iPad 2nd Generation will have a Retina Display
Looks like iBooks 1.1 consists of references to x2 iPad graphics, shorthand for Retina Show graphics that might peg iPad 2’s screen at technology-bending 2048×1536. That is precisely double the current iPad’s 1024×768 in both dimensions, and precisely what Apple did with iPhone 4 final yr. (Doubling the pixels is the simplest way to maintain current apps practical and stop fragmentation and mass developer angst.)
Doubling iPad 2’s resolution would result in a 260dpi display, not as sharp as iPhone 4’s 326dpi. As we’ve stated numerous occasions, Retina Display is dependent on distance and most individuals maintain an iPad further away than they do an iPhone. So 260dpi ought to be effectively comparable if not the exact same.
But 2048×1536 is more pixels than the $999 Apple 27? LED Cinema Show, inside a smaller region, and in a gadget that with all other components – including the rumored Apple A5 chipset effective enough to drive that many pixels – beginning at half the price.
I’m still not certain that technologies exists at that price stage. I am getting slightly weary of the backwards and forwards rumors although, so hopefully Apple announces their iPad 2 occasion and Steve Jobs puts this to rest for as soon as and for all.
Meanwhile, speculate away. If Apple puts their thoughts and supply chain to it could they get this miracle of glass carried out?
Looks like iBooks 1.1 consists of references to x2 iPad graphics, shorthand for Retina Show graphics that might peg iPad 2’s screen at technology-bending 2048×1536. That is precisely double the current iPad’s 1024×768 in both dimensions, and precisely what Apple did with iPhone 4 final yr. (Doubling the pixels is the simplest way to maintain current apps practical and stop fragmentation and mass developer angst.)
Doubling iPad 2’s resolution would result in a 260dpi display, not as sharp as iPhone 4’s 326dpi. As we’ve stated numerous occasions, Retina Display is dependent on distance and most individuals maintain an iPad further away than they do an iPhone. So 260dpi ought to be effectively comparable if not the exact same.
But 2048×1536 is more pixels than the $999 Apple 27? LED Cinema Show, inside a smaller region, and in a gadget that with all other components – including the rumored Apple A5 chipset effective enough to drive that many pixels – beginning at half the price.
I’m still not certain that technologies exists at that price stage. I am getting slightly weary of the backwards and forwards rumors although, so hopefully Apple announces their iPad 2 occasion and Steve Jobs puts this to rest for as soon as and for all.
Meanwhile, speculate away. If Apple puts their thoughts and supply chain to it could they get this miracle of glass carried out?
