The iPad 2 will likely have 2048x1536 (QXGA) resolution

[pianowizard]

http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-new- ... ay_id16000

[dsvochak]

May be less likely than first thought: http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/cold_ ... na_display

In addition, doubling the number of pixels does not necessarily mean more data on the screen. See this, for example:
http://www.tipb.com/2011/01/19/problem- ... a-display/

Any increased pixel density may only result in a sharper image as in the difference between iPhone 3 and 4.

[rek]

Any increased pixel density may only result in a sharper image as in the difference between iPhone 3 and 4.

That's the appeal - imagine reading a magazine on a tablet device, and the pages look just like a published magazine, right down to the crisp details and design elements .. rather than a pixelated and web-esque approximation of such.

IMO the pixel density of current iPad screen is insufficient to act as a true replacement for magazine and book reading - especially with the MacOS/iOS text rendering engine the way it is (tends to produce 'softer'/fuzzier-at-the-edges looking text than for e.g. MS Cleartype or Android).

[pkiff]

Can't believe everything you read these days. The iPad2 launch presentation showed an iPad with exactly the same 1024x768 screen resolution of the original iPad.