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Originally Posted by fms View Post
At the same smallish screen size, it does compare to 800x480 in my eyes. I do not really care if letters in the book I am reading consist of more pixels, as long as they are smooth and readable.

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You have just said that it has the same screen size (diagonally), just more pixels. So I am not even sure why anyone would buy that HTC phone.
Yes, exactly. Because the higher resolution screen would have smoother and more readable letters at the same size, or smaller and more letters at the same pixel count. Win, win.

Originally Posted by fms View Post
5800 display is also "very popular", but nobody buys the display alone. If you look at these devices as a whole though, 5800 is a pretty nice, usable, cheap phone with a slim high-def screen. The screen is on the smallish side but it isn't too small for a phone.
No, for a phone it has a huge screen. Huge. But with low resolution, which means grainer than your tablet. I have "defended" the 5800 elsewhere because i think it has an amazing value for money (compared to the N97 i.e.) but I would still much rather have the Diamond2. Hardware wise. Of course, the price reflects the difference.

Originally Posted by fms View Post
Sorry but I fail to see why 800x480 is such a big thing on a 3.2" screen. You do not see all these pixels anyway.
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3.2" is not a big screen. It basically renders the benefits of 800x480 resolution useless.
If you compare it to phones instead of TVs or tablets, it's big. How many phones existed in 2006 with 3.2" screens? 3.2" is a big screen on a phone.

I have found that the N810 has a perfect width for reading eBooks. 800 pixels wide and actually about as wide as the page in a pocket book minus the margins. I have however read on a much smaller display and it is doable. The N900 has a display that is not much smaller.

When you manage to consider this as a phone and not a tablet, it follows that some think the N810 would be a very large phone. The Touch Pro2 also. I think the iPhone is chunky, really. Ultimately one would want a 6 inch display on a 3 inch phone. Second best would be a 3.5" display on a 3.6" phone. There is some room for shrinkage around the display on the N900 still. Or somewhat bigger screen on the same frame. And it's fairly thick by 2009 standards. But I think it will look good and feel good. I think it is a very interesting phone.

At a lower resolution I wouldn't even have bothered to log in here to share my opinion.