HarperCollins offers digital book content for iPhone - Page 2

radleyp · 08-20-2007, 03:05 PM

Fine, but the picture is 7" tall and that's much taller than the iphone (almost twice the height of my Q!). It's just another example of this incredible hype surrounding the iphone: I suppose Google just wants you to think that when you sit down to read, you suddenly have a 7" screen, but then when you are using it as a phone it comes back down to its real size.

andym · 08-20-2007, 03:18 PM

radleyp - the pixel size of the screenshot is correct: the final size on your screen is going to depend on your monitor settings. I'm guessing your monitor is set to a pretty low resolution. The screenshot is about 3 inches on my screen. So far as I know Google haven't found a way to control your monitor settings.

radleyp · 08-20-2007, 03:21 PM

Ah, thanks for info, I didn't realize that.

NatCh · 08-20-2007, 03:36 PM

I remember back when video projectors first came out (~97), I had a manager who kept telling me that he wanted to "see a 17-inch monitor" projected on one. I tried several times to explain that it was a function of resolution, not physical screen size, and he never did get it.

It's a twitchy concept, until you grasp it (everything's simpler once you already understand it

), seems to me like you understood it pretty quickly and without much explanation, radleyp.

Liviu_5 · 08-20-2007, 04:27 PM

Finally they talked about this today on CNBC with the reporters being skeptical about the impact.

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08-20-2007, 03:05 PM	#16
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Fine, but the picture is 7" tall and that's much taller than the iphone (almost twice the height of my Q!). It's just another example of this incredible hype surrounding the iphone: I suppose Google just wants you to think that when you sit down to read, you suddenly have a 7" screen, but then when you are using it as a phone it comes back down to its real size.

08-20-2007, 03:18 PM	#17
andym Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 793 Join Date: Oct 2006	radleyp - the pixel size of the screenshot is correct: the final size on your screen is going to depend on your monitor settings. I'm guessing your monitor is set to a pretty low resolution. The screenshot is about 3 inches on my screen. So far as I know Google haven't found a way to control your monitor settings.

08-20-2007, 03:21 PM	#18
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Ah, thanks for info, I didn't realize that.

08-20-2007, 03:36 PM	#19
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I remember back when video projectors first came out (~97), I had a manager who kept telling me that he wanted to "see a 17-inch monitor" projected on one. I tried several times to explain that it was a function of resolution, not physical screen size, and he never did get it. It's a twitchy concept, until you grasp it (everything's simpler once you already understand it ), seems to me like you understood it pretty quickly and without much explanation, radleyp.

08-20-2007, 04:27 PM	#20
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	Finally they talked about this today on CNBC with the reporters being skeptical about the impact.

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