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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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