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Dear Nokia, call Toshiba: They invented a 3 inch screen that does 800×480

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By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 11:52 PM

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Toshiba is presenting their 3" TFT wide display screen on the ITU communication trade show. Already implemented on some mobile phones, the product use low temperature poly-silicon which produces high contrast image on the wide screen. Sony Ericsson reported the similar product back in July but the Toshiba display module has a higher resolution of 800 x 480 pixel.

Source: Slashphone

Sigh, just when we find out that Series 60 v3 FP1 supports VGA screens this has to happen! Don’t you just love the tech industry?! All hail innovation <3

More pixels = more data

More pixels per inch = sharper displays

Nokia … just ask Toshiba for some prototypes to play with, please!

UPDATE: I just crunched some numbers, the Nokia N95 has a 2.6 inch screen at 320×240 = ~154 DPI. Toshiba’s beautiful saliva production inducing display with 3 inches at 800×480 = ~311 DPI.

That’s 2x the density. You hear that Phil? Two freaking times!

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Phil

    Hehe, that is sweet. Any idea how the battery lasts with that thing?

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    No clue, I contacted Toshiba to see if I can get the white paper on this device, but I highly recommend you guys just ask for a sample and run your own tests pertaining to battery life and image quality.

    I do agree tho, really really sweet, I hope it’s a 16M color LCD, not 65K.