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2009-11-04
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I suspect the same influence as exhibited for the tiny fashion phones that seem to dominate the market. Personally I love the screen on my N810 and made it a positive point when I bought it. I know lots of people have said that being able to put it in a pocket is important but I've never had a problem fitting my N810 in either a jean pocket or a jacket pocket either.
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2009-11-04
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Originally Posted by juddpwr
On the plus side, Nokia had the faith to make the N900 quite unlike the iPhone in most other regards.
This is a mistake, in my opinion, as it seems nokia aimed for where the market was instead of targeting where it's going.
This is pure speculation, but I'm guessing that the small screen was
due to any number of factors, such as a desire to keep the device
(which was not going to be subsidized) within a reasonable price
range, or the addition of a camera on the front, or some other reason
none of us is privy too.
I'd also guess you'll see bigger screens on future Maemo devices.
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2009-11-04
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Originally Posted by Fargus
I carry my N810 in my shirt pocket. It's a bit heavier than the Palm TX it replaced but it fits fine. For my pocketable computer, I have an OQO 02 which fits in a normal front pants pocket or jacket pocket and it has a five inch screen. The argument that they had to make the screen smaller to fit in pockets just doesn't hold water.
I suspect the same influence as exhibited for the tiny fashion phones that seem to dominate the market. Personally I love the screen on my N810 and made it a positive point when I bought it. I know lots of people have said that being able to put it in a pocket is important but I've never had a problem fitting my N810 in either a jean pocket or a jacket pocket either.
I suspect that it is more the fashion aspect. Hopefully a future model will focus on the usability aspect instead.
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2009-11-04
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They already had a bunch of screens lying around from the N97 and decided to save money (and R&D time) by just reusing those?
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2009-11-04
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Originally Posted by bocaJ
these are different screens^^
They already had a bunch of screens lying around from the N97 and decided to save money (and R&D time) by just reusing those?
n97: 640x320 pixel
n900: 800x480 pixel...
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2009-11-04
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Originally Posted by zehjotkah
The same screen can have different resolutions, depending on what the software allows to. However, it's the height/width ratio that differs here (16:9 for 640x360 vs 15:9 for 800x480). Both have the same diagonal length (3.5 inches), but the size (area) of the N900's screen is slightly bigger than the N97's counterpart, due a different ratio (the wider, the smaller).
these are different screens^^
n97: 640x360 pixel
n900: 800x480 pixel...
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2009-11-04
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Quite off topic, but it's the same thing with the camera. Some less informed people think that Nokia just went "the lazy style" and simply put the same hardware parts as the N97 on the N900, but the fact is that none of them are the same. Different screen. Different camera. Different internal memory. All that despite of the coincidencial numbers.
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2009-11-04
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I certainly will be pleased if they release a >4" device this time next year as I will pick it up when my 18 month contract on the N900 runs out.
That said if they go capacitive as promised, I may have second thoughts about it. Plus it would need to be at least a Cortex A9 MPCore, hopefully something even better by then and utilise the extra space by having a 4 row keyboard.
I also really wish someone would step up and put a proper DS style D-Pad on the left of the keyboard. That would make running the emulators much better as those D-Pads they usually use with a button in the middle are rubbish for gaming, you need to be able to easily rock in the direction you want.
That said if they go capacitive as promised, I may have second thoughts about it. Plus it would need to be at least a Cortex A9 MPCore, hopefully something even better by then and utilise the extra space by having a 4 row keyboard.
I also really wish someone would step up and put a proper DS style D-Pad on the left of the keyboard. That would make running the emulators much better as those D-Pads they usually use with a button in the middle are rubbish for gaming, you need to be able to easily rock in the direction you want.
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2009-11-04
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Originally Posted by Alex Atkin UK
I've never used a D-Pad I liked. I wish they would put a track ball (like the Blackberry) or, even better, a trackstick like any number of PCs starting with the old IBM Thinkpads. My UMPC uses a central trackstick (with mouse buttons on the side) and it is a perfect compliment to a thumboard.
I also really wish someone would step up and put a proper DS style D-Pad on the left of the keyboard. That would make running the emulators much better as those D-Pads they usually use with a button in the middle are rubbish for gaming, you need to be able to easily rock in the direction you want.
I guess what I'm saying is I wish Nokia would have had faith that they had gotten the form factor right for years with their tablets and not tried to emulate a lesser product (iPhone).