First it appeard to be a hoax, the leaked video of the Google Pixel, but after a few days the leaders from Googleplex in Mountain View spoke, the Pixel is for real. And based on the specifications I would say this is a developers dream. A 3:2 aspect ratio, which means height, not width, a 2560x1700px 12.85-inch screen should offer a highly configurable screen with as much lines as your eyes can distinguish.
There is however a tiny problem, the computer runs ChromeOS, and as a developer who wants to run his own local servers, has his own database,… continue reading
News
This our news section. Here we gather news how the field is changing for LW900+ and 1280+ laptops.
Google Pixel, if only
The guys at the Verge wrote down what i wanted to say about this laptop that probably isn’t going to be. Throw any OS on it you’d like and I’d be a happy puppy. Please somebody make this, right now!
Linus Torvalds: Make 2560×1600 the new standard laptop resolution
Samsung readies their 2560×1440 laptop
On display in Berlin this week is a prototype of Samsung’s Series 9 ultrabook running a 2560×1440 display.
The Samsung Series 9 is an existing laptop that is ultrabook-approved, quite thin, and a reasonable 1.63 kilograms. It’s a 15-inch laptop, just like the new, slimmed down MacBook Pro, though there is a 13-inch variety as well. The current model has a resolution of 1600×900, which is pretty good for an ultrabook but not even close to 2560×1440.
Source: geek.com
Finally
Just a quote from the liveblog over at wwdc
It also has a 15.4-inch Retina display that boasts a resolution of 2880 x 1800 and 220 ppi. Not surprisingly, Apple was quick to point out this makes it the “world’s highest resolution notebook display.”
Well, there we have it, it’s just a question of time we hope before others take the challenge and create what we’ve been waiting for for so long.
Pixel Qi promises retina-quality low power displays
According to Pixel Qi they now have the tools to produce displays that match the 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution of the latest iPad while consuming a fraction of the power consumed by the iPad screen.
A unique feature of Pixel Qi displays is that they are perfectly readable outdoors, although you’ll be looking at a nearly black and white image if you do that.
Source: liliputing.com
Intel: Retina laptop displays coming in 2013
Here’s what Intel sees happening for laptops over the next few years:
- Ultrabooks with 11 inch, 1560 × 1440 pixel displays
- Ultrabooks with 13 inch, 2800 × 1800 pixel displays
- Laptops with 15 inch, 3840 × 2160 pixel displays
Source: liliputing.com
Apple releases QXGA tablet (2048×1536)
Apple’s new iPad is released with a whopping 2048×1536 resolution. Now that is a screen that I would like to see in a serious laptop. The extreme discrepancy between resolutions of the iPad 3 and laptops for professional usage is noticed in the follow up discussion on HackerNews.
Damnit, now they even build tablets with WUXGA screens
The world has been travelling backwards as it seems. While resolutions on wearable devices as phones and tables have been growing ever since introduction it seems in a short while a new landmark will be passed. Tablets having a screen resolution surpassing that of regular laptops. ASUS has announced an upgrade of their current Prime tablet to a real WUXGA tablet.
Yes, an Android tablet sporting the resolution i would love to have on my laptop. On a tablet. The pixel density on such devices is incredible. And thus the possible crispness of the lines.… continue reading