leaking pen wrote:
see, from my point of view, i want a kindle, but i have no intention
of using it to view images, just text. you know?
The higher resolution will improve text presentation as well.
Although I should have noted that the actual screen size is the same,
so pixels are closer together. Initial reviews say the text is
"crisper and easier to read" which is what you expect with better resolution.
No indication that contrast is improved.
600 x 800 resolution is similar to first generation personal computer
screens. It is quite reasonable. Try generating a graphic image, 16
shades, black and white, 600 x 800, and you will see. This is good
enough for many scientific graphs and illustrations. A lot better
than the Kindle 1, I expect.
In another 10 or 20 years and there will be no more newspapers or
magazines printed on paper. Or Japanese comics, which by some
accounts consume more paper in Japan than toilet paper does.
To see how far we have come, see this fascinating video from 1981
about the future of newspapers delivered on-line:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0109/The_future_of_journalism.html
"The anchor notes that it takes two hours, at $5 an hour, to receive
the newspaper over a phone line, keeping it out of competition with
cheap printed paper."
- Jed
