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Agreed. If it's true though, it'll blow the pants off any tablet coming to challenge the iPad.

Simply because they've got more than 1080p on a 9.7inch screen. Really???
 
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appleguy123 said:
Another possibility:
Maybe Apple is preparing universal apps for Macs and iOS devices? Combine the appstores, and make some apps work for Mac and iPad.

Interesting. Definitely something to think about.
 
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't 2560x1600 the highest resolution current GPU's can push on a single display?

I have no idea. The specs for the rumored GPU are 1 billion pixels per second.

2048 X 1536 = 3,145,728 pixels per frame X 60 fps = 188,743,680 pixels per second...seems like it's within bounds...of course I have no idea.

**calculated on my iPhone
 
I don't think "multi-core" means what you think it does ;)

You need a multi-core GPU in order to pump enough information to the chip through the proper channels... otherwise there will be a bottleneck somewhere.

Many cases that bottleneck is the GPU memory. Either having an extra core or expanding the bus is the solution and I don't see any information that the 543 has a higher bus.
 
That is exactly what was said about the first iPhone.

By first do you mean
This one
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or
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This one?
 
Yep. No other resolution bump makes sense. If they did anything in-between = fragmentation .
Developers of Android, Mac, PC all have dealt with varying resolutions. We live in a pampered environment with Apple. Changing the resolution won't lead to fragmentation. It'll just require developers to work a little harder and not expect a specific resolution.

Having said that, if that were the case you'd think Apple would start warning developers earlier to update their apps. The fact they've been so quiet may add more fuel to it being this 2048x res.
 
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John Dillinger said:
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Agreed. If it's true though, it'll blow the pants off any tablet coming to challenge the iPad.

Simply because they've got more than 1080p on a 9.7inch screen. Really???

In the display spec area, yes.
 
Holy cow.... I hope that GPU better be multi-core and have higher memory bandwidth (64-bits won't do) than what it has now.

That's a lot of pixels to push now.

You do realize that basically all GPUs are multicore. They have hundreds of little processing cores. That's what separates them from CPUs.
You need a multi-core GPU in order to pump enough information to the chip through the proper channels...
Channels?
otherwise there will be a bottleneck somewhere.
yes, that vague "somewhere".

Many cases that bottleneck is the GPU memory.
Which has nothing to do with how many cores the GPU has
Either having an extra core or expanding the bus is the solution and I don't see any information that the 543 has a higher bus.
:confused:
If you don't know what you're talking about keep your keyboard silent.
 
i really don't see this happening. 2048x1536 (or whatever it is) would be insane on a 10" screen. Not to mention the horsepower needed to run this thing smoothly and the battery power...and weight......and cost.

+1

The iPad 2 probably will have a higher resolution screen--but 2048x1536 is just dreaming. The higher-resolution images in the iBooks app are probably to future-proof the app when Apple does move to higher-resolution screens (iBooks on Apple TV, anyone?).
 
Developers of Android, Mac, PC all have dealt with varying resolutions. We live in a pampered environment with Apple. Changing the resolution won't leag to fragmentation. It'll just require developers to work a little harder and not expect a specific resolution.

Having said that, if that were the case you'd think Apple would start warning developers earlier to update their apps. The fact they've been so quiet may add more fuel to it being this 2048x res.

Sure it would lead to fragmentation, in that apps would have to run in a picture frame format or be scaled up using interpolation. Either of these are ugly and thus will lead to fragmentation.

Sure, dev's can push updates. However, iOS is different than other OS's in its closed nature. The dev's would have to first get Apple approval, and given the number of iPad apps out there, this is no easy task. The best solution for users and Apple is to go the 4X pixel route.
 
^ Yea I agree its the best route as far as developers go, but its quite the pricey route for Apple to take just for our benefit. I don't think we'll live in a world where Apple keeps the resolution the same between their devices. Sooner or later we will have to deal with varying resolutions. More than the iPhone/iPad right now. As a web designer too I deal with this regularly. Apps will have to learn to adjust eventually. Besides fragmentation or not, it won't last long. Apple developers and users actively upgrade their stuff unlike Android.

It'll be 1920 by 1440. Count on it.

That I would like. Allow easy transfer of iPad apps to AppleTV apps.
 
Monitors don't have high resolution not because of cost, but because operating systems don't really support such high DPIs that well (200+). Until operating systems are truly resolution-independent, you'd see some nice looking text, but rather crappy looking images.
Not true. Windows has supported resolution independence since 3.1 I think it was, but I know for sure it existed in Windows 98... 13 years ago. It's just OS X that has never supported it. It was supposed to get resolution independence for Tiger (10.4) but it never happened, and seemingly Apple forgot about it.
As much as I would love one, it doesn't seem feasible. The cost of the screen alone (if they can even make one at that size with that pixel density) can't be cheap. Combine that with the power requirements to display it idling. I can't imagine how much power it would require for gaming. Especially since this is beyond 1080p which no console even supports and they got a damn power cord! I think Apple will have to bite the bullet and offer something completely different and force developers to adjust their apps accordingly.

If they surprise us all and pull it off. I think its pretty obvious I'll be getting one. So much for the iPhone 4's retina setting the standard for years, this screen would trump it in 6-7 months.

That's only because TV sets don't go above 1080p. The 360 and PS3 both have the capacity to pump out much higher resolutions via HDMI, but there's not really a plethora of screens to display it on.
 
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Would IPS + "Retina" really cost that much?
 
That has more to do with transmission bandwidth, the the GPU.

But it's still impossible to achieve, correct? Just checked the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPU's and they both have a digital limit of 2560x1600 on a single display so a 5120x2880 iMac doesn't sound so likely. lol
 
Steve Jobs-"Awe...my plan is working (Stroking his white cat) doubling the resolution would make everyone join the iPad bandwagon...Muhhaaaa...my World domination is complete":D
 
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AppleMactablet said:
Steve Jobs-"Awe...my plan is working (Stroking his white cat) doubling the resolution would make everyone join the iPad bandwagon...Muhhaaaa...my World domination is complete":D

Just don't forget about iOS 5, front/ back cameras, A5 chip and the like. ;)
 
Tantilizing!

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Can't really afford a new iPad yet though. Why did I splurge on the 64G? There's hardly any content on the thing....
 
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