Retina display

[Chris Leonard]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:
> The phrase "retina display" is being used a lot these days. My reading
> indicates that the vendor uses this term quite loosely [1]. There you
> can see that the definition currently ranges from 326 to 220 ppi.
>
> The resolution of the XO's display is listed as 200 dpi [2], which is
> not far off. If I have understood correctly, "dpi" in the context of
> display technologies is the same thing as ppi [3].
>
> Without infringing any trademarks, how closely could we say that the
> XO's display is a "retina" one?
>
> Sridhar
>
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retina_display#Technical_information
> [2] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display
> [3] http://www.andrewdaceyphotography.com/articles/dpi/

Personally, I think saying we have a "Pixel Qi" display is more
impressive, but of course, that does not have the name recognition of
"retina" given the amount of marketing dollars on the "retina"
branding by Apple.  Any question on characterizing the display should
probably be referred to Mary Lou Jepson (now at Pixel Qi).

http://www.pixelqi.com/

IANAL, but the term "Retina" in reference to computers and mobile
devices is an Apple trademark, so any such use (referring to anything
but an Apple device) would be violating their rights to that mark.

cjl