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2010-08-29 , 17:05
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Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
More pictures of the Galaxy Tab have 'leaked'. These ones are interesting, as the proportions of the icons/widgets in relation to the display seem to suggest a higher res than the 800x480 phone beside it.
dunno, android treats screens in a somewhat peculiar way.

each device have to report its resolution in one of 3 groups, ldpi, mdpi or hdpi. This then is used by programs to decide how large the graphical elements should be.

problem is that hdpi only cover screens 3.5-4 inches with resolution around 800x480. actually, the largest physical screen defined for these groups are 5.8 inches. But there is no consideration for a resolution above 854x480 (and the definition is written as if the screens are primarily used in portrait, so perhaps i should have written 480x854), making physically large screens fall within the mdpi group.

here is a blog post on the topic, from the guy that set up andappstore:
http://blog.alsutton.com/2010/07/03/...nd-mdpi-large/
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