In a long-winded bit about components and the future during Apple’s earnings call, Apple COO (and acting head honcho) Tim Cook talked about how, in 2005, they invested a lot in securing agreements and pre-payments for tons of flash memory – around $US1 billion worth – because they thought it’d be important in the future.
Well, he says, Apple’s identified another area where they’ve started investing like they did with flash – agreements and pre-payments – where they feel they can innovate, but they’re not ready to talk about what that area is. Iiiiiiinnnnterrrrresting.
Maybe crazy high-res displays? Hmm.
Yeah, bendy 0.1mm 326ppi OLED touch panels ranging from 1-50 inches
Well Steve Jobs ill need lots of flash to replace his brain in his new robot body that apple will be building for him.
"Maybe crazy high-res displays? Hmm."
Hopefully it's this. If Apple push ahead with a 2048x1536 retina display on the iPad, I imagine that will then be the catalyst for desktop and notebook displays to finally move into much higher resolutions. We've been constrained by 1920x1080 for too long, which is great for HD video, but on anything larger than 15" the pixel density sucks.
Now that I've been spoilt by the 326dpi display on my iPhone 4, I want all my displays to have this level of quality! I want a 120hz 3840x2160 24" monitor and I want it now..
New iPad and Retina MacBook! :D
Simon The only reason you are "Constrained" by 1920 x 1080 is because you are clearly unaware that computers can display much higher and have been doing so for years. This so called True HD 1080p is just marketing. 4096×2160 is the current max on a montitor......
Yup, and do you have the 30k to buy it Chris?
I do but would rather not. besides that was just the max I was mentioning. you can get a monitor for under $200 that goes over 2000 res. Anyway the real problem is that apart from games there is no content higher then 1080P and there is not likely to be for a long time as that would undermine bluray