Does the new iPad support higher resolution tapping, or just more pixels for display. Stylii and the existing iPad feel like writing with a big marker on a big index card. Will the new iPad feel more like pen-and-paper when using a stylus?
IPad – Screen Sensitivity of the retina display iPad (3rd generation). Is it better than before
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The retina display of the new iPad has both...
- a four times higher pixel density
- a better color saturation
More vibrant colors will improve the looks of anything displayed on the screen. So this should make "non-retina compatible" games more fun as well.
However, all of the iOS apps by Apple are in high-res and due to the huge difference in the used pixels, non-retina apps will appear to have worse graphics.
The retina display is theoratically able to display four times the content. Apps that make use of only 1/4 of the pixel resolution are perceived less detailed.
There is an app called Air Display that will allow you to do this. It also recently got retina display support for the new iPad.
Some notes:
- Use your iPad, iPhone or Mac as a second (or third) monitor with no messy cables or wires.
- Use your finger to draw directly on the screen. Try it with a Mac calculator app, painting tool, or music control surface!
- Air Display works in both landscape and portrait configurations. Just rotate your screen, and it automatically reconfigures.
MacRumors and 9to5mac.com discussed the upcoming retnia support update coming soon last week. They issued a press release of some sort last week, many blogs covered this upcoming feature. They also covered this on their blog and how it will work.
Update - it looks like this feature is now available in version 1.6. More on MacStories as well.
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I practice, I can't tell any difference at all between the two models for most finger gestures on non-drawing apps.
Two things make this measurement hard - we don't get to see the raw pressure points and the unsmoothed and smoothed multitouch input. The end result of touch is highly processed which could easily hide changes in the detection grid / chip that does the processing / algorithms or tuning to make one iPad feel like the others.
The other is that our fingers cover the area we are selecting and for fine adjustments, you don't have to actually move your finger - just roll it to change the contact area of your deformed finger pad area that is either in direct contact or close proximity to the glass surface.
Once I learned to pivot and wiggle my fingers in place rather than try to slide it for fine adjustments - my precision (and feel of being able to control the precision) jumped immensely.
On the other hand - drawing with a stylus or deft and rapid strokes with a finger in a good drawing program makes the end feel on a retina iPad much better than before. I don't know if this is mental or real, but getting a finer line out of the same repeated gestures is incredible and makes the new hardware feel much more like pen or pencil and paper to me. I can't tell if it's the CPU/GPU or hardware or illusion, but the feel is quite real after a short adjustment period.