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2007-07-09 , 19:55
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Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
Fair enough, but DPI is irrelevant when it comes to web site formatting - the only thing that matters is horizontal pixels and the Neo doesn't have enough of them. No matter whether it's screen has a high DPI or a very low DPI, it physically lacks the pixels to display web sites without reformatting (or excessive horizontal scrolling), which is why to me the DPI is irrelevant - pixels are king!

And you don't need to work out the DPI to realise that text displayed on a 2.8" 640x480 resolution screen is going to be very small!
I totally agree to you that pixel (density) is king, but given the condition of current (popular) OSes, or rather, their screen and web rendering technology - unfortunately the resolution of the screen also defines the size of the objects on screen (the widgets, buttons and text)...

My point was: if the openmoko has 800x480 screen, even though it can display most sites in 'full width', it most probably will be too small to be comfortably readable... unless it has a 'tool' to aid the reader to cope with the display size, like Apple has done well with its version of Safari on the iphone.

One more point, I think the detail level of a media (in this case the DPI of the screen) is tied closely to the distance the viewer is expected to use the media.

Anyhow, OK, now I understand more about where you're going w/ your initial comments Thx