<story><title>Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes</title><url>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/nexus-best-of-google-now-in-three-sizes.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>meritt</author><text>Why is it we have amazing 16:10 2560-by-1600 in a 10&quot; tablet but commonplace laptops (13-15&quot;) rarely surpass 1680x1050 or even worse 1366x768? Sometimes, on high-end models, you can pay an extra $200 to &quot;upgrade&quot; to 1920x1080 (I&apos;ll leave my rant about 16:10 vs. 16:9 for another time).&lt;p&gt;Technology is so ridiculous at times.</text></item><item><author>mtgx</author><text>And with that crazy resolution.</text></item><item><author>w1ntermute</author><text>And just $399 for the 16 GB version!</text></item><item><author>fr0sty</author><text>And someone finally implements the killer-feature for the &quot;Family Tablet&quot;: Multi-Account Support:&lt;p&gt;&amp;#62; But what makes Nexus 10 unique is that it&apos;s the first truly shareable tablet. With Android 4.2, you can add multiple users and switch between them instantly right from the lockscreen. We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more. That way, everyone can have their own home screens, their own music, and even their own high scores.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>w1ntermute</author><text>&amp;#62; Why is it we have amazing 16:10 2560-by-1600 in a 10&quot; tablet but commonplace laptops (13-15&quot;) rarely surpass 1680x1050 or even worse 1366x768?&lt;p&gt;Because Windows and Windows apps don&apos;t support resolution-independent UI scaling.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#62; Sometimes, on high-end models, you can pay an extra $200 to &quot;upgrade&quot; to 1920x1080&lt;p&gt;Because they know they can rip you off, and because it&apos;s a lot more expensive to produce high resolution displays (or rather, displays of any resolution) when they&apos;re being produced in small quantities.</text></comment>
<story><title>Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes</title><url>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/nexus-best-of-google-now-in-three-sizes.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>meritt</author><text>Why is it we have amazing 16:10 2560-by-1600 in a 10&quot; tablet but commonplace laptops (13-15&quot;) rarely surpass 1680x1050 or even worse 1366x768? Sometimes, on high-end models, you can pay an extra $200 to &quot;upgrade&quot; to 1920x1080 (I&apos;ll leave my rant about 16:10 vs. 16:9 for another time).&lt;p&gt;Technology is so ridiculous at times.</text></item><item><author>mtgx</author><text>And with that crazy resolution.</text></item><item><author>w1ntermute</author><text>And just $399 for the 16 GB version!</text></item><item><author>fr0sty</author><text>And someone finally implements the killer-feature for the &quot;Family Tablet&quot;: Multi-Account Support:&lt;p&gt;&amp;#62; But what makes Nexus 10 unique is that it&apos;s the first truly shareable tablet. With Android 4.2, you can add multiple users and switch between them instantly right from the lockscreen. We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more. That way, everyone can have their own home screens, their own music, and even their own high scores.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tadfisher</author><text>Because of the leading desktop operating systems, only Apple has started to divorce screen resolution from UI element sizes, and even that support is half-assed.</text></comment>