On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> broc.seib wrote: > > I am looking to get my hands on a physical WVGA device for android. > You and me both. > There shouldn't be any until WVGA is officially supported in the platform. That is planned for 1.6, but 1.6 is not yet officially supported, and there is a fair lag from when the platform software is done to new devices being released with it. > > Can anyone shed more light on what/when is available in the WVGA > > department for Android? > The Archos Internet media tablet is supposed to have WVGA: > > http://gizmodo.com/5341242/archos-android-tablet-with-720p-playback-and-mobile-internet-to-launch-september-15th > > Afaik, the Archos tablet is based on 1.5, and thus does not use the official screen support in the 1.6 platform. I have no idea what exactly they are doing, but unless it is a 1.6-based device, it would be of questionable value for someone wanting to follow the standard platform. Also the Archos device is a very different type of screen than what you will deal with on a phone: with their tablet, it is a 800x480 5" screen (larger in size but about the same density as G1/myTouch); a phone would be more in the realm of a 800x480 3.5" screen (with about the same size but a significantly higher density than current HVGA devices). The 1.6 platform will support both of these, representing either a larger screen space to work with (implying differences in layout) or the same space but with more pixels (needing scaling of graphical elements in the same layout). -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
