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Realy stupid question ... screen size on HTC HD2

I have a HTC Touch HD and i am thinking of getting a HTC Touch HD2.
Am i right in thinking that the 4.3 screen on the HTC HD2 is the same size as my sat nav screen ( 4.3 ) ?
Sorry for the silly question but i also need to use the HTC HD2 for sat nav.

jacko5 said:
I have a HTC Touch HD and i am thinking of getting a HTC Touch HD2.
Am i right in thinking that the 4.3 screen on the HTC HD2 is the same size as my sat nav screen ( 4.3 ) ?
Sorry for the silly question but i also need to use the HTC HD2 for sat nav.
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Yup
It's 99,99% the same size
Grtz,
Degake

4.3" = 4.3"

Sadly not. The 4:3 screen on my previous pda, an hx4700, is wider but shorter than the HD2. The hx4700 is a 4 inch screen, but I prefer it.
The HD2 is 9.4 by 5.7cm, or some wierd inch measurements.

My MIO c520 and HD2 have exactly the same size for 4.3".

Jacko,
The simple answer to your question is that the HD2 is fine if used as a sat nav machine.
Have tried it and no problems.
WB

Quick answer: Yes
Long answer: No. Even through they have the same screen real estate, i'm sure your sat nav has a different dimension as the HD2. Just like how the LG BL40 chocolate has a 4in screen, its aspect ratio (21:9), make it look slimmer and longer.

Hi,
My 2 cents worth Probably need to take into account the resolution as well, HD2 is 480x800, what's your sat nav res?

apparently not so "Realy stupid question" after all

hx4700 user said:
Sadly not. The 4:3 screen on my previous pda, an hx4700, is wider but shorter than the HD2. The hx4700 is a 4 inch screen, but I prefer it.
The HD2 is 9.4 by 5.7cm, or some wierd inch measurements.
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4:3 != 4.3"
Normally "4:3" would be referred to as an aspect ratio, but I am assuming you mean its 4 inches by 3 inches.
LCDs are measured from corner to corner. ie. Top left corner to bottom right. This would be the size. So the HD2 is 4.3" from top left corner to bottom right corner. Therefore, all 4.3" screens are the same "size" (though shape may differ, since it is area we are really measuring).

Thanks drewX2 for pointing out my mistake. Because there were no units included in the post, I had read the OP as being 4:3 ratio rather than 4.3 inches.
My hx4700 is 4 inches diagonal, being 3.25 inches by 2.47 inches, or 8.03 square inches. Ratio 4:3.
My HD2 is 4.3 inches diagonal, being 3.68 inches by 2.25 inches, giving 8.28 square inches. Ratio 13:8 or about 14.7:9. Now that is odd. 16:9 is standard widescreen.
I prefer the first layout to the second for satnav (and pretty much every use). Widescreen is pointless (IMHO) for satnav, as you aren't driving sideways. Tall doesn't help a lot, as you only need to see so far ahead.

Ok guys thank you for the replies.
And sorry for the spelling mistake in the header text ( realy ).
Maybe i should visit my local phone shop and take a look
My sat nav is a VDO DAYTONA ( 4.3 ) .. resolution 480 x 272.
The screen looks quite a bit bigger than my HTC Touch HD screen.
That is why i asked the question in the frst place, as i have not seen a HTC Touch HD2 in the flesh yet.

4.3" is also the size of a PSP lcd screen

LCD or Super LCD?

Hi,
HTC have started shipping their handsets with Sony's Super LCD instead of AMOLED screens ..
My question is, is it the same screen that we have on our X10 or is it a new thing?
Every body seems to compare Super LCD with AMOLED, but what is the different between it and LCD?
Thanks

I think its a new thing. HTC normally has multi touch, the X10 not. So it can't and shouldn't be the same.
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But the multi-touch isn't in the screen itself .. When we say screen we mean the display only without the touch layer ..

Its not the same as our x10. I'm pretty sure the x10 is just lcd.
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Isn't "super LCD" just plain old marketing?

fast rock said:
But the multi-touch isn't in the screen itself .. When we say screen we mean the display only without the touch layer ..
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Totally true, my bad. But it might be different because sony would have promoted this X10 for having this super lcd, which they didn't.
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My guess is HTC are calling it super lcd because they don't want customers to think they replaced AMOLED with something inferior. I wouldn't be surprised if there is nothing special about this LCD.

Perhaps they use an IPS instead of a TN panel and call it super-lcd? this would really make a difference in display quality. just a guess...

super LCD is way cheaper than AMOLED, works better under sunlight but consumes greater battery, AFAIK its the same screen in the x10

mmk92 said:
super LCD is way cheaper than AMOLED, works better under sunlight but consumes greater battery, AFAIK its the same screen in the x10
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it could just be marketing but htc claims that super-lcds provide a better battery life than AMOLED. Sources: here, here and here
Btw, I don't really think sony (who are the developers of super-lcd) would build in a super-lcd in X10 and don't promote it.

Amoled or super lcd?

I heard that only at first Htc used Amoled display for Legend, and later on Super lcd. How to check the type of our scrren (display)?
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read the specs on back of the white box the legend was in

I just know about AMOLED Devices.
The switch from AMOLED to SuperLCD has been done at the Desire and as far as I know not on the Legend

I am very satisfied with display on Legend. Is there any significant difference (better or worse) with S-LCD?

well i compared it with a SLCD htc desire and i think the AMOLED is much better

Legend only uses AMOLED anyway, don't worry about it

S-LCD almost the same that amoled, only maybe contrast have some little difference
if i'm not mistaken

s-lcd
Super LCD is much nice when reading text and websites AMOLED is better for watching video,
SLCD is much sharper but isnt stand out bright and over saturated like AMOLED which is fuzzy and soft around sharp corners like text
look here and it shows you actual pictures were you can see the difference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire

jul644 said:
Super LCD is much nice when reading text and websites AMOLED is better for watching video,
SLCD is much sharper but isnt stand out bright and over saturated like AMOLED which is fuzzy and soft around sharp corners like text
look here and it shows you actual pictures were you can see the difference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire
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Note though that the Desire AMOLED had a PenTile arrangement which seems to account for the marked difference in the shift to SLCD. The Legend's AMOLED screen uses a conventional RGB arrangement so probably wouldn't have suffered the same comparisons had it also moved to SLCD.
This page has a good breakdown of the differences.
http://jtra.cz/stuff/android/htc/desire-vs-legend/display/index.html

Yes, you are all right. I have bought desire z and I can see the difference. S-lcd is much sharper, but amoled has much better contrast - black is really black
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Some webshops often say that the black HTC legend is equiped with LCD and the silver one with AMOLED. My collegue has a black one, I have a silver one and both have amoled.
You can easily see the difference when you tilt them. Amoled's colors almost don't change (even if you're almost at 180°), LCD's colors go weird...

kyomity said:
Some webshops often say that the black HTC legend is equiped with LCD and the silver one with AMOLED. My collegue has a black one, I have a silver one and both have amoled.
You can easily see the difference when you tilt them. Amoled's colors almost don't change (even if you're almost at 180°), LCD's colors go weird...
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Oh, Thanks ! Is that the simple way to tell ?
My new Virgin Mobile Canada Legend's box says AMOLED but I think the box is lying. Wonder if I can sue somebody, LOL, jk. I guess HTC may be at partial fault too since their spec page claims AMOLED: http://www.htc.com/www/product/legend/specification.html
I recall some article quoting an HTC rep saying the "backward" move to LCD would save power, but then tests (and common tech sense?) showed that was a lie. I originally was disappointed at the loss of AMOLED, but from what I've read though, I'd prefer LCD if given the choice, simply due to the better legibility. On the down side, LCD takes more power, doesn't have the deeper blacks and colors, and may be a bit harder to see in the bright outdoors.
Bell supposedly dropped the Legend because of the AMOLED supply issue. AFAIK all of the later (after last summer or there-abouts ?) Legends are LCD. Would be nice if we could tell via serial numbers or something.
My Legend's colors start going weird somewhere around 170 degrees or so (just a rough guess). So I guess I have LCD ?

You could also take a cheap microscope and look at the screen. The difference is startling. Amoled will be made up of a lot of lines, more red than blue (I think). LCD would look completely different
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TheGrammarFreak said:
You could also take a cheap microscope and look at the screen. The difference is startling. Amoled will be made up of a lot of lines, more red than blue (I think). LCD would look completely different
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With the screen on and white, right ? I tried this with a jewelers loupe and see lines about twice as high vertically as horizontaly (with the phone speaker up and mike down). It looks like there are thin red lines and thicker green lines that are somewhat blue-ish.
Would there be any difference in device drivers loaded ? I see a driver in dmesg with "oled" in the name.

This microscope diagnostic method will not work on Legend and it has an RGB matrix - the Desire LED had pentile matrix.
All you have to do is display a mostly black screen (the android settings menu is a good example), find a dark environment and look at the display. An SLCD will seep light from black areas where an LED will be an almost perfect black.
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i have legend with amoled my friend have desire (i guess it lcd)
i can notice his display has slight better screen in the menu like smoother or something but on the legend view aspect is higher than on the desire....
both of them are good

[Q] lead screen resolution to 240/400

Ciao, I would know if is possible lead screen resolution of my x8 to 240/400 because the characters are too small.
Tank you
Francesco

With the same screen, the bigger resolution, the smaller characters.

[dev]Synaptic digitizer help

are posibole to make full dual toch (Real) on Synaptic digitizer?

Nope, the firmware for the Synaptics digitizer chips simply does not support true Multitouch.
Complain with Synaptics for not giving out the firmware so our devs could try to patch the firmware (as the chip itself would actually support it - at least on the specs paper).

i see on paper x8 have
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches (~192 ppi pixel density)
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
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sorce gsm arena

n1kolaa said:
i see on paper x8 have
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches (~192 ppi pixel density)
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
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sorce gsm arena
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So?
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Isn't possible to adapt the firmware of touch screen in phone with the same chip? For example, the optimus one (p500), nexus one or many others?

jucazastrow said:
Isn't possible to adapt the firmware of touch screen in phone with the same chip? For example, the optimus one (p500), nexus one or many others?
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it was said many times. no. it will be possible if devs had the FW from the chip, but you can't get the FW. you can't read it from the chip. you can just write new FW to the chip, not read it (this is how i remember it)