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maxfish
05-15-2003, 04:40 AM
I just bought an SJ20 and was surprised how narrow the screen is. I bought it with a keyboard and hoping to use it as portable word processor. But not sure with this small screen. Are there any models with wider screens? Some of the top end models seem to have longer screens, but they all look to be the same width, although I couldn't really tell from the web stats.

Max
Sideway
05-15-2003, 05:39 AM
All the screens of the various Clie models are about the same width. If the screen is wider, it'd be really hard to hold it in one hand.
iebnn
05-15-2003, 06:06 AM
The NX has a larger resolution and can hold more text on the screen.
Rick 098
05-15-2003, 03:29 PM
All palm OS screens are about the same with.(with the exeption of the DANA)
maxfish
05-15-2003, 05:24 PM
A Sony salesman today told me the SJ33 had a wider screen. Is that bull****?

Max
Vidge
05-15-2003, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by maxfish
A Sony salesman today told me the SJ33 had a wider screen. Is that bull****?

Max

Yes:D He's just trying to make a sale.
Moparmike
05-15-2003, 06:15 PM
AFAIK, All Cliés come with either a 320x320 or 320x480 res.


I think there are a few older PalmOS PDAs that have a physically larger screen than others, but they still run at the same resolution (160x160 for lo-res, 320x320 for hi-res) as the rest...the pixels are just larger.
iebnn
05-16-2003, 02:08 AM
Some clies had 160x160, but theyre not made anymore, moparmike. All new ones are either 320x320 or 230x480 if it is an NR/NX/NZ
Moparmike
05-16-2003, 04:15 PM
Originally posted by iebnn
Some clies had 160x160, but theyre not made anymore, moparmike. All new ones are either 320x320 or 230x480 if it is an NR/NX/NZ


Yuppers, all current Clié models are hi-res.
I threw that useless bit of trivia in even though the original poster was asking bout Clié's...you might notice I said "PalmOS PDA" instead of Clié. :D

There was an older model that had an approx 1/4" larger screen (both dimensions)...the display was very coarse looking. Was it an early TRG maybe? It was an odd brand that I wasn't familiar with (at the time only Palm and the fancy "new" handspring appeared out here in the sticks. :)) Yes, it was PalmOS powered.

--edit--
nevermind my babble, I remember where I saw that larger 160x160 display
That larger display was on a palmOS bar-code scanner that one of our suppliers were using. Kinda neat little tool, in addition to whatever scanner software it was using, it even had most of the default apps onboard yet (calc, address, todo, and memopad).
--end edit--
Eclipse
05-16-2003, 11:12 PM
I have allways wondered, is the screen 320x480 including the bar (i know theres a name but i cant remeber) at the bottom, or not.
iebnn
05-17-2003, 01:06 AM
including
iebnn
05-17-2003, 01:07 AM
the barcode one is the Symbol palm
Eclipse
05-17-2003, 03:02 AM
Whats the res without the bar?
iebnn
05-17-2003, 05:22 AM
I dunno. Why? It's maybe 20 pixels less or so. Remember that apps can still use the full screen without the bar.
Eclipse
05-17-2003, 01:42 PM
Yes, but i never know how large i should make my backgrounds.
Gazpacho
05-17-2003, 06:38 PM
Backgrounds should always be 320x320 or 320x480 is you have hires+

(and yay, my 100th posting!)
Rick 098
05-17-2003, 07:37 PM
Congrats Gazpacho!
Jeffry
05-17-2003, 08:59 PM
Originally posted by Vidge


Yes:D He's just trying to make a sale.

I disagree. If you look closely at the SJ20, there's a dark blue border around the screen. This decreases the usable screen size.

http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/products/large/10020903.jpg
Vidge
05-18-2003, 10:05 AM
Originally posted by Jeffry


I disagree. If you look closely at the SJ20, there's a dark blue border around the screen. This decreases the usable screen size.

http://www.futureshop.ca/multimedia/products/large/10020903.jpg

The screen is still 320x320 pixels, regardless of the border. The SJ33 is not wider than that.