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Next iPhone: Double Resolution Display, Front Camera, Multi-Tasking?
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The Sony DSC-TX7 has a 1280*720 3.5" 16:9 display. The density of a 960*640 display is lower, so this should not pose a problem.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/TX7/TX7A.HTM
iPhone 4 may not be up to the specs of some bleeding edge phones but if everything in Gruber's article ends up being correct I'll be very happy. I've been holding on to my TurdBerry Bold waiting for iPhone 4, my first iPhone. Hopefully it will be here in June.
I don't think it does. Product shots don't show any extraordinary clarity out of the display, none of our clients have mentioned anything at this pixel size, and Sony's own website has conflicting information, indicating a more realistic 230,000 pixels on the product info page. You're talking about a display that, if accurate, is about 350ppi, which is unprecedented (110ppi higher than the currently best-in-class Droid and double the iPhone) and would have made the rounds among manufacturers. I certainly haven't heard anything about this screen in the office, nor has there been any substantial buzz on the Internet about it.
More likely it's just a mistake. Even 230k is fairly high for a point and shoot camera screen (and right between the iPhone's 154k and the Droid's 410k).
what about his predictions on the iPad annoucement? didn't he get that major wrong?
The higher resolution is a cert but 960x640 is almost within the realms of the iPad - ok so it will be physically smaller (and therefore more limiting), but with a video camera and almost the same screen res won't that make the iPad look a bit naff, just months after the 'magical device' has debutted?
That is because the iPad is a stupid product that is made to be limited. Those that purchase the iPad CRAVES limitation and loves to be told what to do and like, those that purchase the iPhone seeks mobility and freedom. This is besides the itunes store limitation, the two products have different customer wants.
Oh, and
Not really. The iPhone will still be limited by its size and nature. Text, icons, buttons, and what have you will all remain the same physical size, just like those equivalents on the higher-resolution Droid display are about the same size as those of the iPhone. The higher resolution is just for clarity and marketing wars.
The iPad already has a higher pixel density than most notebooks, so it'll do fine. It has a resolution that was common on 15" displays less than a decade ago.
No, I don't think it's a mistake. The LCD has 921K pixels: Specifications
Press release: http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_r...digital_cameras/cyber-shot/release/55922.html
Edit: Or maybe not: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=34694539
960 x 640 display.....
Doesn't a display of this resolution cause a number of problems? The first being is it is almost at the same resolution as the iPad!!
Wouldn't this canabalise the Ipad sales?
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Doesn't a display of this resolution cause a number of problems? The first being is it is almost at the same resolution as the iPad!!
Wouldn't this canabalise the Ipad sales?
Tony
The screen is not going to be anywhere near as large, which is a HUGE difference.
No, they say 921k dots in some places and 230k pixels in others (with an occasional 921k pixel reference), and like I said earlier, I have heard nothing from any of the major LCD manufacturers, several of whom are clients, about any displays with the kind of pixel density that this would require. There is nothing I'm aware of in the consumer pipeline close to breaking 300ppi. 240-260 is about the limit right now in terms of technology and price.
It would be nothing short of groundbreaking news, and there hasn't been so much as a murmur about it. It also would not make sense to launch such a product in a decidedly midrange camera. They point out that it's a high resolution LCD, but don't you find it strange that they're not really trumpeting the fact that it, if indeed true, is by far the highest resolution 3.5" screen on the market, not just for cameras (which tend to be somewhat lower in resolution than smartphones), but for all devices?
what? you have the capability but not the ability?
with 3.0 apple added internet tethering. since june of last year i've been able to use my iphone to tether
How is it better? One incredible statement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njEG9CcMs74
How is this better, in what reality do you think it is.
That said I take hardware spec with a grain of salt, when the GUI basically lacks in functionality not to mention easy to use.
I recently read a very interesting article from Arstechnica that shined a lot of light on the screens of the Nexus One and how the resolution claims are not truly what they seem to be (and why). I recommend.
There can be quantitative studies that dispute certain 'facts' about the Nexus One screen. But I thought Apple wasn't about 'specs' but the experience? Fact is, I look at the Nexus One and look at the iPhone and the Nexus One's screen is much better, regardless of whatever Ars researched.
ditto. In the tech world, and especially Apple world, rumors are just that. These have been rumored before. Gruber doesn't have any inside info, he just likes getting attention.
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