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| Google, Samsung to launch 10", 2560x1600 tablet |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-21 15:11:06 |
| The Next Web: "Google has also been working with Samsung to launch a 10-inch tablet, confirming leaks which suggested Google had teamed up with the Korean manufacturer for another device. Our source tells us that internally the tablet goes under the name 'Codename Manta', runs Google's new Android 4.2 operating system (previously referred to as Key Lime Pie, but is set to retain the Jelly Bean branding), and will offer a 2560x1600 pixel (10:16) resolution, which we believe will offer around 300 pixels per inch compared to the new iPad's 264 PPI." Between the iPad and this supposed Android tablet... Poor Surface. Poor, poor Surface. |
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| Only in OSNews bizarro land |
| By Nelson on 2012-10-21 15:30:11 |
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Does an Android device in a category they have never, ever broken into equal bad luck for Surface. Android has historically never caught on at greater than 7 inch, bargain basement form factors. Imagining an Android with a retina resolution (Where they'll have something like 2x the pixels to push) will make an already iffy Android performance story even worse. The lack of dominance in tablets for Android highlights the truth to a point I made here a while ago but many shot down. People didn't choose Android. Android was chosen for them. Google had good timing and filled a vacuum in the market. That's it. It didn't win on its own merits, it won on being "Good enough" and for looking enough like an iPhone to satisfy Verizon and T-Mobile. I suppose the only good thing is that if it is a Nexus device it'll be free of the abortion of a software skin that is TouchWiz. |
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| RE: Only in OSNews bizarro land |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-10-21 15:41:21 |
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It was shot down because you're talking nonsense. You don't grow to 70% market share by being shit - and remember, no carrier pushing or exclusives here. People CHOOSE Android, as APPLE's own research even confirmed. So, research from a COMPETITOR, or unsubstantiated remarks from a random commenter. Tough call! |
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| Why the focus on screen resolution? |
| By WereCatf on 2012-10-21 15:48:53 |
| Why do people and companies focus so hard on resolution? Everyone keeps masturbating to ever higher pixel counts while all the other features -- both in software and in hardware -- are ignored. IMHO Microsoft went the better direction with Surface's screen -- if what they claim about its better colour balance, gamut and brightness are true. I own an Acer Iconia Tab A500 which has 1280x800 pixels and I have no complaints whatsoever about the pixel count, but its colour representations leaves a lot to be desired. |
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| RE: Only in OSNews bizarro land |
| By drcouzelis on 2012-10-21 15:49:11 |
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> Does an Android device in a category they have never, ever broken into equal bad luck for Surface. The Asus Transformer (my wife bought the TF101 after reviewing all tablets on the market) was successful enough to have three updated releases. People are buying them, and they are making money. How does this relate to Android tablets never, ever breaking into the tablet market? |
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| RE: Why the focus on screen resolution? |
| By drcouzelis on 2012-10-21 15:51:47 |
| It's like the megapixels race for cameras all over again. :( |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: Why the focus on screen resolution? |
| By quackalist on 2012-10-21 16:15:35 |
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Up to a point, though marketing speak aside the new 'retina screen' on the iPad is lovely. It almost made me want one and I find it's OS a pain-in-butt. So I, imagine most everyone given the choice, want it's equivalent in their choice of tablet, laptop etc. Edited 2012-10-21 16:16 UTC |
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| RE: Why the focus on screen resolution? |
| By kholinar on 2012-10-21 16:38:16 |
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Because eye strain is a real issue vs. minor clock speed bumps and bad glass with 10 mp sensors. Readability at these resolutions and distances is a real benefit, far more so something like he video in a living room. But it's nothing like the megapixel or clock speed races because there's a limited return on anything past retina until you jump to 4k. This is just the minimum that all displays should have been pushing to for years... Until you've used one for a while and return to a normal display, you won't get it. |
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| RE[2]: Why the focus on screen resolution? |
| By dvhh on 2012-10-21 16:54:12 |
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If it is not about clock race and megapixel, why is Apple also making benchmark ? If I had the option I would choose e-ink for readability (plus I'm pretty sure that looking at backlit display in wrong condition cause more eye strain than low resolution display, because you know ... gameboy) |
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| RE[2]: Only in OSNews bizarro land |
| By dvhh on 2012-10-21 17:00:29 |
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Ditto on the TF101, I wonder why Google didn't continue with Asus after the commercial success of the Nexus 7. But I admit that the new chromebook look delicious. |
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| Re: |
| By kurkosdr on 2012-10-21 17:14:58 |
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Please don't price it like an iPad... As regards the Transformer, I don't know if the it saw 3 updated releases because it was sucessful, or because Asus thinks there is an untapped "hybrid Android tablet" market and so they persist with the Transformer despite the low sales... How many of those Android tablets sold were above 7-8 inches anyway, and how many of them were "hybrids"? PS: Anyone talking about Android lag in versions 4.1 and above falls in the "not sure if trolling or just stu.... errr ignorant" category. |
| - Score: 3 |
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