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Originally Posted by harryE123
I guess I am in the minority who'd like to browse the web on e-ink, or more accurately read web material such as articles and blogs. I still can't get over the fact that sony don't have wifi in the 650 and the 950 as such a strange aspect ratio. How hard would it be for sony to come up with a proper (so to speak) aspect ration 7" device?
My hunch is that some misguided exec or engineer suggested that that particular aspect ratio would lend itself well to landscape viewing in 1/3s of a4 pdfs since they wouldn't go in the 9.7" market. Which of course this to me is a very poor decision but very typical of sony nowadays (and the tech world in general), and now instead of the device being able to do at least one thing well, namely read slightly larger sentences and book formats, it does both things badly.
It doesn't offer the real estate for a larger paperback novel and can't really display an a4 pdf in any decent way... Way to shoot yourselves in the foot sony.
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Wasn't really a sony decision, the makers of e-ink panels created the 7" size and resolution (and the 5", 6", 8" and the Kindle's 9.7") and the device makers decided on which panel sizes to use in their products. Granted, e-ink probably had a lot of advice from their supply-chain partners, but in essence it is e-ink who decided to go with the sizes, form factors, resolutions...
The current pearl tech is available in these panel sizes:
http://www.eink.com/products/High_Res_Pearl.html