Xoom 100K Sold. Good or bad?

[ac9ts]

The proper aspect ratio is the ratio of what I can see by just moving my eyes (and not my head); both side to side and up and down.

[kjk]

Amazon spent quite a bit of time and money optimizing their display screen for reading...including finding what they considered an optimal aspect ratio.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by ac9ts

The proper aspect ratio is the ratio of what I can see by just moving my eyes (and not my head); both side to side and up and down.

Ah so we need to have you as the standard reference.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kjk

Amazon spent quite a bit of time and money optimizing their display screen for reading...including finding what they considered an optimal aspect ratio.

And so Kindle is the one any only?

[kjk]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And so Kindle is the one any only?

For reading? I think they nailed it. YMMV (and in your case, obviously)

[kennyc]

I many cases apparently. I'd argue there is no "optimal" aspect ratio for reading as is clearly evidenced by the array of print books available.

[kjk]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I many cases apparently. I'd argue there is no "optimal" aspect ratio for reading as is clearly evidenced by the array of print books available.

Sure, but how many of them are 16x9?

[RockdaMan]

The researcher forecasts that Apple will ship nearly 48 million iPads worldwide this year and more than 138.5 million in 2015, though its market share will drop from 69% to 47.7%.

Android is expected to power 13.9 million tablets this year, grabbing 20% of the market. That number is expected to swell to 113.5 million Android-based tablets by 2015, snagging about 38% of the market.

Gartner expects the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which goes on sale next week, will grab 10% of the market by 2015, shipping 29.5 million units. No. 4 Hewlett-Packard’s WebOS-based tablets are forecast to take 3% of the market by 2015, shipping 8.9 million units that year.

Worse off is Microsoft, which didn’t even make the report.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...&dlvrit=110940

[RockdaMan]

ChangeWave says that its own research shows demand for the tablet is some 40% higher than the original iPad, lending credence to the increasing chorus of analysts who expectApple to announce some blockbuster sales numbers in its quarterly conference call April 20.

what’s driving this growth? Apple has obviously been able to cultivate the feelings of “gotta have it” among a large subsection of consumers. Whereas the first iPad seemed to appeal initially mostly to the early adopter set, I can tell you several of my friends who I wouldn’t have expected to be in the market for a tablet have either already bought the device or have already planned to.

http://technologizer.com/2011/04/12/...over-original/

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kjk

Sure, but how many of them are 16x9?

That's not the point, is it?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by RockdaMan

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...&dlvrit=110940

Originally Posted by RockdaMan

http://technologizer.com/2011/04/12/...over-original/

Interesting times, eh?

Thanks for those.

[wodin]

Depending on circumstances sometimes I read in landscape mode and other times I read in portrait mode. So which is better 9X16 or 16X9?

Within limits, the aspect ratio of a reader is so subjective that saying one is better than another (for reading) is beyond ridiculous; and someone saying one is better than another for me is beyond arrogance.

[kjk]

Depending on circumstances sometimes I read in landscape mode and other times I read in portrait mode. So which is better 9X16 or 16X9?

Within limits, the aspect ratio of a reader is so subjective that saying one is better than another (for reading) is beyond ridiculous; and someone saying one is better than another for me is beyond arrogance.

Well sure, everything is subjective in the end. But do you doubt for a minute that Motorola and Samsung optimized for HD video by going with 16x9, while the Kindle and Nook optimized for reading by going with 4:3 (or 3:4)? Whereas the color Nook purposely went to 16x9 to differentiate it from being a pure reading device? And Apple focused more on the portrait aspect of browsing/reading as well for the iPad, hence its 4:3 ratio?

Or do you think those were purely subjective decisions? I think they were carefully designed and optimized based on what they saw their broadest usage models would be, and that things like aspect ratio are anything but subjective in design.

That doesn't mean you personally can't prefer one or the other. I just don't buy the everything within limits is subjective line as an excuse for poor (or good) design.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kjk

Well sure, everything is subjective in the end. But do you doubt for a minute that.... while the Kindle and Nook optimized for reading by going with 4:3? .... And Apple focused more on the portrait aspect of browsing/reading as well for the iPad, hence its 4:3 ratio?

... I think they were carefully designed and optimized based on what they saw their broadest usage models would be, and that things like aspect ratio are anything but subjective in design.
.....

No, I don't think so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standar...ion_television

[kjk]

Originally Posted by kennyc

No, I don't think so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standar...ion_television

What don't you think so?