Xperia with existing games

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Hi folks,

Just wondering how would xperia handle the screen res of some existing games that has fixed screen res.

I love Orions and would definitely be very sad if xperia cannot support Orions cos of the 16:9 format. And if xperia supports, I would hope that instead of stretching the game, making everything look fat. I rather that it has side black columns, like how you are watching standard def TV programs on a widescreen TV.

Anyone any info on that?

This is a question everyone has, but I haven't seen it answered yet. Most people just say "because the HD has the same resolution there will be plenty of software available", but I think that's accepting the fact that applications made for other resolutions will not work. This is only my speculation, I don't have any hard proof. Anyone who owns the device care to help?

That's the problem.

But I don't think normal apps will have any problems as most apps will just scale properly without the elements being affected by the screen res.

Just that games, as they are usually coded against the screen res/size.

Really hope that folks who had the privilege of playing with an eval unit or folks who recently bought it will be able to comment.

in my opinion, some applications will have problem, some not. I had three PDAs at the same time. one had 240x240, second 320x240 and third 640x480. some apps worked correctly on all of them, some not. for example iGo had problem on that smallest display, but on bigger worked correctly. so we will see.

Omnia has WQVGA instead of QVGA and has some problems in some programs...

maybe Xperia will have the same

Well at least HTC is coming out with more phones with this res. so developers will start to code for it correctly from now on...

Originally Posted by mkent_barbados

Well at least HTC is coming out with more phones with this res. so developers will start to code for it correctly from now on...

Yeah but see, that's not good enough. If it was good enough to simply have NEW applications and not worry about the ones we've used in the past, everyone would get Android because it's the easiest to make new apps for. The reason people are afraid to switch is because of all of the software they already have for Windows Mobile, but if this phone won't be compatible with it then there's no point in hanging on.

But i think the screen res problem will affect Andriod too, being open source does not mean being easy to program on.

It is painful to migrate platforms esp if the developer does not include a migration tool. I think its the lack of that prevents people from switching platform.

I remember that is what happen to me when I switch from Palm to PPC. I literally have to export everything to .txt and even some to pen & paper. It is a painful process that I do not wich to go thru again.

Well I'll just install android on the xperia if it turns out to have awesome apps and then it will kick G1's ass.

Originally Posted by Kloc

Well I'll just install android on the xperia if it turns out to have awesome apps and then it will kick G1's ass.

Lol! That's another thought.