sorry for being imprecise. I was referring to the amazing resolution considering the size of the display. The freerunner got 300 dpi IIRC. For comparison, the iphone only seems to have 160.
I usually demo the crispness (if you will) of my neo's screen using top on the terminal at the smallest readable fontsize to great effect :) 2008/11/21 Anton Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You mean, the only thing that truly blows them away is the resolution > of the screen... Which you can have with any type of modern LCD panel, > can you not? > > /Anton > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Thorben Krueger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> +1 indeed, the screen is about the only thing that truly blows >> people's minds away atm... >> >> 2008/11/21 Ken Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Denis Galvao wrote: >> >>>On 21/11/2008, at 13:20, Ken Young wrote: >> >>>> Really, we don't need a hi res screen on a day by day gadget >> >>> >> >>> I could not possibly disagree more strongly. >> >> >> >>So, give me a reason where you will need that. >> > >> > As long as we have at least a VGA resolution screen, it is >> > relatively easy for us to port linux desktop applications to >> > the Openmoko phones. Once we drop down to HVGA, or (heaven >> > forbid!) QVGA, there will need to be extensive UI redesign >> > to get most apps. from the desktop world to run on an OM phone, >> > especially when a soft keyboard is needed. So reducing the >> > resolution will greatly reduce the code base we can leverage. >> > In addition, I don't think you can ever had too many pixels on >> > a machine you intend to run a web browser on. Right now, >> > when I show someone my Freerunner, the only thing that impresses >> > them is the display. It would be a shame if OM dropped the >> > one part of its hardware that is actually superior to what >> > is found on other smartphones. >> > >> > Ken Young >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Openmoko community mailing list >> > community@lists.openmoko.org >> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community