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Old 06-16-2011, 05:46 AM   #31
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Not entirely. 2.5 wouldnt scale as nice as an even number. If you had an item 55 pixels wide, do you scale it to 137.5 pixels wide?
When you can't see the individual pixels (which is the case when the pixel density is this high) it really doesn't matter. Upscaling works absolutely fine on the iPhone 4.
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Old 06-16-2011, 11:05 AM   #32
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For using it as a universal remote, there are apps and accessories for that. You'd need an bluetooth IR blaster, or one that plugs into the dock port of the ipad. I'm not sure who sells that stuff (don't have an iPhone or iPad), but I've seen it before, and also seen people make it.

You'll need to use an app for streaming DLNA, because Apple does want you to lock into iTunes or AppleTV. I do know there are apps available for it.
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Old 06-16-2011, 11:46 AM   #33
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Sol, mostly I want a tablet-ish PC with instant-on (like iOS) for insta-surfing for answers to questions, looking up movie times (and watching trailers), casual games, and the like. That's what I use my iPhone, desktop, and laptop for. But the PC's have to be left "on" to be fast-access and my iPhone is small for trailers and some games.

The iPad is a luxury item that fills this niche nicely. The current resolution doesn't excite me though.
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As far as the universal remote part, I just saw an adapter on bensoutlet.com for $13.
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Old 06-16-2011, 06:37 PM   #35
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Sol, mostly I want a tablet-ish PC with instant-on (like iOS) for insta-surfing for answers to questions, looking up movie times (and watching trailers), casual games, and the like. That's what I use my iPhone, desktop, and laptop for. But the PC's have to be left "on" to be fast-access and my iPhone is small for trailers and some games.

The iPad is a luxury item that fills this niche nicely. The current resolution doesn't excite me though.
I know exactly what you mean. I stopped leaving my computer on because it can suck me in and I end up wasting so much time, but I do like being able to just look something up really quick, then go back to real life. When Apple does come out w/ a higher res iPad I'll likely just get the 16GB. I have a 64GB iPad now and I'm only using 6GB. I don't keep pics or music on it, for that I'd rather use my phone for portable media. I don't even keep that many books or files on there. I download them as needed thanks to the cloud.
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When you can't see the individual pixels (which is the case when the pixel density is this high) it really doesn't matter. Upscaling works absolutely fine on the iPhone 4.
iPhone (original thru 3GS): 320 x 480

iPhone 4: 640 x 960

It is exactly double the resolution. So up-scaling would work pretty well, as long as you don't have a lot of detail.
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iPhone (original thru 3GS): 320 x 480

iPhone 4: 640 x 960

It is exactly double the resolution. So up-scaling would work pretty well, as long as you don't have a lot of detail.
Would that be considered double or quadruple? Although it's double height and width, the pixel density is quadruple.
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Old 06-17-2011, 06:04 PM   #38
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The iPad 3 has to have a retina display. Many were hoping that the iPad 2 would, though I thought that was unrealistic as nobody had yet made such a panel.
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Old 06-17-2011, 06:48 PM   #39
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My beau just told me that he hopes that there will be an iPad 3, with the resolution that I need, by Xmas so I can upgrade for reading textbooks, and he could get this one. After his 2.5 hr flight turned into a 15 hr flight, last week, he's ready for a really portable computer with really long battery life. His laptop only gets about 2 hrs, which isn't even a full short flight.
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Old 06-17-2011, 09:37 PM   #40
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My beau just told me that he hopes that there will be an iPad 3, with the resolution that I need, by Xmas so I can upgrade for reading textbooks, and he could get this one. After his 2.5 hr flight turned into a 15 hr flight, last week, he's ready for a really portable computer with really long battery life. His laptop only gets about 2 hrs, which isn't even a full short flight.
There is no laptop or tablet or phone that would do 15 hours. But there are readers that will.
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Old 06-17-2011, 11:04 PM   #41
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Would that be considered double or quadruple? Although it's double height and width, the pixel density is quadruple.
It's double the resolution. Yes, it's semantics, but resolution has always been defined in linear terms. It's implied in this that the screens being compared have a roughly similar aspect ratio, so that a linear increase in one dimension must be matched by an identical increase in the other. What matters is how well you are able to distinguish fine lines on the screen, and that relates to the linear resolution, so it works out quite well.

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My beau just told me that he hopes that there will be an iPad 3, with the resolution that I need, by Xmas so I can upgrade for reading textbooks, and he could get this one.
I would think he's mistaken. Apple wouldn't prematurely kill off the iPad 2. They give their products on average a year. Only time it goes past that, is when it is sold as a lower end model. As far as those that go under that time frame, well, I don't think it has ever happened.
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There is no laptop or tablet or phone that would do 15 hours. But there are readers that will.
You can get 15h reading time from both an iPad and an iPhone.
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There is no laptop or tablet or phone that would do 15 hours. But there are readers that will.
You can with the extra battery slice for the new Lenovo x220 laptop (I have the tablet version). It is rather bulky (5lbs, maybe slightly more) but perfect if you have a very long flight.
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They keyboard dock for that asus tablet would take it up to about 15 hours.

I tend to take a tablet and an ebook with me when I travel, its still lighter than a few magazines and a couple of books.
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