Thread: What we do realistically see in the RX-51
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
At first, I wanted a higher-resolution screen. 800x480 seems so small.

I've since realized that we're pretty much at the highest resolution we're going to get without making the device unwieldy. If the face of the device was all screen with no bezel (and then where would the web camera go?), then perhaps we could get a bit higher numbers in the HxV department...
Well, higher-res is doable in the same size; the Fujitsu U820 has 1280x800 in 5.6", which is 270 PPI, where we're at 225 IIRC. Maybe the 1024x600 I was/am hoping for (about 290 PPI) is a little optimistic, but it's quite possible.
I've also realized that what I want the bigger screen for is not what Nokia is building the device to do; I want a hand-held laptop, and that's just a contradiction in terms for most people. I want to be able to run desktop applications on this device, and the 480V resolution is often frustratingly slender for desktop apps like word processors or spreadsheets. But I'm a slender minority here; I'm betting that Nokia's concentrating their limited man-hours on making a device that does hand-held, carry-around tasks well.
A good point, and, unsurprisingly, the U820 is precisely that, a handheld laptop. (And starts at $1000!) Maybe the additional benefit from an uber-highres isn't worth the added cost in a consumer device; after all, even very high-end phones are barely now catching up to the 770, so there must not be much demand.

My best hope for my niche "handheld laptop" fetish is for some sort of video out.
Second that! Indeed, my primary laptop (tx2000) just gave up the ghost this past week, and I've been using my Eee instead of N800 to replace it until I can fix it. It was a close call as it was, but the only real advantage the Eee had was VGA output. Fortunately, the RX-51 looks set to take care of that, with at least TV-out.
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