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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Yet it has HDMI out
The fact is... Symbian^3 at 640x360 is downright anemic. Period.
It's like buying a television now and it can only do 480p. Stupidest decision you can make right now.
640x360 has little meaning if you don't use the resolution for anything. Think of the iPhone 4 - what does it use it's Retina display for that couldn't be done at a lower resolution.
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2010-09-29
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On screen is limited to 640x360 in Symbian^3.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Eh, maybe the part that its irrelevant to the current discussion? or maybe the part that I just don't care?
Which part of the fact that I've been using 800x480 in the past seems to escape you?
Originally Posted by gerbick
Again, the discussion is not about you nor about me - if you were claiming that you personally don't like a smartphone with a screen of less than X or Y resolution, you should've used the letter 'I' somewhere in one of your comments (as I can see now others have also noticed it).
Which part of that fact seems to escape you that I do not like it? Which part of the fact seems to escape you that I've stated over and over that I'm - which, for the English language less savvy denotes that I am unwilling to personally accept anything less?
Originally Posted by gerbick
Man, your the one who's arguing here, I'm merely responding
The fact you're so eager to argue is my own opinion about how I don't have to accept less. Feel free to do so for yourself. I don't have to; nor will I.
Originally Posted by gerbick
And to end with?
And to answer your last question... what can I do at 800x480 that I cannot do at 640x360... see about 160x120 more pixels to start with...
Originally Posted by gerbick
Bye...
Captain Obvious... out.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Don't worry, you won't see a difference between E7's CBD displaying pure 360x640 compared to the actual 392x653 resolution of your Captivate's SAMOLED PenTile display. The clarity of Samsung's PenTile used in the Desire is nowhere near that of the N900.
All are great features... but let's be honest. 640x360 screen almost kills the pluses it has.
And that won't change until the next OS iteration. After being at 800x480, I refuse to step down.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by gerbick
Would you rather take a WVGA or backwards compatible apps from S60v5??? S^4 will only run apps developed in the Qt environment, in other words, a completely new OS. Nokia needs to make a slow transfer to Qt and establish a ready app store for it when it launches which would result in less whining..."but, S^4 hez nou appz." Get a grip, your eyes are already fooled by a PenTile display.
The fact is... Symbian^3 at 640x360 is downright anemic. Period.
It's like buying a television now and it can only do 480p. Stupidest decision you can make right now.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by theflew
Waste dear CPU and GPU cycles
Yet it has HDMI out
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by gerbick
So you'd pass on the best camera ever in a mobile, first Dolby Digital decoder on a mobile, USB OTG, HD video capture, great build quality, full Qt compatibility, HDMI, offloaded GPU graphics architecture, all for a slightly more pixel dense display? Wow.
All are great features... but let's be honest. 640x360 screen almost kills the pluses it has.
And that won't change until the next OS iteration. After being at 800x480, I refuse to step down.
Someone loves pixels.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by patlak
Symbian has run Qt apps a long time unofficially. And from what I understand, Qt allows the interface to scale to multiple resolutions, not just nHD, but WVGA as well. S^4 won't be a completely new OS, just a completely new UI. I don't think you really understand the architecture of Symbian. The UI layer will be new, but Qt is already the main toolkit, and that will continue with S^4, as well as continuing to support the other included runtimes already in Symbian.
Would you rather take a WVGA or backwards compatible apps from S60v5??? S^4 will only run apps developed in the Qt environment, in other words, a completely new OS. Nokia needs to make a slow transfer to Qt and establish a ready app store for it when it launches which would result in less whining..."but, S^4 hez nou appz." Get a grip, your eyes are already fooled by a PenTile display.
Ovi Store is ready, has been ready, and is now accepting Qt apps for approval. It has a totally revamped UI for the on device client, and it makes the Apple App Store look simple now. Its a great UI. But you must realize the Ovi Store is not THE app channel for Symbian, but just AN app channel. Developers can make more money on their own, and can sell apps from their own sites, other app stores, whether on device or online, and sites like Handango and GetJar. Ovi is just another channel, not Symbian's app repository. Only 20,000 apps are in the Ovi Store, but Symbian has FAR more than that, a common misconception media spreads by comparing Store counts. Symbian^4 will run most S^3 and ^1 apps as long as they don't use Avkon graphics bindings.
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2010-09-29
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Originally Posted by theflew
Amen. You can't select those tiny links with a capacitive display.
Yet it has HDMI out
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Selective quoting... how quaint.
Puerile point-making attempts aside; I ain't buying into any hype of a phone that's not going to be able to go to a lesser resolution than my 3 year old Nokia N810 due to OS restrictions. Nor will I fall for a 2010 phone that has less resolution than a good bit of the Android market, nor a Maemo 5 phone released in 2009 - reminder: it's 2010, almost 2011.
That's my prerogative. Disagree or act as angry as you want. I won't care. I'm unwilling to step backward to a lesser spec phone... they do call it progress for a reason.