Re: GTA04-Screen size
Am 04.01.2013 um 00:02 schrieb Travis Bachelder: In reference to the Ubuntu OS development, Have we thought about making the GTA04 screen larger? What are the limitations with this? Main limitations: needs new case design and a larger display backlight needs a bigger battery. But we already have GTA04 variants with larger displays: * http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=OpenPhoenux%203704 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUVtGp_AmY Nikolaus ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: GTA04-Screen size
On Friday, January 04, 2013 10:42:39 AM Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Am 04.01.2013 um 00:02 schrieb Travis Bachelder: In reference to the Ubuntu OS development, Have we thought about making the GTA04 screen larger? What are the limitations with this? Main limitations: needs new case design and a larger display backlight needs a bigger battery. But we already have GTA04 variants with larger displays: * http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=OpenPhoenux%203704 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUVtGp_AmY Also for bigger display resolution you need faster CPU/graphics. 800x480 would be ok - but those few pixels are not worth IMO. HD on our omap3 could be sluggish. We can check how beagleboard performs. But keep in mind that what can be ok for desktop can be slow for phone where you need e.g. fullscreen scrolling. Regards Radek ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
GTA04-Screen size
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