New Engaget pics/info

[Trident]

Originally Posted by Not_A_Stain

I think the tv out is cool but can anyone guess how much the cables will be? Since they won't be coming with the phone

$27.99 if you want one now.
[£16.99 in UK]

[TheRealHotshot]

Originally Posted by Trident

$27.99 if you want one now.
[£16.99 in UK]

Thanks for the heads up

[drexappeal]

Originally Posted by Trident

$27.99 if you want one now.
[£16.99 in UK]

Excellent! Even cheaper than I thought it would be.

From looking at the pictures, I wonder if the Mogul attachments will work? That way, I could have a monitor plugged in, ear phones and have the phone charging all at the same time.

[AClotfelter]

Originally Posted by remydakid

looks sweet.
was that a gsm or cdma model?

Looks like GSM, note pound and euro keys on the keyboard in the photo gallery...

[AClotfelter]

Originally Posted by saumaun

From what I've heard, the TV-Out displays only what is on the screen, but larger [because the pixels are significantly closer together on a VGA PPC than a TV or Monitor.]

For example: Look at your phone. The screen is 320x240. The Touch Diamond/Pro are almost identical [if not identical] in physical size, but they are 640x480. So again, look at your phone. When displayed on a TV or Monitor, your screen will look this big:

NOTE: These ARE the proper dimensions of a VGA device

I'm sure there will be much more info on it soon due to yesterday's release.

Unfortunately, it looks like the video out on the Touch Pro is going to be composite video. [http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a...=news&id=5455]

If this is true, the video output will be nowhere near as crisp or clear as the image above. As composite is an analog format (and not a decent analog format, like a traditional VGA connector), the pixels will be blended with their neighbors, and you will definitely lose detail. The size of the TV/Projector you are using will have a lot to do with how acceptable the end product is (bigger will look worse). But in general, it will probably be good for playing rips of standard definition movies, and family video, etc... not so good for business presentations or screens with text and/or a lot of detail. Time will tell.

[AClotfelter]

I have done a few rough examples of what we might be able to expect from a composite output as seen on different TVs. The exact type and severity of distortions are going to depend a lot on the quality and size of the television... for a projector, you would probably be looking at something between the LCD and tube SDTV versions, depending on how large the projected image was.

Original



Standard tube-based standard-definition TV (SDTV)
(This example is probably a mid-to low end medium sized SDTV, or a large decent quality SDTV... notice the edge trimming is intentional, this is a common issue on these TVs. The actual quality would probably be somewhere between the example and the LCD shown next depending on age, quality and size of TV, but the edge trimming will likely be present on most any tube-based TV.)




LCD-based SDTV


16x9 Widescreen HDTV


As always, YMMV

[MooZx3]

anyone know if we will be able to put a version of skype on this to do wi-fi calling???
This is essential for me.