Thursday, March 23, 2006
ZDNet: Picture Getting Clearer on Mobile Phones
Posted by Raphael Salgado in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"Mobile-phone shipments long ago passed PC shipments, but most mobile-phone displays have yet to approach the resolution PC monitors started delivering many years ago. The excitement at shows like CES centers around impossibly large flat-panel televisions, but display manufacturers gathered here for the DisplaySearch U.S. FPD Conference this week are starting to talk about the small screen."
This is an interesting article that talks about how the evolution of mobile phones require a better, sharper display in the same or smaller form factor. It's about time they kick-started the idea of going beyond QVGA resolution - if not just for media, but for web browsing capabilities and more. ClearType may be great, but it only goes so far. Can you imagine a 2.2" VGA screen on a Windows Mobile phone? (The upcoming Axia A308's display is a 2.2" QVGA - just imagine if the resolution was doubled!) When does it become unnecessary?
This is an interesting article that talks about how the evolution of mobile phones require a better, sharper display in the same or smaller form factor. It's about time they kick-started the idea of going beyond QVGA resolution - if not just for media, but for web browsing capabilities and more. ClearType may be great, but it only goes so far. Can you imagine a 2.2" VGA screen on a Windows Mobile phone? (The upcoming Axia A308's display is a 2.2" QVGA - just imagine if the resolution was doubled!) When does it become unnecessary?
