The device works with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and third-generation and fourth-generation iPod touch, while providing two hours of playback at 960 x 540 pixel resolution.
Where did the other 100 pixels go?
The plan was to use this new technology called IGZO from Sharp—a lot higher electron mobility that allows them to make the transistors a lot smaller and the circuit elements a lot smaller. There’s no question that the iPad 3 is Plan B. They pushed amorphous silicon to a higher [pixels per inch] than anybody else. But the light throughput is not good. So it has roughly twice as many LEDs, and they had to get a 70 percent larger battery.
I’m curious as to what Apple will do once Sharp volume manufactures IGZO-based 9.7-inch Retina displays. Will Apple equip the new iPad with the improved display mid-cycle? That could happen. The iPad 2,4 with a 32nm Samsung-built A5 is reported to have better battery life, by a significant margin. If Apple decides to implement “Plan A” later this year we might either see the new iPad’s battery life improve quite a bit or have the same battery life with less weight. Either would be good.
DL Cade, PetPixel: The Sony LT29i codenamed Hayabusa will sport a 13 megapixel CMOS image sensor with stacked RGBW pixels and HDR movie capture. By stacking pixels you get larger pixels without making the sensor bigger—a good thing when space is a premium. RGBW adds a white pixel for better low light performance, but getting accurate colors might be tricky.
Update 2012.05.07: via Ben Brooks. Steve Huff:
If you want a small system that offers fast AF, great metering and offers just about everything you could ask for including super HD video, the best IS system of any mirror less camera to date and well, a camera that just plain works, then take a long hard look at the E-M5.
Engadget: Anything that resembles a black cube is cool, like the Model One by BryteWerks. It’s a HTPC with a built-in 1920×1200 projector and a 8.9-inch touch controller. Yummy. Starts at US$24492999.
Update 2012.04.30: It’s real. Justin Evans at DEMO Spring 2012 in Silicon Valley. Full disclosure: I am consulting for BryteWerks.
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