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Old 06-22-2004, 03:29 PM
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Default Re: Does 39xx Display 'ClearType' ?

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Originally Posted by Lex
Does the 39xx display 'ClearType' properly? I have a shot at a new 39xx unit through a corporate awards catalog.

I use a 3845 and it cannot do so. ClearType looks out of focus on the 38xx's. Microsoft 'BlurType'.
If I recall correctly, one of the reasons that iPAQ 3800s displayed ClearType poorly was because the LCD was rotated 90 degrees compared to most Pocket PCs. So instead of

RGB
RGB
RGB

pixels, you'd get

RRR
GGG
BBB

You can see a description and illustration of this at Marc Zimmermann's site.

My understanding was that the iPAQ 3900s oriented the LCD in the "correct" manner, so they shouldn't be as fuzzy. The above link gives examples of various Pocket PCs rendering ClearType pages in Reader (although the 3900s weren't shown).

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