Size and weight considerations for future Openmoko devices

[Andreas Kostyrka]

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Ian Stirling wrote:
> Maciej Ligenza wrote:
>> Sven,
>>
>> On 5/2/07, Sven Neuhaus <sven-openmoko at sven.de> wrote:
>>> It's also the biggest. It weighs almost *twice* as much as the
>>> LG Prada, despite having a smaller screen! [..cut..]
>>> The iPhone has a *much bigger* screen than the Neo1973 and it's still
>>> smaller and a lot lighter.
>>
>> Please consider dpi comparison in which Neo is unbeatable winner.
> 
> Well - yes.
> But with antialiasing, at normal phone distances, telling between 140
> and 280 DPI isn't trivial, with normal phone-sized text.
> 
> Yes, it makes the text a tiny bit sharper, and if you bring it to 20cm
> from the eye, and have good eyes, you can read 80*25 text on it, but...
> If you could knock off 50g by going to 240*320, I suspect I would.

Not really, 50g really are not relevant.

Andreas
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