I know this sounds like quite a simple question with an obvious answer, but numbers alone can't really give you a proper idea of what the screen size will be like. Sony Tablet S has a slightly smaller screen than other tablets, and at the moment it's stopping me from making a purchase. Is it noticeably smaller than a 10.1 inch screen? Does the slightly smaller screen make much of a difference when web browsing or editing Word docs or viewing PDFs? And is it much of a step up from the 8 inch screen?
Also, if anyone can suggest a 10.1 inch tablet that meets my needs (3G, USB host on board, priced competitively!), that would be great. The Sony Tablet S is currently £386.56 on Amazon.co.uk, just to give an idea of what price range I am looking at, and I was also considering the Acer Iconia A501 but I'm not so sure that the screen is as good as the Sony tablet's, from what I recall.
Hi guys,
I currently have a 9.7 inch ICS tablet which has a pixel density of 132, just like ipad 1 & 2. I thought it was not that bad until I got a phone with pretty high ppi (HTC One V), and now it suddenly makes my tablet look so cheap when I look at it. So I would like a tablet with higher ppi, and I thought how about an 8 inch tablet with 1024 x 768 resolution? So I tried the ppi calculation online, and it gave me 160. are 160ppi and 132 ppi a big difference in text sharpness? Currently, on my 9.7 tablet, even the blue digital clock in the status bar is somewhat pixelated.
Also I like to use 4:3 tablet in a portrait mode only, so when I'm web browsing with my 9.7 inch tablet in portrait mode, some small texts are kind of readable, BUT uncomfortably... like you can go on Yahoo desktop website in portrait mode, and try to make out the smallest text in that website, and it's kind of garbled looking. So I was wondering, IF PPI is higher, EVEN THOUGH the screen is smaller, will that make the texts sharper for the same webpages? If I had both 8 inch and 9.7 tablets, I could test it out, but I don't, so I need expert's knowledge..
Also, 8 inch tablet is cheaper and lighter than 9.7 or 10.1 tablets so I am considering this option more now.
Please answer my questions above!
Thank you.
Don't get too star struck, htc devices are meant to beautiful and only other htc devices can give you that premium look and feel, ( no company tops htc in the beauty department). My htc sensation resolution is 540×960 and has a 256 pixel density and 240 dpi. It come down to the quality of your tablet, by increasing your dpi (almost like zooming in) you will see more pixels (BAD!), but you will see the difference is you increase the ppi, however it depends on your display. Right now the top android phones (htc one s/v and sgs2 & 3 and etc) have better displays than tablets and those 7 to 8 inch tablets aren't recommended also. They are build to be budget friendly and the display quality won't be too good either. Maybe you should get a better android tablet (asus transformer prime the BEST) or iPad+Retina Display= Big Smile
OK Here is the minimum of what I need
9.7" or larger 4:3 display. I can do other sizes or aspect ratio's as long as my resolution requirements are met
resolution 1024x768 or better where the 768 is the critical size (so 1280x720 won't work neither will 1024x600) I need the 768 or better than 768 since one of the core function of this is reading PDF magazines. anything less than 768 and too much of the mags are not readable without zooming I don't want to zoom I want full page reading.
MUST have GPS. I also want to use this for Geo Caching and mapping so GPS is required.
must run 2.3 minimum would LOVE something running JB but beggars can't be choosers.
Must be around $200 or less. if its REALLY slick I might be able to swing a tiny bit over $200 (I am eying the Lepan II but its $280 a bit out of my budget)
MUST BE ROOTABLE.
other than that I am pretty flexible.
I would like HDMI out I would like USB host I would REALLY like charge by USB capability. I DO NOT want proprietary connections.
would really like something people have used and determined not to be a "hack job"
I just got an I10 but its got a fubared messed up copy of 2.3.1 on it many apps just don't work right. going to return it.
I can't even lock the damned thing into portrait orientation.
SO what do you guys suggest?
I bought a Pipo S1 tablet that is supposed to be running at 800x480.
Problem is, it appears to stretch everything as though it isn't actually running it's native resolution. So it's actual resolution must be slightly higher or lower in one of the axis for it to be stretched I imagine.
I've attached a photo perspective corrected in photoshop next to a screenshot:
Any thoughts on how I might fix this problem? Even if it means rooting and editing some files. I suppose it would be handy to know the true resolution of the display to begin with!
Thanks,
Mark.
I bought one of those cheap 7" android tablets about a year or two ago (Polaroid) and over the past few months I've had to use an app that I downloaded to change the contrast of the screen. The system brightness control slider was not enough to adjust the screen to give a usable display. I find that the screen is becoming increasingly washed out with a lack of contrast, and using the app to give the max contrast is now beginning to not be enough to give a usable display.
Is this a known phenomena?
Are these tablets known to have changes with their screen contrast over time? Or is this only seen in the sub-$100 tablets?
Can anything be done? Is there a hardware or software mod that can bring the display back to normal?