[citation][nom]wemakeourfuture[/nom]Apple created the finger touch smartphone and tablet space. Their iPod touch has single handily created a new space of handheld devices killing Sony's and Nintendo's handheld gaming systems.Ultrabooks were non-existent in terms of laptop sales until the Macbook Air came out. Now you have every PC manufacturer producing ultrabooks to match the Macbook Air. No PC manufacturer even considered a laptop beyond 1080p, agains Apple has created a market for beyond 1080p displays. They're the first to push "retina" level PPI for laptops. This isn't really creating a new market for laptops as the Macbook Air has but its at least pushing the industry.I don't like Apple computers, I don't buy them, I have used them. But I have to give credit as someone who follows technology and economics that impact they have had in creating viable markets for products that competitors replicate.Samsung has zero impact in market creation as Apple and Sony. They make products for existing markets, not create new market spaces. Making larger FAB plants is no where near the same as Intel and AMD coming up with new CPU architecture and having large FAB plants. And is no where near the same as Arm Holdings coming up with their ARM designs that get licensed.By the way, Kodak in 2003 used AMOLED in a product. This is not something Samsung created.Flexible OLED, Samsung might make it to market first with a product using this, but they haven't, a 100 other companies might too.Also, putting a new type of display on an existing product line isn't creating a new market for a product, unless its something radical as flexible phones. And well... Samsung hasn't done this yet.[/citation]
Microsoft and HP/Palm created the finger touch smartphon and tablet space...or do i need to remember you:
Microsoft tablets with XP in 2002.
HP ipaq's Yeah...an "i" device long before ipod.
Palm Os since Version 3 and the Centro.
Even the first TRUE smartphones where Palm OS /Black Berry based, then Nokia entered the Competition...
Ultrabooks are the same concept than netbooks, only due to limitations of hardware Apple incresed screen size and launched them with better spec's then other companys followed due to a market flooded with 10" netbooks and a more crowded tablet market growing. I preffer in my personal opinion an 14-15 tablet with AMD Vision before a ultrabook.
Pc and laptop are way different markets...no one considered going beyon 1080p because it isn't necessary...any day since Geforce 6000 and Ati 1xxx we got 2048x1536 resolution...thats 2004 technology...i wouldnt like that resolution on a crappy tft-lcd backlight 17"...maybe on an 21" laptop but that huge as hell...not to mention we are in Toms Hardware dude they made reviews with both pc's AND laptops runing up to 4k resolution USING 3-6 21-23" MONITORS.
DPI is a Gimmick on non touch based devices, its useful in touch based devices since theyre aimed to that market...it's like 6-7 years ago when tft-lcd was going mainstream on the monitor market, we had an crazy marketing with the contrast ratio going from 1000:1 to 10000000000000000000000000000000000000:1.
Oh and i had an Asus G71 that suported 2600x1440 on an ips monitor.
Every company, make it samsung, apple, even those chinese manofacturers that make sub 100 bucks tablets with A10 cpu's everyone has an impact, make it minimal as you can but they have it...one way or another....you said it your self above, Samsung made the first 40" tv's when only 32-50 where availabe, then LG came with 37" and Sony with 42" and toshiba or mitsubishi with 47-60"...thats an impact and is a sub market.
Samsung is where it is because of the way the do things, Sony was great in the 90's but since that backdoor trojan on music cd's they are on an down spiral, ask any japanese...they don't have much of a presence in japan...only on big reailers and limited.
Samsung had plenty of impact in the ARM World, damn they desingend and made the first 4 generations of iphone Cpu's and the 2 first of ipad. add to that the fact that 70% of those devices are made by them, even the iphone 5 cpu is made by them but desinged by apple, AMD break theire contract with GloFo and bot TSMC and Samsung are goin to make some chips form AMD, even with more reason due to AMD entering the x64 server cpu arena and the arm and arm x86 cpu desing arena.
Kodak used an OLED product in 2003 they made the first suceful OLED display in 1987, AMOLED is 2004 by Samsung, plus they have 40% of the OLED market cap.
Flexible AMOLED devices are going to hit mainstream a couple years from 1 jan 2013 on, Samsung is testing and seeking for partners to make them low cost. Flexible OLED devices maybe on the same time screend due to the interest of Sony and Panasonic of first get down manofacturing cost and then produce them on mass.
But Apple does...they only upgrade the hardware and relaunch it as a new line a new full price...nothing radical at all.
Nokia does some experimentation they always have, Samsung does what ever they research team says is goin to be attractive to people.