{"id":526749,"date":"2010-04-13T23:22:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=29480"},"modified":"2010-04-13T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:22:04","slug":"android-2-1-at-fault-for-nexus-one-screen-issues-droid-owners-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/526749","title":{"rendered":"Android 2.1 at Fault for Nexus One Screen Issues? Droid Owners Beware!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/KeenDroid1.jpg\" alt=\"Attack of the Gradients\" title=\"KeenDroid\" width=\"600\" height=\"524\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No doubt by now you&#8217;ve heard that the screen on Google&#8217;s Nexus One is apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/2010\/04\/06\/is-the-nexus-ones-display-inferior-to-the-droids-as-well\/\">worse than the screen on Motorola&#8217;s Droid<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe story goes that images on the Nexus One aint be poppin&#8217; like they do on the Droid, and a study by DisplayMate apparently confirmed this.<br \/>\nBut now that Droids have been updated to Android 2.1, users have begun to complain that images displayed on their Droids look about as good as they did in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commander_Keen\">Commander Keen<\/a> days.<br \/>\nSo, what&#8217;s the story?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/android-21-now-blamed-some-nexus-one-and-now-droid-screen-issues\">Android Central<\/a> have a post that summarises the findings, and it turns out that Droid users aren&#8217;t losing their mind, but, rather, the gallery app in Adroid 2.1 has switched from 24-bit 2D rendering to using a measly 16-bits for the 3D rendering.<br \/>\nIt is noted in the article that the browser still renders in 24-bit (on both the Droid and the Nexus One), so at least you know that when your browsing I Can Has Cheezburger, the lolcats will look as good as possibe.<br \/>\nHopefully a fix will be rolled out soon, but the gallery may render in 16-bits due to a 3D hardware limitation, so we&#8217;ll remain optimistic, but prepared for disappointment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/oPs9gsD62CTca6saPaj8YasjoqY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/oPs9gsD62CTca6saPaj8YasjoqY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/oPs9gsD62CTca6saPaj8YasjoqY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/oPs9gsD62CTca6saPaj8YasjoqY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=9Sxcnci8nu4:-ML15QATvb4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=9Sxcnci8nu4:-ML15QATvb4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=9Sxcnci8nu4:-ML15QATvb4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?i=9Sxcnci8nu4:-ML15QATvb4:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?a=9Sxcnci8nu4:-ML15QATvb4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mobilecrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt by now you&#8217;ve heard that the screen on Google&#8217;s Nexus One is apparently worse than the screen on Motorola&#8217;s Droid. The story goes that images on the Nexus One aint be poppin&#8217; like they do on the Droid, and a study by DisplayMate apparently confirmed this. 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