Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Oct 2012 15:11 UTC
The Next Web: "Google has also been working with Samsung to launch a 10-inch tablet, confirming leaks which suggested Google had teamed up with the Korean manufacturer for another device. Our source tells us that internally the tablet goes under the name 'Codename Manta', runs Google's new Android 4.2 operating system (previously referred to as Key Lime Pie, but is set to retain the Jelly Bean branding), and will offer a 2560x1600 pixel (10:16) resolution, which we believe will offer around 300 pixels per inch compared to the new iPad's 264 PPI." Between the iPad and this supposed Android tablet... Poor Surface. Poor, poor Surface.
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RE[3]: Why the focus on screen resolution?
by lucas_maximus on Sun 21st Oct 2012 17:17
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RE[3]: Why the focus on screen resolution?
by ssokolow on Sun 21st Oct 2012 19:24
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I'd probably choose Pixel Qi over e-Ink.
That way, I get all the benefits of an LCD (response time, integrated night-time lighting, color), but I get battery lifetimes in the same ballpark as e-Ink if I shut the backlight off and I've also heard they're working on models that stay color when you switch off the backlight.
(From my experiments with my Sony Reader PRS-505 and my OpenPandora, I'm inclined to believe Pixel Qi's claim that repeatedly changing the page displayed on an e-Ink screen is as electrically expensive as just using an efficient LCD with the backlight turned completely off)
RE[4]: Why the focus on screen resolution?
by zima on Sun 28th Oct 2012 23:58
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PixelQi doesn't seem to be in the same ballpark as e-ink ...kinda closer to it & print, but still much closer to normal LCD.
And on transflective screens colour will be always washed out (but who needs that for reading, anyway?)
It's really too bad that netbooks with PixelQi didn't really arrive, though.
Edited 2012-10-29 00:02 UTC
RE[3]: Why the focus on screen resolution?
by kholinar on Sun 21st Oct 2012 19:35
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RE[4]: Why the focus on screen resolution?
by WereCatf on Sun 21st Oct 2012 22:16
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The print industry has. This is what every electronic display seeks to emulate. As they should.
Actually, no. That's what e-Ink, Pixel-Qi and the likes seek to emulate. Everyone else has realized that it's pointless to try to emulate paper or other cellulose-based objects without a back-light on an electronic device with entirely different characteristics and strong back-lights, and therefore there are so many different products and guidelines for aiding people having to work with both kinds of output medias.
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If it is not about clock race and megapixel, why is Apple also making benchmark ?
If I had the option I would choose e-ink for readability (plus I'm pretty sure that looking at backlit display in wrong condition cause more eye strain than low resolution display, because you know ... gameboy)