Ivo

HTC

Don't ask why I wrote them in English... last night was too short ^^

But the answer is NICE!
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
that's great! It looks more and more like the DHD will really have SLCD.
[Desire HD General] mupet0000:
I hope it is SLCD, but I wouldn't put my trust in the replies from HTC support. I asked them about the official release date because I see some sites saying 11th Oct and others saying 6th Oct. They told me I should contact Expansys who they quote as their "trusted supplier", Expansys told me that HTC told them 11th.

If HTC support doesn't even know the official release date of the product, I wouldn't be surprised if the got the phone spec wrong.
[Desire HD General] marttin:
S-LCD not trademark of Sony ... S-LCD is the name of the JV between Sony and Samsung for manufacturing certain type of LCD displays (Actually Samsung has more shares than Sony in this JV)
[Desire HD General] mark wild:
I will try to trust HTC!

I am getting the Desire HD to, so i would be super massively happy if it would be a S-LCD screen, i would like to buy a phone that dos not get S-OLD (get it? old!) in two weeks. If it would have S-LCD i would be living with it happy forever after.

...

But if it's not S-LCD... well... oh well! :D
[Desire HD General] TNStrangelove:
Better battery life in real world conditions than S-AMOLED (please don't post that Engadget test, video playback is not real world conditions particularly when comparing with AMOLED). Also S-AMOLED is a pentile matrix, whereas S-LCD is just a high quality LCD display. Given the choice I would choose S-LCD.
[Desire HD General] riz157:
I'm really looking at the current desire slcd screen and it's a bit dull compared to the previous version of desire. Hmm I will reserve my preference until I see it for myself but if it truely is superior then Amoled then I will be chuffed to bits.
[Desire HD General] RoadHazard:
Well, yeah, that's the thing. AMOLEDs have more vibrant colors and truer blacks (which is why an SLCD will look duller when directly compared). One the other hand, SLCDs have a regular pixel grid with each pixel consisting of three subpixels. AMOLEDs use PenTile Matrix, where each pixel on the display consists of only two subpixels (instead of red-green-blue-red-green-blue you get red-green-blue-green-red-green, and each logical pixel consists of a green subpixel plus either a red or a blue double-width subpixel).

So, when it comes to sharpness, any LCD is superior to any AMOLED. For web reading and similar things I'd definitely prefer SLCD, while AMOLED is likely to look better when viewing pictures and movies.
[Desire HD General] TNStrangelove:
It's not superior to the S-Amoled objectively, it has Pros and cons,

Pros of the AMOLED is that it has more vibrant colours (as you have observed) and better battery life when displaying darker colours, massive contrast ratios (true blacks as opposed to varying shades of grey as when displaying black it simply switches off the pixel).

Pros of LCD is that it has what some argue are more accurate colours (some say the AMOLED is over saturated, I'm not sure where I stand on that) and that it is not a Pentile screen which makes it worse for reading text and some other things. And also uses less battery when producing white colours. S-LCD is just a higher quality LCD screen with less battery drain and other advantages, just looks a bit nicer.

Also standard AMOLED is hard to see in direct sunlight, S-AMOLED is quite a bit better at this though.

Personaly I would prefer S-LCD to S-Amoled.
[Desire HD General] Erroneus:
I can't remember exactly and I didn't note it down off course *doh*

But if I remember, you could make it turn off services like wifi, gps and dim the screen, when the battery was under a certain set %
[Desire HD General] riz157:
thanks for the comparsion I suppose it comes down to personal preference SLCD or SALMD. Hopefully it's minor differences nothing which will spoil the experience of DHD.:)
[Desire HD General] JohnDogget:
SGS is still the fastest in all areas... But those new Snapdragons are really fast as well. Adreno 205 does excellent job. So now... we're waiting for better 3D games... :))
[Desire HD General] Gig11gs:
So i called HTC today and they said its S-LCD!! :cool::D:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuvacCCVXw

sorry my English is a bit rusty :p
[Desire HD General] Smartmob:
Hmmm...i dont know but...i wouldn't take it for granted...still waiting users review in 14 days to confirm it... better wait 2 weeks than sorry :D
[Desire HD General] mark wild:
Oh god, really?

Oh my god... if it's not going to be a S-LCD, than that girl is gonna get so FIRED for this. That is just desperate, like the last straw, thanks to this video HTC has no chance of getting us anything else than S-LCD.

...

Man, you're just an evil genius...
[Desire HD General] Galaid:
that girl, or the one she called to check, oooOr it's an SLCD
[Desire HD General] mark wild:
+1

Really hope it's the third option... :) :D
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
to be honest im still not sold on it being SLCD. At first she says LCD, and then later says SLCD after you said that the screen would sway ur decision to buy.
[Desire HD General] onesolo:
All these emails, phone calls, etc to HTC, means nothing to me until we see the device on the streets and someone credible tells us if indeed is an SLCD or a normal LCD...
[Desire HD General] AA--92:
A norwegian website did a quick review on the phone at the htc headquarters in norway. and the comfirmed it as S-lcd
[Desire HD General] MacaronyMax:
Wouldn't it just be great if it was oled ;) :p
[Desire HD General] stiefa00:
+ 1 :D (would you post ?)

Is it in English? Link, pls!? Thx, m8 !
[Desire HD General] Huck33:
no more news?

the phone will be available in few days...
[Desire HD General] jords12:
I think we will only actually know for sure when somebody does a teardown. It's a crazy world.
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Check this out.. http://www.verkkokauppa.com/popups/prodinfo.php?id=11643

That is a product info page of a finnish online store. It is S-LCD, they would not lie, because it is a very big store.
[Desire HD General] jamieeeee:
i heard from someone you are all wrong its going to be a crt screen :)
[Desire HD General] skumaran24:
Singapore HTC New Release:

HTC Desire HD

"HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” Super LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor"
[Desire HD General] bratfink:
Nope Seems like LCD

http://www.htc.com/asia/press.aspx?id=146348&lang=1033

Just under the second highlighted box..

Quote 'The new additions to HTC’s flagship Desire range: HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z

HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS virtual sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor. The HTC Desire HD enables 720p HD video recording and includes an 8-megapixel camera with dual-flash.'

The fact that it said super LCD and then changed verifies it will likely me just LCD
[Desire HD General] skumaran24:
asia/press.aspx?id=146348&lang=1033_

Taipei, Taiwan, 7 October 2010

"HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS virtual sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor"

sea/press.aspx?id=146350&lang=1033_

SINGAPORE – October 7, 2010

"HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” Super LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor."

:confused:
[Desire HD General] bratfink:
Interesting

Yes i also found the quote you have highlighted. This just makes things even worse, it seems that not even HTC themselves are sure of what the screen type will be on the DHD. How unfortunate!
[Desire HD General] jimyen:
Looks like bad news....

Take a look at this Taiwanese site, they have a comparison with the screens of Desire HD, Desire Z, SGS and Desire. Site is in chinese but pictures tells it all.

http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=566&t=1796878&m=s&s=20&b=1&last=22954398
[Desire HD General] Smigit:
Not really, pictures actually mean very little if they don't include the settings used while taking those pictures.
[Desire HD General] daijoubu:
http://www.eprice.com.tw/mobile/talk/?prod_id=4018&tid=4520460

※ 先前小編對於 Desire HD 的螢幕材質有點疑問，今天詢問了一下產品經理，得到下面的回覆：Desire Z 的螢幕材質是 SLCD（Super LCD），不過 Desire HD 並沒有採用 SLCD，而是一般的 TFT，原因是「SLCD 目前還沒有這麼大的面板」，不過產品經理表示 Desire HD 的螢幕支援 1670 萬色，色彩效果也很優

Google translated:

※ previous Xiaobian Desire HD screen material for a little bit of doubt, today asked about the product manager, received the following reply: Desire Z screen material is SLCD (Super LCD), but Desire HD does not use SLCD, but the general TFT The reason is "SLCD there is no such a big panel", but the product manager, said Desire HD screen supports 16.7 million colors, the color effect is very excellent

Well, its just one source mentioning it, but bear in mind its in a Taiwanese site that went to the Taiwan launch of HTC which is also a Taiwanese company.

Meh?
[Desire HD General] :
Looking at this picture, the hd looks tons better than the desire z screen
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
well that pretty much confirms it for me, the DHD uses a regualr LCD. In almost all videos and picture comparisons the Desire Z seems to be more vibrant than the DHD.

But in the end, i really don't care what it has. As long as i can use the phone im happy.
[Desire HD General] daijoubu:
BUT!!

http://www.htc.com/sea/press.aspx?id=146350&lang=1033

HTC Desire HD

HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” Super LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor.

This is their South East Asia press release.

And the plot thickens..
[Droid Incredible General] smtom:
Where I work has a corporate discount w/ VZW, as many on XDA (and elsewhere) also enjoy.

Recently called VZW customer service, and ultimately reached the folk that handle those with corporate discounts.

While the rep researched my original query, she asked if she wanted me to look for other 'programs' I was eligible for,

specific to my company's arrangement

.

I learned I was eligible for a $100 what she called "Bill Incentive Credit", which is essentially an upgrade/equipment credit. (I got the DInc on 4/29 at a retail store)

Did not know I was eligible for this, she applied it immediately, and I left the call with a 'found' $100 credit on my bill. Yee Haw!

For those with corporate discounts, it may be worth your time/effort to call and find out what other programs, specific to your company's arrangement, you may be eligible for ~ potentially including the Bill Incentive Credit.

Interested to know of other credit(s) other corporate discount members receive, so post and share the knowledge.

Best Regards.
[Vibrant General] 98classic:
x Samsung Galaxy S GPS + other improvements for Samsung ATT Captivate are HERE! Today - next few weeks OTA notification will be sent to customers! 11 minutes ago · via HootSuite

Thanks for the support TMO!
[Vibrant General] Blah man:
Hopefully tmobile announces something later today or by the end of the week, cuz it seems like our update is around the corner :fingers crossed:

Sent from my vibrant using the XDA app
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
Doubt that because the still have no information about any of the update...
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Android Central comments about the Captivate updates don't sound to impressive. issues with not installing and still GPS issues after the update?
[Vibrant General] Emama:
Want to know how is he GPs working after the update!!
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
its not only gps. The Update Suppose to Improve The Battery Life as Well.
[Vibrant General] jz9833:
it isnt fixing the issue from what I read. AT&T also never mentions a GPS fix.

The more and more time that goes by, the more and more I want a G2 when it comes out honestly. Sumsung really dropped the ball here and its going to leave a bad taste in a lot of people's minds for a long time...

Windows Phone 7 anyone? This phone is making me think about it also.
[Vibrant General] flameinthefire:
WIndows 7 phone? LOL no thank you. i ll stick with my vibrant. i think the hardware in that phone is very advanced than what is in g2. we just need software updates that will fix the bugs.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
You know what, I think Samsung is 50 percent to Blame. The other 50 percent is T-Mobile. T-MOBILE...simply does not support their phones.

Buying the G2 will be the same damn story. Sure it will come with 2.2, but as soon as 3.0 comes along, every other carrier will have it months before T-Mobile releases it on the G2, and you will cry and complain "the more and more I want Verizon."

I honestly think the problem is T-Mobile, and not so much the handset manufacturers.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
tmobile is throwing Samsung under the bus, I got this back from a message I sent to Tmobiles facebook a bit ago..

Robert,

We understand your interest on updates Samsung is working on one and as soon as we have any more information on this we will communicate it.

.. notice they say that Samsung is working on one, I did ask about 2.2 though and not the gps fix.
[Vibrant General] jz9833:
Honestly, my biggest regret was leaving at&t. I left because I wasn't interested in an iphone, I noticed no good new WM apps were coming along, and I wanted a 3.5 mm headphone jack on my phone. The nexus filled all those needs so when it was released I jumped ship to t-mobile. I found out the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

I still have no idea why people say T-Mobiles customer support is better than AT&T; from everything I've seen it isn't even close.
[Vibrant General] presence06:
Someone else posted on here before about T-Mobiles BB getting upgraded to V.5 not too long ago.. they have 6 out or it's close to release. T-Mobile does lack in this "Software/Firmware" Update department. They have some decent phones but don't support them enough.

It's amazing, when the G1 came out, yes it was the first Android phone but updates rolled out pretty quick. I know it was stock "Vanilla" Android but updates were addressed in a timely manor. But now they have the My Touch, My Touch Slide and Cliq series and now the Galaxy S phone.
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
Wow everyone is a bunch of goddamn vultures here. Waaah I've had my phone a month and a half Samsung and T-Mobile suck I want my updates waaah. People need to realize that updates need to go through a lot of steps. If you don't like your phone return it and get a different one.
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
If you don't like the post why reply?
[Vibrant General] gothdroid:
So what its perfectly ok for other Galaxy S phones that haven't been out as long as the Vibrant to be getting their updates, but not us? Honestly, I really think it has to do a lot with TMO and not Sammy. Luckily, I've rooted and running a custom ROM and Voodoo fix. I also know that doing that is not for everyone though.
[Vibrant General] speoples20:
The Captivate came out what like 3 days after the Vibrant? Maybe tmo and Samsung are waiting to see how the update goes on the Captivate. It wont matter anyways we could get it tomorrow and people will still complain that it's not 2.2 or their phone is still not fast enough or some other bullcrap.
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Your joking right? First almost 2 1/2 months. Second the others all got a update as mentioned.

All other phones with 1ghz are running froyo, even a hd2 without android has it.lom
[Vibrant General] presence06:
I vote we get /b/ to start ****. Maybe then we might get some movement from T-Mo and Samsung... just me? >.>
[Vibrant General] rsfaze:
not that it will do anything to Tmobile but I've decided that whoever gets 2.2 on the Galaxy S device first is who I will be switching to. If its Tmobile then I won't be going anywhere, but if another carrier can get it out before Tmobile see ya.

Tmobile launched this device First int he US there is no reason they should not be the first to release the OS update even if it takes them till November :(
[Vibrant General] GuestK0080:
I do agree that they need to support their phones better. But at least TMO isn't forcing bing down our throats either. :)

I come from the Blackberry side of the fence and I remember when 5.0 devices were new last year it took forever for TMO to release an update for the 9700, and that original release was filled with bugs. I finally gave up on waiting for them and simply downloaded another carrier's release. Easy to do on that platform.

I like the Vibrant for the most part. Yes it has bugs; yes it's quality needs to be improved. Yes the GPS kind of sucks. But what other high-end phone out there doesn't have issues these days? I'm sure the G2 will have them as well.
[Vibrant General] 98classic:
LOL vultures? Right, I really don't care, I've played this game with sprint and HTC, thing is those phones had working features, we were just bugging for android updates. This phone is being sod as the holy grail and it doesn't function properly. My fault for buying Samsung junk though.
[Vibrant General] amandadam:
We all have our opinion

I don't think you have to like the post to comment on it.

Certainly all the criticism may be warranted,but since this is my first "smart phone",I think it's fantastic,especially since we have devs like Eugene and Bionix etc,who share their custom roms,kernels,mods etc.

________________

Vibrant

Bionix 1.3 w/o lag fix

Lovin it
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
Via Android Central, it looks like an update is rolling out for the Fascinate. That leaves the Vibrant as the only Galaxy S phone without any updates since launch.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] tdavis42:
Has anyone else been invited to use this software here in Incredible section? I got my invite the other day and FORGOT!:eek: that I had it till today. I am going to check out the app inventor section here in XDA but wanted to know if there was anyone closer to home with it?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] fang0654:
I played with it a little, went through a couple tutorials. It works as advertised. When I get some free time I'll dig in deeper
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TNS201:
Can you upload the software? Is there any way its locked down to only the people who got invites?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] fang0654:
The software works in 2 parts - a web app that handles the gui, and a java app that handles functionality and talks to the phone.

The java app is launched by the web interface, which you sign into with your gmail account. So, unless you have an invite, no go.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] abrin:
I signed up, hell, long time ago and never got an invite. Oh I wish for it though.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] k_flan:
I signed up when I heard about it, I got my invite like two weeks ago... but, I have no idea what to try and make. :p

.: sent from xda app :.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] rfarrah:
I had a GREAT idea for an app and signed up. It's been weeks with no response and now I've forgotten what I was going to do. :(
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dariFRESH:
I too have been ignored by mighty Google :-/
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] tdavis42:
I always get my beta invites quick from Google. I think it has to do with the fact that I have been with them since 2004 with gmail. I got a Google Voice invote one day after a request last year, and a Google Wave invite within a few days last year. Or I'm just lucky.

Anyways, anybody have any good app ideas they want to see? I really want to get to know this software and have a few good ideas so far like a copy/paste section implemented in the drop down notifier. Where you can paste text or pictures for easy access to copy to another program, you wouldn't have to copy/paste one big section you could copy and paste to the notifications bar what you want and then paste them later. I also want to get a good Google Voice Text app that looks a little better than stock. What do you think?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Dr.Evil:
All of you that have signed up but got no notice will want to try to login anyways as that is what I did. I signed up as soon as the announced it and tried yesterday even though I did not get a response saying I was invited and was able to login and play around for a bit.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Hatman41:
I got my invite the other day and have already created an app for my Church. We stream our service live. We have a iphone app for it and now we have a android app for it :)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] tdavis42:
So I was playing around with three tutorials and figured out the sms party I just need to figure out how to have it call google voice not the phones standard sms. Any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] shortbushemi:
i'm going to say lucky I've been with g-mail since 2004 as well. took forever to get my voice invite and still haven't gotten the app inventor invite
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] ahensler05:
I got invited, only took about a week after I requested.

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] jaboswell:
Hopefully I get mine soon, signed up yesterday.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] luniz7:
I got my invite about 3 weeks ago haven't really messed with it tho.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] kungfuturkey:
I had a good idea for an app on BB when I was using it and I would still like it on android.... It is an alarm where to make it snooze you have to draw a pattern or put together a small puzzle to either turn off you're alarm or snooze.. I even had a good name that a dev from BB gave me "Snooze control" Feel free to make it if you want all I want is a free copy.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] idowens:
I got an invite when they first went out (I signed up the day they announced it.) I roll my own short URLs (similar to bit.ly but with my own 3 letter domain.)

With little coding experience to draw upon, I created a fully skinned app that connects to my API and shortens any URL I submit via the app. Pretty fantastic functionality and I only see it getting better as they get feedback on it and continue to refine the process.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] huijaa:
It's very liky to do with this. I'll still waiting for an invite, maybe very long...