Compaq led the screen technology front: its color devices always had very good screens, the 3600 saw the debut of so-called reflective displays which worked well indoors and outdoors. Unfortunately, the company stopped innovating after the hx4700 flopped…which is why the Data Messenger is one of the very few PocketPC devices which still have a QVGA screen. But can it stack up?
Our first competitor is Palm’s Treo 680. The iPaq manages to take the lead with a comfortable margin:
HP’s baby iPaq was one of the very few recent devices from HP which had an excellent screen – it ties with the Data Messenger:
Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 has a screen with an insane resolution…and manages to get out in front of the Data Messenger when it comes to color saturation:
Nokia’s N96 is next. As Nokia seems to use a different color temperature, comparing its screen against non-Nokia devices is somewhat difficult:
Finally, a little shootout against the Voice Messenger. The data messenger comes out in front:
Cutting a long story short: I feel that TFT development has now reached a point where large screen quality differences like the one seen in the Treo 680 review are history. All devices in this test have an excellent screen; the minimal differences seen in screen chromatographies are irrelevant for everyday users…
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