Mummelmann said: So much hyperbole and obfuscation, so much buzz about things no one actually needs and don't even know they want until they're told so; yep, smells like the imminent release of an Apple product...

High resolution screens are the next big thing in computing. And as a graphic designer and illustrator, I'm incredibly excited to see them start rolling out to the masses. Reading, adjusting fine details on-screen, and eye strain will drop significantly with these screens. You may not give a shit about it but there are plenty of us who are eagerly anticipating this stuff. Apple should start rolling this out to their Mac line in the next six months. Anything that improves the working experience is a huge boon to me.

My e reader looks like printed material. Non back lit and easy on the eyes. It just means the ipad 3 is going to be retina display. The dpi of 300 and over i think. :)

Same rumours as last year, that of iPad 2 released in March, followed by a far superior iPad 3 in October that sadly failed to materialise....

I generally wish these rumourers would stop and look at Apples release schedule in the last couple of years and realise they have pretty much released a new iteration of their product only once a year, and at roughly the same time each year.

Printed material rarely goes much over 300 dpi and rarely approaches 400 dpi xcept in limited art print runs. Large print run material almost never goes over 350 dpi.

It is pretty poorly written article. Also different topic but they would not release two ipad products in the same year. Atleast not the next iteration but could be smaller size tablet. As to the printed material not having high dpi and what not. Again you might be right on that. It is just that the old printed material is still the benchmark for people who read a lot. I tried to read longer books on iphone with ibooks but it just hurt the eyes. I know the reason for that could be just the backlit nature. So i said my $100 sony e reader can do paper quality. Cheers :)

It's the backlight. I have an iPad but still bought a Kindle for reading books. LCDs are pretty much crap for reading because of the strain caused by a backlit screen.

rocketpig said: Mummelmann said: So much hyperbole and obfuscation, so much buzz about things no one actually needs and don't even know they want until they're told so; yep, smells like the imminent release of an Apple product... High resolution screens are the next big thing in computing. And as a graphic designer and illustrator, I'm incredibly excited to see them start rolling out to the masses. Reading, adjusting fine details on-screen, and eye strain will drop significantly with these screens. You may not give a shit about it but there are plenty of us who are eagerly anticipating this stuff. Apple should start rolling this out to their Mac line in the next six months. Anything that improves the working experience is a huge boon to me.

If this is true, then I am really looking forward to it. My eyes hurt all the time cause the screens are bright and when dim I can't read as well...

Well, it wil be improved, not perfect. LCDs are still backlit and that causes a problem with eye strain. But the less pixelated text is on-screen, the better the screen will be for reading.

rocketpig said: Mummelmann said: So much hyperbole and obfuscation, so much buzz about things no one actually needs and don't even know they want until they're told so; yep, smells like the imminent release of an Apple product... High resolution screens are the next big thing in computing. And as a graphic designer and illustrator, I'm incredibly excited to see them start rolling out to the masses. Reading, adjusting fine details on-screen, and eye strain will drop significantly with these screens. You may not give a shit about it but there are plenty of us who are eagerly anticipating this stuff. Apple should start rolling this out to their Mac line in the next six months. Anything that improves the working experience is a huge boon to me.

Oh, I care. Just not on screens that tiny, HD res and up are pretty much wasted on small screens unless you want to zoom heavily or do deeper editing, in which case you're probably working on a desktop computer with a big monitor or a powerful laptop anyway.

I know that people love Apple products, I just never understood why. They're not the best on tech, not the best on quality and certainly far from the best on price but they are brilliant salesmen and could probably peddle sand in the Sahara. No mean feat.

Maybe I'm just old fashioned, I don't even own a smartphone and I don't want one either!

Mummelmann said: rocketpig said: Mummelmann said: So much hyperbole and obfuscation, so much buzz about things no one actually needs and don't even know they want until they're told so; yep, smells like the imminent release of an Apple product... High resolution screens are the next big thing in computing. And as a graphic designer and illustrator, I'm incredibly excited to see them start rolling out to the masses. Reading, adjusting fine details on-screen, and eye strain will drop significantly with these screens. You may not give a shit about it but there are plenty of us who are eagerly anticipating this stuff. Apple should start rolling this out to their Mac line in the next six months. Anything that improves the working experience is a huge boon to me. Oh, I care. Just not on screens that tiny, HD res and up are pretty much wasted on small screens unless you want to zoom heavily or do deeper editing, in which case you're probably working on a desktop computer with a big monitor or a powerful laptop anyway. I know that people love Apple products, I just never understood why. They're not the best on tech, not the best on quality and certainly far from the best on price but they are brilliant salesmen and could probably peddle sand in the Sahara. No mean feat. Maybe I'm just old fashioned, I don't even own a smartphone and I don't want one either!

Dude, you have that completely backwards. The smaller the screen, the more you need a higher ppi. You hold a phone screen 12-18" from your face. You hold a tablet about 24" away. A desktop sits 24-36" away. The further back you are, the lower ppi can be. That's why your HDTV and its terrible ppi is still acceptable.

Youre right, Apple isn't the best in tech but they're near the top in quality. Where they DO thrive is making their shit work in a way that doesn't drive the average user insane. Pick up an Apple device and you're doing what you want in seconds. Considering how terrible many software companies are in this regard, THAT is no mean feat. Hating on a company is just stupid. Especially when that company drives tech forward as much as Apple does. No company has even come close to their level of innovation in the last decade.