Star WWDC08: Apple News Roundup
Linked by Adam S on Mon 9th Jun 2008 18:59 UTC
Apple Now that the WWDC08 keynote has come and gone, we've learned very little that we didn't already know. The iPhone 3G will be here on July 11, and will retail for $199 for an 8GB phone, $299 for a 16GB phone, available in white or black. OS X 10.6 will, as expected, be code-named "Snow Leopard," additional details to follow for sure. The App Store will feature some amazing new software, and Apple's new MobileMe is mere weeks away. Watch the "read more" link on this story for continued updates from around the web. If you'd like to read the play-by-play on the WWDC announcement, see Macrumors Live. UPDATED within.
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boooo
by prickett on Mon 9th Jun 2008 20:16 UTC
prickett
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2007-04-03

Can't believe this thing is comes with a 480x320 display, the minimum for new smart phones these days is VGA resolution.

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RE: boooo
by chiwaw on Mon 9th Jun 2008 20:30 in reply to "boooo"
chiwaw Member since:
2006-02-05

What the heck are you talking about? QVGA (320x240) is still the most widely screen size available, with few 320x320 around.

Only a handful of smartphones are going as up as 320x480, so what's the problem?

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by tyrione on Mon 9th Jun 2008 21:41 in reply to "RE: boooo"
tyrione Member since:
2005-11-21

Perhaps he envisioned a holographic display that expands out to a comfortable distance from the eyes [through proximity sensors] and manages to reproduce an S-IPS quality panel?

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by andrewg on Mon 9th Jun 2008 21:48 in reply to "RE: boooo"
andrewg Member since:
2005-07-06

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=46278

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=49518

They're both beautiful and have 640 x 480 resolution displays. If you want a qwerty you can have it or if touch is enough then pick the first. They both ship with Opera mobile. TouchFLO 3D also gives the UI eye candy.

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by prickett on Mon 9th Jun 2008 23:36 in reply to "RE: boooo"
prickett Member since:
2007-04-03

Interestingly I get modded down by the uninformed, presumable those who don't realise there are markets outside of North America which technologically don't live in the dark ages.

VGA has been standard on smart phones here in Japan for atleast 2 years, most smart phones coming out now are wide screen VGA (800x480). Incase this is too hard to believe here are some links;

http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/product/X/x01t/index.html#spec (800x480)

http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/product/3G/922sh/#spec (800x480)

http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/lineup/ws/003sh/ (640x480)

http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/lineup/ws/004sh/index.html (640x480)

http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/lineup/ws/007sh/index.html (640x480)

http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/lineup/ws/011sh/index.html (800x480)

http://www.willcom-inc.com/ja/lineup/ws/020sh/index.html (800x480)

Thats 7 smart phones and another poster listed the two new HTC phones. The unfortunate thing about these phones is the hardware is usually awesome but they are plauged with windows mobile.

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