Any color tablet with the same screen size as Kindle's Matcha?

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

The old Fire HD 6 from 2014 was 6" and 16:10. It wasn't 4:3 but I'm having a hard time thinking of any tablets other than MS Surface Duo 2 that use that, and an extra hard time for anything else down at 6" at all.

The small iPads were 4:3.

A 2006 or 2007 Asus


Ubiquio tablet 2007


2006 A prototype 4G tablet, with Firefox, Thunderbird, VOIP geographic number. Touch screen. I think only 3.5" as it was only a proof of concept for the modem. The hardware was all off the shelf.

The modem was a prototype Flarion OFDMA PCMCIA card. The custom case had two off the shelf ARM based boards.
Inside view:


2007 A larger one was made, using same Samsung CPU as the 1st iPhone, but before iPhone was on sale. Debian Linux. But I can't find the photos.
Again it used readily available HW, but a larger touch screen.

The 3.5", 4.3" and 6" 4:3 aspect LCD tablets well established before there was even an iPhone.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by Quoth

I had a Gemini long ago that was Android 4.x, 6″ and 4:3.

Wasn't the Gemini PDA? Imho that was nice (but quite too pricy).

There are those things, but I wouldn't trust much the build, specially having to give them to an eldery person that has to keep onto a pocket.


The GPD Pocket 1 on ebay did lowered its price, but it's a 7" mini-laptop, not a tablet (screen also doesn't flips 180 degrees). Customizable but weird keyboard layout.

Spoiler:

[Quoth]

The Gemini I had was not a PDA, but an Android tablet. 6" 4:3 touch screen, micro SD card slot and WiFi.
The same names get reused.
Many PDAs were essentially tablets, but didn't run Android or iOS, because those didn't exist till 2008 & 2007!

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

The old Fire HD 6 from 2014 was 6" and 16:10. It wasn't 4:3 but I'm having a hard time thinking of any tablets other than MS Surface Duo 2 that use that, and an extra hard time for anything else down at 6" at all.

I have one of these and it still works.

iPads of course are all 4:3 but there will never be a 6" one.

[nana77]

If willing to do a workaraound, it seems possible to install a GNU/linux OS on Nintendo Switch, which are:

Original: 6.2-in, IPS (237 ppi), 720p
    Lite: 5.5-in, IPS (267 ppi), 720p
    OLED: 7-in, OLED (210 ppi), 720p

The OLED is 16:10, the others close to 16:9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch#Console

There are some folding devices, like the Galaxy z, which is 6" but costs like half a car.

@Quoth: the Nokia 1520 was 6", too: 16:9, Gorilla Glass, I've always thought it was oled, instead it seems Nokia's proprietary "ClearBlack display technology", (3400 mAh Li-Ion battery), 367 ppi, 20Mp rear camera within Carl Zeiss lens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_1520

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by tomsem

I have one of these and it still works.

iPads of course are all 4:3 but there will never be a 6" one.

Perhaps the smallest iPad Mini was 7.8″. Bigger than I thought. Bigger now.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by nana77

If willing to do a workaraound, it seems possible to install a GNU/linux OS on Nintendo Switch, which are:

Original: 6.2-in, IPS (237 ppi), 720p
    Lite: 5.5-in, IPS (267 ppi), 720p
    OLED: 7-in, OLED (210 ppi), 720p

The OLED is 16:10, the others close to 16:9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch#Console

But it's 16:9. Also a waste of a Switch.

Also the question is historical, was there a tablet similar size to a Matcha (6″ 4:3). There was, but probably last ones over 10 years ago.

[nana77]

Not sure if the question is specifically historical, imho.
Wouldn't a Kindle Matcha costs like around 150$?
An used Switch is lower that that price too, so I don't see the waste, sorry.
Others, just as ideas:
As aspect ratio a Cowon X9 ( https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/cow...out-now-in-uk/ ) might be an interest, but's 4.3-inch.

Spoiler:

4.8" was a predecessor Cowon V5 HD PMP

Spoiler:

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by nana77

Not sure if the question is specifically historical, imho.
Wouldn't a Kindle Matcha costs like around 150$?

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Clarification: I'm not actually looking to buy one (if there is/was one), but rather to find out if such a tablet with those dimensions was ever built.

Well…


Actually someone did do an ereader app for the Switch. They are about €220 here, second hand. You'd only buy one to play the games. Which the son and the wife did.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by nana77

Not sure if the question is specifically historical, imho.
Wouldn't a Kindle Matcha costs like around 150$?
An used Switch is lower that that price too, so I don't see the waste, sorry.
Others, just as ideas:
As aspect ratio a Cowon X9 ( https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/cow...out-now-in-uk/ ) might be an interest, but's 4.3-inch.

Spoiler:

4.8" was a predecessor Cowon V5 HD PMP

Spoiler:

The Kindle Matcha is between $109.99 - 129.99 (based upon getting rid of the ads, I presume).

I bought mine new for $118.97 on Nov. 21, 2024.

[nana77]

It's possible to build a Raspberry Pi tablet within these screens (5" or 7"): https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/touch-display-2/
Total cost will be around 130$, too.
1280 x 720 on a 5" would be 293.72 PPI, for the 7" 209.8 PPI.

Edit: or there are some monitors within usb-c, if you can just connect them to a phone:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...2usa4itemAdapt
(7")
or: https://www.amazon.com/LESOWN-1024x6.../dp/B0CZ735593
(https://electronikz.com/products/7in...i-wide-monitor)

[nana77]

Errata corrige: there are is an Amazon Fire HD, 6", within lcd, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_HD (2014)
Others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...322_cm)_screen
Older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...318_cm)_screen