Your Name

Two new(ish) announcements from today's PCAuthority.com.au junk email ...


Toshiba Announces Staggering 498PPI 6.1" HD Screen
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The Retina Display can take a backseat - Toshiba has
redefined High Definition. Read the full news story at

<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277710,toshiba-announces-staggering-498ppi-61in-hd-screen.aspx>


Researchers Tout Tenfold Battery Capacity Boost
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German team claims metal fluoride batteries could power
future smartphones. Read the full news story at:

<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277712,researchers-tout-tenfold-battery-capacity-boost.aspx>

Maybe that means an electric car can finally get past the end of your
driveway before needing an over-night recharge. ;-)

salgud

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:24:08 +1300, Your Name wrote:

> Two new(ish) announcements from today's PCAuthority.com.au junk email ...
>
>
> Toshiba Announces Staggering 498PPI 6.1" HD Screen
> --------------------------------------------------
> The Retina Display can take a backseat - Toshiba has
> redefined High Definition. Read the full news story at
>
> <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277710,toshiba-announces-staggering-498ppi-61in-hd-screen.aspx>
>
>
> Researchers Tout Tenfold Battery Capacity Boost
> -----------------------------------------------
> German team claims metal fluoride batteries could power
> future smartphones. Read the full news story at:
>
> <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277712,researchers-tout-tenfold-battery-capacity-boost.aspx>
>
> Maybe that means an electric car can finally get past the end of your
> driveway before needing an over-night recharge. ;-)

Impressive. And it only took them 16 months to surpass the Retina display!
Apple better watch out, the others are gaining on them.

Your Name

In article <582umyfm9c1g.sv4dqsop3ako$.dlg@40tude.net>, salgud
<spamboy6547@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:24:08 +1300, Your Name wrote:
>
> > Two new(ish) announcements from today's PCAuthority.com.au junk email ...
> >
> >
> > Toshiba Announces Staggering 498PPI 6.1" HD Screen
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > The Retina Display can take a backseat - Toshiba has
> > redefined High Definition. Read the full news story at
> >
> >
<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277710,toshiba-announces-staggering-498ppi-61in-hd-screen.aspx>
> >
> >
> > Researchers Tout Tenfold Battery Capacity Boost
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > German team claims metal fluoride batteries could power
> > future smartphones. Read the full news story at:
> >
> >
<http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/277712,researchers-tout-tenfold-battery-capacity-boost.aspx>
> >
> > Maybe that means an electric car can finally get past the end of your
> > driveway before needing an over-night recharge. ;-)
>
> Impressive. And it only took them 16 months to surpass the Retina display!
> Apple better watch out, the others are gaining on them.

I don't think Apple invented the Retina display. They could esilyt switch
display providers and use Toshibas new one ... the problem is that all the
software would then have to be redone for the new resolution, which is why
many companies, including Apple, are moving towards resolution-independant
methods for graphical objects like icons.

Besides which, there's a limit to what the average human eye can see, so
it would be completely pointless going to a 1billion PPI display on a
mobile phone.

Todd Allcock

At 25 Oct 2011 11:50:57 -0600 salgud wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:24:08 +1300, Your Name wrote:
>
> > Two new(ish) announcements from today's PCAuthority.com.au junk
email ...
> >
> >
> > Toshiba Announces Staggering 498PPI 6.1" HD Screen
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > The Retina Display can take a backseat - Toshiba has
> > redefined High Definition. Read the full news story at
> >
> > <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/2...iba-announces-
staggering-498ppi-61in-hd-screen.aspx>
> >
> >
> > Researchers Tout Tenfold Battery Capacity Boost
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > German team claims metal fluoride batteries could power
> > future smartphones. Read the full news story at:
> >
> > <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/2...-tout-tenfold-
battery-capacity-boost.aspx>
> >
> > Maybe that means an electric car can finally get past the end of your
> > driveway before needing an over-night recharge. ;-)
>
> Impressive. And it only took them 16 months to surpass the Retina
display!
> Apple better watch out, the others are gaining on them.

The first "retina" display (300+ ppi) on a phone predates the iPhone 4,
and belonged to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, whose 800x480 display packed
into a 3" diagonal screen clocked in at 311 ppi in early 2009.

Of course Sony wasn't smart enough to give it a catchy name.

Tom Harrington

In article
<yourname-2410111624080001@203-118-185-166.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:

>
> Toshiba Announces Staggering 498PPI 6.1" HD Screen
> --------------------------------------------------
> The Retina Display can take a backseat - Toshiba has
> redefined High Definition. Read the full news story at
>
> <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/2...ggering-498ppi
> -61in-hd-screen.aspx>

6.1 inches? That's one hell of a big phone.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/