Got the new KATANA® LX cell today

[renovation]

http://www.mobiletechreview.com/ubbt...s&Number=29984
"Katana LX by SANYO continues to bring a sophisticated look and feel to the Sprint Vision device portfolio. This device has an elegant mirrored finish with a translucent OLED LCD glowing through to subtly show time or caller ID. Katana LX by SANYO is family-friendly and affordable and offers access to the essential features users need most on their wireless phone. Key features include Web and email access, VGA camera, speakerphone, integrated Bluetooth wireless technology, and large, colorful internal LCD screen. The slim Katana LX by SANYO is available in three fashionable color options: Pacific Blue, Elegant Pink, and Liquid Graphite.

PRODUCTIVITY
• Sprint Vision enabled
• Integrated Bluetooth Wireless Technology
• High-quality speakerphone
• GPS-enabled supporting Sprint Navigation with turn-by-turn driving directions, traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings.
• Text and SMS Voice Messaging capable
• Voice-activated dialing
• Phone as Modem capable
• Voice memo for up to three minutes with a maximum of 100 recordings
• Wireless Backup to easily manage your phone’s contacts list in the event that the phone is lost, stolen or damaged
• T9 Text Input
• Restrict and Lock allows the user to restrict calls and limit access to Vision services. Valuable for parents or business managers.
• Sprint Family Locator capable
• Built-in productivity tools including a calendar, scheduler, to-do list, world clock, calculator, stopwatch and alarm clock
• Internal phone book holds up to 300 entries each storing six numbers for a total of 500 numbers and up to 600 email and 300 Web addresses

i picked up the Silver Graphite unit.
just started playing with it.
bummer is i have to wait till monday to transfer my phone book overfrom old cell . due to softwares not avail at the sprint store till then for this new cell phone.

[Devhux]

I like their use of OLED LCD.... unless they mean two different displays (on a flip phone), then there's no such thing.

[renovation]

I like their use of OLED LCD.... unless they mean two different displays (on a flip phone), then there's no such thing.

here a link to what it is !
http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30650/article.html
shows the physical structure of an RGB OLED cell. A conductive, transparent anode material such at indium-tin-oxide (ITO) is first deposited on a transparent substrate. Next, the organic layers are added. Lastly, a reflective metal cathode of magnesium-silver alloy or lithium-aluminium completes the structure. Incredibly, the thickness of the structure, minus the substrate, is only about 300nm. This means that most of the total weight and thickness is due to the substrate itself.

[Devhux]

What I meant, is that an OLED is not an LCD -- it does not consist of liquid crystals. Therefore, describing the display as an "OLED LCD" is misleading.

Common pitfall considering we're so used to saying LCD now when referring to a display on a portable device.